Teacher Training for Yoga in Schools

Yoga in Schools

Teacher Training

Assistance may be given to Yoga Institutes for training regular teachers of Government and Government-aided schools in yoga in an integrated way. For those teachers, who would be teaching yoga though they are not yoga/health and physical education teachers may be required to undergo training for one month. Refresher courses may be organized for 21 days as per the requirements of the teachers. The training may be compulsorily residential. Teachers invited for training should not be above 45 years of age. Financial assistance will be provided for not more than two courses in one academic year.

Assistance may be provided for boarding and lodging. TA/DA will be as per State/UT administration rates and will be reimbursed by NCERT.

The Yoga Institutions which impart training will be entitled to a lump sum grant for meeting the training expenses. The grant will cover the fees of the institution as also the expenditure on account of distribution of instructional materials to the teacher trainees. In one training programme, 30 participants may be invited for training.

Item-wise financial assistance is as follows:

• Boarding & lodging @ Rs. 350/- per day per trainee.
• TA as per the State/UT rates;
• The DA will be 25% as per State/UTs norms.
• Lump sum grant @ Rs.5,000/- per programme;