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"Buoyed by the success of the Teachers Learning Centre in
Hallikhed-Bujurg village, the Azim Premji Foundation will set up a
second such centre in Chitaguppa village in Bidar district." inform Rishikesh Bahadur Desai, Principal Correspondent, The Hindu.
A
local committee, comprising eminent citizens, members of educational
institutions and other civil society groups, has been formed. The centre
will come up inside the premises of the government school in the town
in a few months.
The centre in Hallikhed-Bujurg has
successfully conducted over 100 training sessions for teachers in a
year.
While headmasters have been trained in leadership qualities,
subject teachers have been trained in languages, science and mathematics
and humanities.
The foundation has identified
resource persons across the State for each subject. They regularly visit
the centre and speak of recent advances in the subjects. They also
train teachers in efficient teaching methods.
While some give lectures,
others show video clips or use multi-media tools.
These classes are usually held on week-ends.
“The
most important achievement of the centre, however, is in creating a
platform for exchanging ideas,” says Uday Kumar, coordinator of the
centre. Teachers gather at the centre after school hours, read
magazines, surf the Internet and share their class room experiences.
This happens every day.
“While other professionals
like doctors, engineer or lawyers form associations and routinely meet,
teachers have been deprived of this for long. We are very happy to get
one where we meet and discuss,” Rajkumar Arya, a member of the
mathematics group, said.
The
foundation’s activities in Hyderabad Karnataka have improved the quality
of teaching in government schools, cemented the fraternity among
teachers and made the teaching-learning process more attractive for
students, says Umashankar Pairodi, programme coordinator for the region.
Source: The Hindu
