Archive · 24 Aug 2026
Uttar Pradesh Links Teachers to Prashast 2.0 Screening Videos
Uttar Pradesh is preparing teachers before they screen children for educational needs.
The preparation is part of a program called Prashast 2.0.
Teachers can watch special videos on an app or website.
There are 10 videos, and they are described as around 40 minutes.
Watching them is mandatory for the concerned teachers.
The videos explain how the screening process works.
Teachers from government, aided and unaided private schools are being included.
The goal is to help schools understand children better and provide suitable support.
Prashast 2.0 will use sensitisation videos to prepare teachers before screening children.
Ten sensitisation videos, described as around 40 minutes, are available on the Prashast App/Portal.
Watching the videos and completing onboarding have been made mandatory for concerned teachers.
Teachers from Parishadiya, private aided and private unaided schools across Uttar Pradesh are being included.
The initiative aims to improve the sensitive identification of children’s educational needs and support requirements.
- Who
- The Uttar Pradesh government, education officials and teachers in Parishadiya, private aided and private unaided schools.
- What
- Teachers are being required to watch sensitisation videos and complete onboarding before screening children under Prashast 2.0.
- When
- The announcement was reported on August 24; no year was specified.
- Where
- Across Uttar Pradesh, with the report datelined Lucknow.
- Why
- To help teachers understand the screening process and identify children’s educational needs more sensitively.
- Programme
- Prashast 2.0
- Training material
- Ten sensitisation videos are available on the Prashast App/Portal.
- Video duration
- The videos are described as around 40 minutes.
- Requirement
- Concerned teachers must watch the videos and complete onboarding.
- Schools covered
- Parishadiya, private aided and private unaided schools in Uttar Pradesh.
- Implementing officials
- Divisional Assistant Directors of Education (Basic) and District Basic Education Officers were directed to oversee compliance.
- Purpose
- To strengthen child screening and support inclusive, need-based education.