Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday asked the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) and State Council of Education Research and Training (SCERT) to jointly run an orientation programme for Government schoolteachers.Under the programme, teachers will be trained to improve their teaching skills so as to enable them to discharge their duties with utmost dedication, sincerity and professional commitment, he said.The decision was taken by Badal while reviewing the progress of 11 Adarsh Schools, run and managed by the PSEB, during a meeting with their principals.Emphasizing on the significance of training, Badal said such refresher courses or training modules must be made mandatory for all the teachers to attend at least one session during every academic session for improving their teaching capabilities and capacities.
To bring far more efficiency in the working of SCERT, Badal asked the Principal Secretary Education to work out the modalities for making cadre-based recruitment in the district level training institutes under SCERT.He sanctioned Rs1 crore for the State teachers’ training programme to be initiated by SCERT in collaboration with PSEB.Referring to the demands put forth by various Principals of the Adarsh Schools, Chief Minister asked the PSEB chairperson to ensure timely recruitment of teaching faculty besides completion of unfinished buildings and provision of proper infrastructure including science laboratories, libraries and construction of playgrounds and sports stadium on priority.
He also asked the PSEB chairperson to regularly monitor the functioning of Adarsh Schools so as to make them running smoothly for imparting quality education to the students especially of the rural areas.Badal also sought inputs and suggestions from the Principals in the meeting to bring improvement in the functioning of these schools.Assuring the Principals that all their genuine demands would be met at the earliest, the Chief Minister asked them to discharge their duties honestly to shape students’ destiny as they owe onerous duty towards the society being builders of a strong nation.He also directed the PSEB chairperson to issue instructions for the entire teaching staff of the Adarsh Schools to attend teachers’ training module under capacity building program.