The Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education, Government of India organized a two-day National Workshop on Content of Teaching-Learning Material and Assessment under New India Literacy Programme (NILP) on 6th and 7th February, 2023 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
Secretary,
Department of School Education and Literacy, Govt. of India, Shri Sanjay Kumar
inaugurated the workshop. Joint Secretary DoSEL Smt. Archana Awasthi Sharma;
Director, Adult Education Bureau, Shri M.C.Worthing; Incharge-Cell for National
Centre for Literacy, Prof. Usha Sharma, 150 academicians and functionaries from
State Literacy Mission Authority, State Council for Educational Research and
Training from all over India and Universities from Delhi attended the workshop.
In his
inaugural address, Shri Sanjay Kumar
emphasized on adopting innovative approaches to reach out to non-literate
learners with efficient use of time and resources. Smt. Archana Sharma
Awasthi highlighted the importance of making NILP a success with active
participation of all stakeholders and importance of right content of teaching
learning in local languages. Prof. Usha Sharma briefed on methodology and
approach adopted by CNCL while developing NILP resource materials and
assessment material per social and cultural relevance of States and UTs.
Session
based interactive deliberations by CNCL and NIOS professionals, group
discussions and feedback from representatives of States & UTs successfully
helped in achieving the objectives of the workshop.
Smt.
Harshika Singh, Collector Mandla (MP) explained the model of survey and
imparting literacy to non-literate learners which was well received
The
Government of India has started a new scheme of Education for All (erstwhile
Adult Education) with a vision to support the States and Union Territories in
promoting literacy among non-literates in the age group of 15 and above, across
the country covering 5 crore non-literates during the implementation period
from 2022-23 to 2026-27 for eradicating illiteracy in the country...
The
scheme is to be implemented through volunteerism. The learners will be
encouraged to access the content in local languages in online mode through
DIKSHA platform in NCERT. Government/Aided schools registered under UDISE are
the units of implementation of the scheme which are run by the State/UT
Governments. The scheme is to reach out to the age cohorts of 15-35 who are to
be saturated first. Priority
is given to girls and women, SC/ST/OBC/Minorities, Persons with Special Needs/
Divyangjans Marginalized/ Nomadics/ construction workers/ labourers, etc
and who can substantially and immediately benefit from adult education. In
terms of location/area, scheme is focused on all Aspirational Districts of NITI
Aayog, districts with literacy rates less than the National/State average,
districts with female literacy rates less than 60% as per the 2011 Census,
districts/ blocks with large SC/ST/ Minority population. Educationally Backward
Blocks and Left Wing Extremism Affected districts will also be covered.