In this digital era, where the world is converging towards global citizenship, the leading edge of technology amelioration not only connects people across the globe but also aids in knowledge sharing, upgrading skills and handson experience, thus augmenting the competencies facilitating the practice of developing a sustainable and human world. And to achieve these aims of global citizenship education, peace education, education for sustainable development, we need to invigorate the process of teaching and teacher education unquestionably to gain ground beyond the boundaries of international and inter-cultural understanding. Continuous professional development (CPD) is one such pronounced approach in the field of teacher education recommended under the National Education Policy 2020. It provides opportunities to teachers, to aggrandize with the changing world in order to achieve expected learning outcomes of learners. In this context of continuous professional development, the National Education Policy 2020 proposes at least 50 hours of autonomous and enthusiastic participation of teachers and Head teachers in the orchestrated CPD programmes every year. Multiple modes of partaking including online and offline mode together with workshops, MOOC’s, NISHTHA, paper publication, content development, etc., would be open to the applicants.
KVS RO Dehradun has developed suggestive CPD guidelines, covering all the significant areas of teacher education, tailored to the time and needs of teachers and Head teachers. The suggested guidelines under the 50 hours of CPD programme would comprise various programmes and activities for participants with allotted time for each activity.
