August 13, 2026 04:22 pm (IST)
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Smriti Irani launches teacher education portal 'Prashikshak'
New Delhi, June 30 (IBNS): Union Minister for Human Resource Development Smriti Zubin Irani dedicated 'Prashikshak'- a teacher education portal, to the nation at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Thursday.
‘Prashikshak’ is launched with a vision to strengthen District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) and bring quality teachers into the Indian school education system.
Irani addressed the gathering at the launch of the programme. She highlighted the fact that though the Prashiskshak has started only for DIETs, it will cover Block level institutes in the future and identify gaps at the bottom of the pyramid.
The Union HRD Minister also announced that the Ministry of Human Resource Development also has plans for enhancing Prashikshak to cover all Government Teacher Education Institutions in the country, which are recognized by the NCTE.
She also made an appeal to all State Government teacher education functionaries to make full use of the ‘Prashikshak’ to bring about transformative changes in the monitoring system of these institutions.
The event also saw live interaction about ‘Prashikshak’ through Video Conference with DIET Principals across 6 States - Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh.
During the interaction, State Education Ministers of Assam and Madhya Pradesh appreciated the initiative and extended support along with their state functionaries. Also, suggestions received like sharing of materials in regional languages, creating a corner for ‘solution exchange on issues related to teacher education’ were also well noted and appreciated by the Union HRD Minister.
Prashikshak will contain a comprehensive database of all DIETs in the country with all relevant performance indicators. It will help benchmark DIETs to enable aspiring teachers to make informed choices about their future. At the same time, it will give the opportunity to Central and State Governments to do real time monitoring of the institutions.
Prashikshak was established through joint collaboration between Ministry of Human Resource Development and Central Square Foundation. The objective of Prashikshak is to define the quality benchmark and thus, helping DIETs to make informed decisions about their institutes, compare the performance of their institute against other DIETs in the state/country as well as helping aspiring teachers make informed decision making.
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