New Delhi:
Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' launched the NISHTHA or National Initiative for School Heads and Teachers Holistic Advancement,
an initiative to improve Learning Outcomes at the elementary level,
today here. Touted as the world's largest teachers' training programme
of its kind in the world, basic objective of this programme 'is to
motivate and equip teachers to encourage and foster critical thinking in
students' according to the education minister.