Bangalore, Sep 5:

An exclusive portal for teachers to hone their professional capabilities has been launched by the Azim Premji Foundation. The portal www.teachersofindia.org. is a free and open platform for teachers providing access to quality teaching aids and digital resources.

The Teacher Portal was originally developed by the Foundation in collaboration with the National Knowledge Commission. Since then the Foundation has expanded the portal into a space for teachers to interact, discuss, reflect, create and share academic resources and thus foster an inclusive community of teachers across the country, according to a Foundation release here today.

The Teachers of India Portal aims to support teachers in their academic efforts and thus facilitate improvements in teaching and learning. A key feature of the portal is the availability of content in several regional languages. At present these include Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and English.

It provided teachers and educators with resources, insights and information in education to enhance their pedagogical and content knowledge and enables easy access and delivery of content, greater reach and real-time dissemination of knowledge through technology.

It would also recognise efforts of teachers who have made a difference in the field of education through the ‘Spotlight’ section and provide a platform for teachers and educators to freely and regularly interact and collaborate outside the formal school environment.

-Agencies

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