SCERT, A.P. - Deputing the Faculty member for the 10 days Training programme on Inclusive Education

The attention of all the District Educational Ofcers in the State are invited

to the reference read above (copy enclosed), wherein the Principal, Regional

Institute of Education (NCERT), Mysore has informed that the Inter - University

Center for Teacher Education was established by MHRD, Government of India at

RIE, Mysuru. The Center provides Professional development opportunities to

teachers and Teacher Educators by ofering diferent short and long duration

programmes. One such programme is deeveloped in collaboration with CBM India

Trust, Bangalore. The CBM India is a disability and development organisation

committed to improving the quality of life of people with disabilities in the

poorest communities of the country.

Further, the Principal, RIE, Mysore has informed that over the past several

decades,the feld of education made several strides towards educating all

children, and now we are at a most signifcant and happening ear the ear of

inclusion. Government policies like the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory

Education Act, 2009 (Right to Education Act) and the Rights of Persons with

Disabilities Act,2016 (RPWD Act 2016) made a signifcant impact in education for

Inclusion. Most recently, National Education Policy 2020 also emphasises

inclusive and equitable education for all. An essential component for success in

Inclusive education is teachers knowledge, awareness and confdence to handle

children with special needs. The government and the non-governmental

organisations have taken up several initiatives to train the pre and in-services for

inclusive education. However, the training of teacher education is yet to be given

much importantce.

keeping this in view, CBM India Trust , in collaboration with Inter-

University Center for Teacher Education , Regional Institute of Education, Mysuru,

developed a ten days training module to train the key resource persons like the

SCERT, DIET faculties, teacher Educators at block and cluster level, college of

Education faculty working in Government and Private Institutions.

Therefore, the RIE, Mysuru, invites faculty members of Teacher training

Institutions to attend the training programme and requested to depute 10 faculty

(one from each DIET/BRC) to attend the training programme. The mode of the

programme will be online. The programme will be conducted for 20 days ( two

sessions per day in the afternoon). The actual programme was envisaged