On July 16, 2021, Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, and Tribal Affairs Minister, Arjun Munda, jointly launched a training program for school teachers named ‘School Innovation Ambassador Training Program’ (SIATP).
- The program is formed by the Ministry of Education’s(MoE) Innovation Cell, Ministry of Tribal Affairs(MoTA), CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education), and AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education).
- Under the training module of SIATP, 50,000 school teachers will be trained online in the field of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Intellectual property rights (IPR), Idea generation, etc.
- The SIATP will also benefit the children of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS).
- EMRS was the programme developed for tribal children, the tribal affairs ministry plans to establish 740 EMRS in tribal areas over the next 3 years.
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About Ministry of Education:
Union Minister – Dharmendra Pradhan (Constituency – Madhya Pradesh)
Minister of State (MoS) – Annpurna Devi (Constituency – Kodarma, Jharkhand), Rajkumar Ranjan Singh(Manipur), and Subhas Sarkar (Bankura, West Bengal).
About Ministry of Tribal Affairs:
Union Minister – Arjun Munda (Constituency – Khunti, Jharkhand)
Minister of State (MoS) – Renuka Singh Saruta (Surguja, Chhattisgarh), Bishweswar Tudu (Mayurbhanj, Odisha).
