Punjab Education Department’s novel initiative — Teacher Training Programme — started on Wednesday where 90 teachers of social sciences and mathematics subjects will undergo five-day training.
The five-day training programme for academic session 2016-17 started at RICM, Sector-32, the teachers would be trained regarding unique and modern teaching methodologies.
“The programme is the brainchild of Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema and Principal Secretary G Vajralingam and this programme would see the teachers being trained by expert resource persons belonging to eminent institutions,” said SCERT director Sukhdev Singh Kahlon while addressing master resource persons.
He said that they will be trained in various unique and modern teaching methodologies besides being guided about aspects of motivational teaching.
The programme would also see expert training concerning Science, Punjabi, Hindi and English being imparted to participant teachers, he said.The training would include 45 minutes of PPTs presentations by resource persons regarding their subjects in computer labs.