MARIA'S PUBLIC SCHOOL
UNDER MARIA'S PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
A Senior Secondary School affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education
Mr. Biswajit De, Creative Director, Maria’s Public School, Guwahati, Assam, India is now a ‘CBE (Competency-based Education) Master Trainer’, certified by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). Through an innovative Training Programme which was jointly designed by the CBSE, British Council and the University of Cambridge, Mr. De was trained by veteran Educationists and Teacher Trainers like Dr. Elaine Wilson, who is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge and is a Fellow, Praelector and Dean of Homerton College, affiliated to the University. The two months long extensive training gave Mr. De a chance to observe the Educational Principles of the National Education Policy, 2020 and the guidelines of the CBE: Competency-based Education, which was launched by CBSE, during the year 2020, and he was able to contribute in the CBE Strategies with innovative Action Plans, which he designed for subjects like Design Education & Environmental Science, with Interdisciplinary Approach, applicable to North East India.
Mr. De’s job will be to empower & train the Students and Teachers of MPS first and cascade his learning to other CBSE affiliated Schools, both from the Rural & Urban Sectors. He received the Master Trainer’s Certificate from Mr. Rowan Kennedy, Deputy Director – INDIA, British Council, Ms Preeti Hingorani – Vice President: Education Reform, South Asia Cambridge Partnership for Education and Mr. Joseph Emmanuel, Director of Academics, CBSE, on the 28th of September, 2021. Mr. De’s job will be to empower & train the Students and Teachers of MPS first and cascade his learning to other CBSE affiliated Schools, both from the Rural & Urban Sectors. He received the Master Trainer’s Certificate from Mr. Rowan Kennedy, Deputy Director – INDIA, British Council, Ms Preeti Hingorani – Vice President: Education Reform, South Asia Cambridge Partnership for Education and Mr. Joseph Emmanuel, Director of Academics, CBSE, on the 28th of September, 2021.The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) launched the Competency-based Education & Assessment Framework for subjects, including mathematics, science and English, on March 24, 2021. The framework designed and developed by the British Council and UK-based education service organisation, AlphaPlus, is based on extensive research and analysis on the current education model in India. Union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank announced the framework, lauding CBSE and British Council for their efforts in formulating the framework.