CBSE teacher training was conceptualized with help of technology on pilot basis from third week of April, 2020 and conducted more than 500 free-online training sessions by 15 CBSE–COEs.

Taking into account the good response for the programme, a more structured CBSE teacher training programme is now launched in May.

The other objective of CBSE teacher training is to continuously instill new knowledge and skills as per the demand so as to keep them at par with what is expected.

Another objective behind CBSE teacher training is to help teachers revise and refresh the knowledge that has already been provided to them in their regular training and make it more crisp and practical.

Training will be conducted by Centre of Excellence (CoE) of CBSE. CBSE teacher training will be for one hour duration, there will be no participation fee, e-certificate shall be issues to the participants. Attending five sessions may be considered as one day of training as per Affiliation Byelaw.

Around 1200 online sessions are planned by the CoEs in the month of May. Therefore, schools are requested to encourage their teachers to participate in the ongoing online training programmes being conducted by COEs and contact concerned CoE.

Candidates willing to participate in CBSE teacher training can contact their respective CoE. The training is being conducted by CoEs at Ajmer, Bhopal, Bhuwaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai.

The information brochure regarding the training can be accessed at the link ‘http://cbse.nic.in/newsite/attach/Circular_COE.pdf‘

After clicking the above link and after the download of the respective page, teachers can go to Annexure-1 and click the hyperlink located next to their respective CoE locality to know the training schedule, topics for training and the dates for the sessions of each topic for training.

Candidates willing to take part in CBSE teacher training must contact their respective CoE for registration. COE will send invitation email to the registered participants on first come first serve basis.

On receipt of invitation link for online session, please click on YES button. CBSE teacher training participants must remember that the invite link is not supposed to be shared with others.

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Participants must login with the same email, they had registered for the session (on computer system/smart phone) and then join online session by clicking the ‘invitation link’.

Candidates must join the session by clicking Join Meeting/Join Now button. They should not click on ‘Present’ button, as that is for the presenter i.e. resource person.

Candidates must also ensure their microphone is muted and Camera is in ‘Off’ condition before joining the
online session. For contact information for CoEs candidates can refer Annexure-2 in the same information brochure which can be accessed after clicking the url mentioned earlier.

About CBSE

A trail of developments mark the significant changes that took place over the years in shaping up the Board to its present status.

U P Board of High School and Intermediate Education was the first Board set up in 1921. It has under its jurisdiction Rajputana, Central India and Gwalior.

In response to the representation made by the Government of United Provinces, the then Government of India suggested to set up a joint Board in 1929 for all the areas which was named as the ‘Board of High School and Intermediate Education, Rajputana’. This included Ajmer, Merwara, Central India and Gwalior.

The Board witnessed rapid growth and expansion at the level of Secondary education resulting in improved quality and standard of education in institutions.

But with the advent of State Universities and State Boards in various parts of the country the jurisdiction of the Board was confined only to Ajmer, Bhopal and Vindhya Pradesh later.

As a result of this, in 1952, the constitution of the Board was amended wherein its jurisdiction was extended to part-C and Part-D territories and the Board was given its present name ‘Central Board of Secondary Education’.

It was in the year 1962 finally that the Board was reconstituted. The main objectives were to serve the educational institutions more effectively, to be responsive to the educational needs of those students whose parents were employed in the Central Government and had frequently transferable jobs.

The National Education Policy (NEP 2020) has identified research as a corequisite for outstanding education and development in our country. The establishment of the Anusandhan National Research Foundation by the Government of India was a step in this direction, said the Cabinet while making an announcement. A total of nearly Rs 6,000 crore has been sanctioned for the initiative for 3 calendar years, 2025, 2026, and 2027 as a new central sector scheme.”.

This initiative will benefit nearly 1.8 crore students, faculty, researchers and scientists of all disciplines. The top quality journals will also be accessible to tier 2 and tier 3 cities with an objective to encourage core as well as interdisciplinary research in the country.

As many as 30 international journal publishers have been included in One Nation One Subscription. Now, each of the nearly 13,000 e-journals will be accessible to more than 6,300 government Higher Education Institutions and central government R&D institutions, it said.

The journals will be made available through a national subscription coordinated by the Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET), an autonomous inter-university centre of the of the University Grants Commission (UGC) in an entirely digital process, it informed.

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The education ministry and other ministries having higher education institutions (HEIs) and research and research and development (R&D) institutions will be conducting Information, Education and Communication (IEC) campaigns regarding the initiative and the methods to access the ONOS.

Further, the state government will be directed to carry out campaigns at their level for maximizing usage of the facility by students, faculty and researchers of all government institutions.

Conclusion

One of the most significant initiatives made to transform the landscape of research and education in India is the One Nation One Subscription initiative, which will provide access to over 13,000 e-journals across 6,300 institutions to empower researchers, faculty, and students to engage in high-quality, interdisciplinary research. Built on a strong foundation of the National Education Policy and with a deep investment of Rs 6,000 crore, this effort promises to elevate India’s global academic and research standing into the remotest tier-2 and tier-3 cities.