Smriti Irani to launch teacher education portal 'Prashikshak' today

Minister of Human Resource and Development Smriti Irani will launch the teacher education portal 'Prashikshak' for District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) in New Delhi today. 

The objective of Prashikshak is to help DIETs make informed decisions about their institutes, compare the performance of their institute against other DIETs and help aspiring teachers make



informed decisions about which institute to join. Portal has been developed by the HRD Ministry in collaboration with Central Square Foundation. 

This is a unique IT Initiative taken up by the HRD Ministry which would entail the establishment of a strong monitoring mechanism with a database of teacher education institutes with all relevant performance indicators.