Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday participated in a feedback session organised for the heads of schools and teacher educators on their return from the Finland. Ambassador of Finland to India Nina Vaskunlahti interacted with the teachers along with Sisodia to share their experiences.
Heads of schools, including principals, vice principals and teacher educators of Directorate of Education (DoE) who have finished their training programme participated in the session.
Teachers in two groups of 30 each visited Finland in order to get an in-depth understanding about the Finnish Education Model in the context of school policies, teacher training and everyday teaching practice. The 5-day training programme was held from March 4 to 10 and from March 11 to 17, 2018.
Secretary Education Sandeep Kumar, Director Education, Sanjay Goyal and Director State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Dr Sunita S Kaushik were also present in the session.
Sisodia expressed his desire to incorporate the good practices observed and asked all the participants to give a write up in the form of a paper. “It can be compiled in the form of a document which can be used as a reference for educators who have not visited Finland,” said Sisodia.
The Finland Ambassador was of the opinion that it was a beautiful experience to have people across nations to interact with each other and also that these learning can be taken forward in the form of exchange programme and through ICT.
She was of the opinion that even in sub-zero temperatures, the learning of students was not deterred due to the well thought of education system in which they had invested after independence. While describing the Finnish system of Education as a model to the rest of the world, she expressed her desire to gain feedback so that the trainings can be improved and the relationship can be strengthened with India.