The Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences (JIBS), a research institute of NCR-based OP Jindal Global University, on Monday organised a Principals’ Meet-cum-Teachers’ Training Programme here to equip teachers with effective and innovative teaching methodologies and to empower them with techniques to enhance and encourage active involvement of teachers and students in the learning process.
The four-hour skill enhancement program on ‘Identifying Best Teaching Practices in School Education for School leaders’ was held at Beldih Club and was attended by over 80 participants including teachers and principals from schools across Jamshedpur
The programme was headed by Dr Sanjeev P Sahni, who is Principal Director of JIBS at the Jindal Global University (JGU), Sonipat, Director for “Center for Innovative leadership and Change”, and Advisor to the Vice Chancellor at JGU. Payal Chhoker, Clinical Psychologist with JIBS was also a key speaker.
With an aim to offer value addition to the country’s school education system, JIBS is working with teachers across the country and offering short term courses to help them better customise their teaching mechanisms to meet the needs of different children. Dr Sahni and his team have conducted similar training programs for teachers in Bhubaneswar recently.
“School education lays the basic foundation of learning in children. If supported by right teaching practices it plays a pivotal role in instilling a spirit of enquiry and pursuit for knowledge in them. It is therefore imperative to give special attention to teaching methodologies at school and develop approaches that involve children into the learning process and catalyse their minds to ask questions, rather than remain passive listeners. Unfortunately in India, the teaching practices at school are uni-dimensional and do not take into account the different learning needs of different children, forcing learning by rote. At JIBS we have undertaken several studies and researches to understand the best approaches and practices to school education and we have incorporated the knowledge obtained from them into a series of courses and programs for teachers,” said Sahni. Other resource people present on the occasion included Jitu Mishra- Director, Human Resources, Deep Mala Chowdhury- Asst. Director, Human Resources, and Pawan Singh- Dy. Manager- Admissions and Outreach all from O P Jindal Global University.