New Delhi: India will set up a Malaviya
Commonwealth Chair for Cross Border Teacher Education, and has also
proposed a research consortium for the grouping, an official said on Sunday.
The
announcement in this regard was made by Human Resource Development Minister
Smriti Irani at the 19th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers held at
Nassau (Bahamas) from June 22 to 26, an official statement here said.
The chair
will focus on issues pertaining to curriculum development, pedagogy, student
assessment, pre-service and in-service teacher training and capacity
development.
Irani also
proposed the setting up of a Commonwealth Consortium for Research which can
function in collaboration with the Commonwealth Education hub and provide
cross-funding for research projects which member nations deem appropriate.
India would
provide its e-Learning platform SWAYAM to host e-courseware developed by
Commonwealth of Learning, she said, and also proposed that India post digitized
materials of Commonwealth countries on its soon-to-be established national
e-Library.
The
conference which deliberated upon `Quality Education for Equitable Development`
was attended by the education ministers of 38 Commonwealth countries.
"There
could be no more opportune time than now that the Commonwealth countries work
towards a more coordinated and holistic approach towards rationalizing methods
and processes for inclusive and qualitative expansion of education in the
respective countries," said Irani at the conference.
"The
concern of quality in education would remain the centre stage of deliberations
of each country of the Commonwealth as a key parameter for sustainable
development and, therefore, there is a need to create a platform to share both
the resources and the best practices," she added.
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