Punjab on Monday started a programme to train 400 teachers as master trainers who would further impart training to the teachers from the time of joining services till their superannuation.
Inaugurating the three-day specialised orientation programme to train 400 masters as resource persons at National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research (NITTTR), Punjab Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema said that exhorted the masters trainers to take advantage of this programme to restore faith of the society in Govt education system.
Punjab Education Department’s programme’s objective was to train the masters as master trainer and equipping them with the modern techniques imparting quality education prevalent worldwide.
These master trainers would subsequently train all teachers in their respective districts so as to ensure the quality education to the students as per the need of hour. Cheema said that it has become imperative for the teachers to change their course of imparting education as per the needs of the changing society. “These master trainers would keep on educating the teachers at different periods of their services like from the time of their entry into services till the retirement,” he said.
The Minister said that the education department has decided to introduce ‘learning Outcome Evaluation Examination’ under which State Council of Education Research and Training (SCERT) would conduct exam for class V and VIII.