Union Minister of State for Education, Shri Jayant Chaudhary, felicitated 10 national-level winning teams and innovators of the Viksit Bharat Buildathon (VBB) 2025 in New Delhi. The event also marked VBB 2025 entering the Guinness World Records as the “Largest Innovation Solution Competition” with 2,87,967 project submissions. Organised by the Department of School Education & Literacy alongside partner bodies, the initiative featured an award pool of over ₹1 crore across district, state, and national levels, with the 10 national winning teams receiving a total cash prize of ₹17.50 lakhs.
During the event, the Minister launched the ‘Guidelines for Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs) under ULLAS – Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram’. The new guidelines enable student teachers enrolled in recognized programmes to serve as volunteer teachers, requiring each student teacher to facilitate the literacy and certification of five to eight non-literate learners with academic credits linked to successful certification. Additionally, activities regarding e-waste awareness and collection were presented as part of Special Campaign 6.0.
What it means
- Under the ULLAS guidelines, each student teacher must facilitate the literacy and certification of five to eight non-literate learners, with academic credits linked to successful learner certification.
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