Thirteen teachers from Madhya Pradesh have been shortlisted among the 57 Indian teachers who would be travelling to the United States of America (USA) on September 10 for a three-month residency at Arizona State University, (ASU), under the India Support for Teacher Education Program (In-STEP).
Among the 13 teachers selected from the state six are from Bhopal, two from Indore, one each from Ujjain, Khandwa, Satna, Nougaon and Mandsaur. The teachers travelling to USA are Senior lecturer- Institute of Advanced Study in Education (IASE) Farrukh Saleem Khan, Senior lecturer District Institute for Education and Training (DIET) Rana Mujeeb Khan, lecturer (Education Technology), DIET Shewta Sharma, lecturer, DIET Sarla Shrivastav, lecturer, DIET Mohammad Arif Junaid Khan, and lecturer, DIET Manoj Kapoor, (all six from Bhopal), Senior lecturer, DIET- Bijalpur Devendra Kumar Soni and lecturer DIET Taramani Toppo (both from Indore), Senior lecturer, CTE, (Ujjain) Manisha Thakur, Senior lecturer, DIET (Khandwa) Keshav Kumar Parashar; Sr lecturer, DIET (Satna) Rajendra Prasad Pandey; Senior lecturer- DIET (Nowgong) Rajeev Mishra, and lecturer, DIET (Mandsaur) Alka Agrawal.
As part of this customised program, Indian educators will observe American schools and educational best practices. In addition, the Indian participants will work closely with ASU professors to prepare proposals for reform in specific areas of education, which they would then be able to implement in their respective states. The ultimate goal is better-trained teachers and improved educational outcomes for Indian students.
It may be mentioned here that supported by the United States Agency for International Development, (USAID), and the Government of India Ministry of Human Resource Development. ASU’s training imparts innovative, state-of-the-art teaching methodologies and tools that are applicable and relevant in the Indian context, enabling the teacher educators to offer high quality training to Indian teachers upon their return.