In collaboration with Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (An Autonomous body under Minister of Education), the School of Education, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) conducts Certificate in Professional Development of Teachers (CPDT) Programme of six-month duration for about 10000 in-service teachers working at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya. The programme focuses on building capacities of in-service teachers on managing students’ mental health issues by developing basic guidance and counseling skills among teachers, strengthening teachers’ skills for self-management (including managing their own stress) so that they can build their capacity to handle all possible challenges of their professional as well as personal life in Navodaya; and developing good institutional life and culture within Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya campuses.

This Programme is open only to Teachers sponsored by the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti.