Annpurna Devi, Union Minister of State for Education, presented the National Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Awards 2022 on March 1, 2022. The award was given to 49 teachers from all throughout India.
The Award’s Importance
Recognition of school teachers for their use of ICT in education in the form of a national award encourages teachers to utilize ICT extensively and significantly in their classrooms by combining technology and content-pedagogy.
These ICT Awardees were also given the task of serving as ICT ambassadors, coaching other instructors and encouraging pupils to develop entrepreneurial skills in order to generate a competent workforce.
ICT intervention under Samagra Shiksha
ICT intervention under Samagra Shiksha also includes a component to provide IT infrastructure across schools and Teacher Education Institutes (TEIs) in order to facilitate innovative use of ICT in school and teacher education, with the goal of improving quality in all spheres of school and teacher education.
Other projects to enhance outreach of technology
ICT Curriculum for Teachers & Students, ePathshala, DIKSHA, PMeVIDYA (One Class One Channel), School MOOCs on SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds), and NISHTHA
(National Initiative for School Heads’ and Teachers’ Holistic Advancement) are some of the other flagship projects that have been launched to bridge the digital divide. These ventures also included an online teacher training programme. They aid in increasing technology’s accessibility and reach, regardless of social, economic, political, or geographic boundaries.
Awards for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Nation
The Ministry of Human Resource Development presents the National Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Awards as part of the “Information and Communication Technology in Schools (ICT in Schools)” scheme (MHRD). It is given to instructors who have improved student learning by using technology into the school curriculum and topic teaching in a creative and effective way.
