The national seminar for the quality improvement of teacher education in context of NEP 2020 organised by SCERT- Goa was held on 10th and 11th of Febrauary 2023 at the new SCERT building, Porvorim- Goa. The D.El.Ed. lecturers of St. Joseph Vaz Institute of Education, attended the seminar.
The Chief Minister, Dr. Pramod Sawant inaugurated the National Seminar on Quality Improvement of Teacher Education in the context of NEP – 2020 at the Seminar Hall, SCERT, Porvorim in the presence of Guest of Honour Shri S. S. Gill, Secretary Education, Prof. H. K. Senapathy, Ex-Director NCERT and Prof. R.I.E. Bhuwaneshwar and Shri Prasad Lolayekar, Director of Directorate of Higher Education, along with Shri Shailesh Zingade, Director of Education, Shri Nagaraj Honnikeri, Director SCERT amongst other dignitaries.
While addressing the seminar, Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant welcomed the delegations representing 20 states that have participated in the National Level Seminar. He also stated that, “Government of Goa is taking manifold efforts to successfully implement NEP 2020 in the state at the Secondary as well as Higher Secondary level by the next academic year”.
The 2-day Seminar aimed at creating awareness regarding various challenges and various ways of implementing NEP – 2020 in Teacher Education. The seminar served as a common platform for teacher educators, researchers and administrators to exchange their vision and experiences and offer recommendations for quality improvement of Teachers Education under the ambit of NEP – 2020. The proceedings of the Seminar will ensure a continued professional development in the domain of Teacher Education while creating a road map leading toward successful
implementation of NEP 2020 in this discipline.
The seminar had included 9 sessions focusing on topics ranging from ‘Embedding traditional knowledge’ and ‘Integration of experiential learning’ in an effort to educate and prepare all the stakeholders of Teacher Education for the transformation of the education sector post implementation of NEP – 2020. On the whole the seminar was relevant and informative.