HRD asks CBSE to set up teacher training centre in UP

“Find the land and put the building in place so that the students can get whatever information they want,” he said.

Prasada also asked the CBSE chairman to “ensure that the teachers get the best training”,and to open a “training institute in Uttar Pradesh for both CBSE and non-CBSE teachers”.

“The more qualified the teachers will be from this state,the more they will be in demand in top universities,colleges and schools,” Prasada said.

Chairman Joshi said,“Both the training centres (for the students and teachers) would be first of their kind. Initially,we will start the centres in rented buildings and later acquire land for them.”

Prasada said people involved in education should focus on students’ welfare. “We don’t want fancy buildings if students can’t come and learn there; we don’t want teachers with high degrees if they don’t have the right commitment. Nice brochures with great buildings and photographs will be of no use if the students don’t benefit,” he said.

The minister wants the state to become “the next education hub of this country,” and shed the tag of being “in the headlines for all the wrong reasons”.

On the debate surrounding the Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE),he said that it is “a matter of concern”. “CCE wasn’t an overnight decision. It was formulated after a lot of talk. It may have its flaws but it can’t be scrapped just because the change may prove uncomfortable,” he said.

The minister also launched a textbook on Entrepreneurship,which will be introduced as a new subject in CBSE Class XI from the next academic session.