In order to bring improvement in quality of teaching, the State education department is planning to provide extensive training to the serving teachers of Government schools. The State Project Director Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), D Senthil Pandian said that in the annual Working plan of SSA it was decided to lay special emphasis on the training of teachers. The department organised an eight day teaching module preparation workshop from May 03 to May 10 in Dehradun. Pandian said that training of state level resource persons has started from May 11 in Dehradun. A master trainer training programme would be organised in all DIETs from May 17 to 21. These trainers would provide training to teachers at block level from May 23 to 27.
Pandian said that the training modules have been prepared based on the Training Need Analysis (TNA) and emphasize on adopting modern methods of teaching. In these modules the Performance indicators for Elementary school teachers (PINDICS), learning indicators for Elementary School teachers (lINDICS) and Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE), observing cleanliness and teacher’s diary have been included.
The training module for class I to VI subjects like language, mathematics and sanitation are being emphasised while for class VI to VIII, mathematics, science and sanitation are incorporated. Pandian claimed that the training modules have been prepared to incorporate the basic theme of ‘Padhe Bharat, Badhe Bharat Abhiyan’.