| NPST was announced in the Budget 2021 as a mandate of Ministry of Education (MoE) |
March, 2021 |
| A Digital consultation conducted for inviting suggestions/inputs under bottom-up approach |
April, 2021 |
| A goggle form link sent to the targeted audience who were expected to be impacted by NPST |
June, 2021 |
| Constituted a committee of national experts on NPST within NCTE to examine the relevance of para 5.20 of NEP 2020 and devise an appropriate strategy for developing and designing a national document on NPST |
August, 2021 |
| A report on comparative study of NPST documents of three countries (UK- England, Australia, UAE) and UNESCO Global Standards was prepared to benchmark the best practices internationally. |
Nov, 2021 |
| A series of 15 open house discussions were conducted in both physical and blended mode and 5 in-house consultations held on finalization of guiding document of NPST as field trial version |
Dec 2021 - Mar, 2022 |
| Orientation of Principals and school-level Coordinators |
8 Aug, 2022 |
| Registration of teachers through Google Forms (Registration Form in Annexure 5) |
9 to 30 Aug, 2022 |
| Ongoing communication with school-level Coordinators through a WhatsApp Group |
30 Sept, 2022 |
| Preliminary Survey for NPST Pilot Study (Survey placed as Annexure 3) |
27-28 Oct, 2022 |
| Tool 1 released with intimation to teachers through email and SMS; both mobile and web browser options available along with a detailed Helpfile for both options to support teachers (Helpfiles for Tools 1-3 are available in Annexure 6). |
28 Oct, 2022 |
| Meeting of Working Group members and Coordinators held to discuss any issues/challenges being faced by teachers. |
18 Nov, 2022 |
| Tool 2 released |
18 Nov, 2022 |
| Tool 3 released |
15 Dec, 2022 |
| Tools closed |
13 Feb, 2023 |
| FGDs with teachers and Coordinators |
22 Feb, 2023 |
| Report of Pilot /Field Trial version of NPST released. |
June, 2023 |
| MoU signed between National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) and International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation |
27 Sep, 2023 |
| 2-Day long regional consultative meet, evaluation of the programme & year end seminar for sharing best practices/taking feedback from stakeholders |
16-17 Feb, 2024 |
| Launch of NPST Guiding Document |
9 March, 2024 |
| MoU signed between NCTE and Sri Aurobindo Society |
21 March, 2024 |
| Different activities undertaken regarding 100 Days PMO Agenda on Achievements on NEP 2020 |
June – August, 2024 |
| Orientation session of PM SHRI School Teachers regarding NPST organized by NCTE on behest of Ministry of Education, Govt. of India. |
10-14 June, 2024 |
| One-Day National Sensitization Workshop on NPST organized by NCTE in collaboration with Gautam Buddha University, Grater Noida |
29 June, 2024 |
| Workshop on development of Draft Plan of Action for Implementation of NPST and the Model Assessment Tool for measuring NPST Competency |
11-13 July, 2024 |
| Braille and Audio Book of NPST Guiding Document was launched by Hon'able MoS |
29 July 2024 |
| Second National level Sensitization Workshop on NPST was conducted at MANUU, Hyderabad. |
30 August 2024 |
| Launch of NPST Guiding Document in 14 Scheduled Indian Languages |
13 September, 2024 |
| 1st NPST Tool Validation and Creation Workshop in collaboration with NIEPA |
13-14 September 2024 |
| Submission of Plan of Action for Implementation of NPST to MoE for approval |
November, 2024 |
| Nomination of Nodal Officers from States and UTs for Implementation of NPST |
January, 2025 |
| 1st Sensitization Session of Nodal Officers and DIET Principals of ERC Region during 1st National Conclave of NCTE in collaboration with NEHU, Shillong |
27-28 February 2025 |
| 2nd Sensitization Session of Nodal Officers and DIET Principals of WRC region during 2nd National Conclave of NCTE in collaboration with Gujarat Vidyapeeth, Ahmedabad |
27-28 March, 2025 |
| 3rd Sensitization Session of Nodal Officers and DIET Principals of NRC region during 3rd National Conclave of NCTE in collaboration with HSHEC and Kurukshetra University, Haryana |
28-29 April, 2025 |
| Approval of PAB for the FY 2025-26 |
1st May, 2025 |
| 2nd Two Days NPST Tool Validation and Creation Workshop by involving 25 experts across nation |
3-4 June, 2025 |
| Constituted a committee to oversee the Implementation of NPST |
14 July, 2025 |
| 1st Meeting of the Implementation Committee to discuss the ToR |
23 July, 2025 |
| 2nd meeting of the Implementation Committee for NPST to oversee the Roadmap for Implementation in NVS/KVS/CBSE |
21 August, 2025 |
| 3rd meeting of the Implementation Committee to discuss the Roadmap for Implementation of NPST with NVS/KVS/CBSE Heads. |
22 August, 2025 |
| NPST Tool Creation Workshop at SCERT Sikkim |
27-29 August, 2025 |
| NPST Tool Creation Workshop at RIE Mysuru |
10-12 September, 2025 |
| NPST Tool Creation Workshop at RIE Ajmer |
17-19 September, 2025 |
| NPST Tool Creation Workshop at SCERT Delhi |
24-26 September, 2025 |
| NPST Tool Creation Workshop at IITE Gandhinagar |
25-27 September, 2025 |
| 4th meeting of the Implementation Committee to Discuss the NPST Implementation Strategy with the Chairperson, NCTE |
6 October, 2025 |
| 3rd Two Days NPST Tool Validation Workshop by involving experts across nation |
6-7 October, 2025 |
| 5th Meeting to discuss the development of the NPST Handout and plan of action related sensitization workshops and implementation activities for 2025–26 |
17 October, 2025 |
| Sharing of Information/Capacity Building with the Nodal Officers of States/UTs to familiarize them with NPST and NMM Framework and Plan of Implementation |
31 October, 2025 |
| Sharing of Information/Capacity Building with the Director SCERTs/DoEs of States/UTs to familiarize them with NPST and NMM Framework and Plan of Implementation |
11 November, 2025 |
| Meeting with DIETs of Excellence (1st Phase) on Sensitization and Information Sharing on NMM and NPST- reg. |
17 November, 2025 |
| Meeting with DIETs of Excellence (2nd Phase) on Sensitization and Information Sharing on NMM and NPST |
21 November, 2025 |
| Meeting with the Directorates of School Education of States/UTs on Sensitization and Information Sharing on NMM and NPST |
25 November, 2025 |
| NPST Advisory Committee Meeting on NPST Handout, chaired by Professor Pankaj Arora, Chairperson, NCTE |
10 December 2025 |
| One Day Meeting with the Advisory Committee for NPST |
15 December 2025 |
| First Trial: One-Day Workshop for Orientation and Registration of Principals/Teachers on the NPST Digital Platform |
20 December 2025 |
| Second Trial: One-Day Workshop for Orientation and Registration of Principals/Teachers on the NPST Digital Platform |
27 December 2025 |
| "Third Trial: One-Day Workshop for Orientation and Registration of Principals/Teachers on the NPST Digital Platform
Objectives: To familiarise the participating stakeholders with the NPST Handbook
To familiarise the participating stakeholders with the NPST Web Portal and
To obtain their feedback" |
30th December 2025 |
| 5th -Meeting of NPST Implementation Committee-reg, |
05 January 2026 |
| Two-Day Workshop of NPST Implementation Committee-reg, chaired by Professor Pankaj Arora, CP-NCTE |
08-09 January 2026 |
| Rollout of NPST/NMM In SRC-ERC-WRC |
19 January to 31 March 2026 |
