NEP 2020 and the Teachers Continuing Professional Development

Abstract

National Educational Policy 2020, besides making a radical change in the educational structure of the country has devised mechanism for professional development of the teachers. NEP 2020 believes, without teachers’ knowledge and information about the latest innovations and advancements in their profession, knowledge dissemination and holistic development of the learner is unthinkable. The policy expects the teachers to participate in at least 50 hours of CPD every year for their professional development. These will be offered in multiple modes, including local, regional, state, national, and international workshops as well as online teacher development modules. NCERT has developed 50 hours CPD guidelines for teachers, head teachers and teacher educators. This article talks about the types and areas of teacher’s CPD, modalities of CPD formulated by NCERT as per NEP 2020 guidelines and the assessment mechanism of teachers CPD. The author concludes with the bottom-up CPD activities as more important because they are materialized after the teacher feel the need to inculcate those initiatives for improving his/her teaching proficiency.