Keeping in view the essential role played by teachers in the lives of students, a training programme was organised in Leh by DIET, under the aegis of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. The prime objective of the programme was to train the teachers on how to make lesson plans for the entire year.
This will enable the teachers to finish the syllabus on time, by proper planning in advance while at the same time it will enhance student learning outcomes. At every training centre five or six master trainers are trained by DIET who function as the main resource point. Training is further provided to other teachers.
Assurance has been given by The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, which administers Leh, that they would tweak the syllabus to meet modern day requirements and promised that the transfer policy would be made more transparent.
The principal of DIET, K Angmo said, "We were focusing on giving individual attention to each teacher. Almost 100 per cent of teachers were covered under this 5-day programme which focuses on techniques and methodology of teaching. I fully believe that this training module is unique, child-friendly and is easy to train the teachers in.''
"This five-day training was very effective for us. The most important things that we learnt here were about classroom culture, classroom management and how to invest in children. I think that learning how to make a lesson plan would be very helpful for us and we will definitely implement this in our school in the future," told Raman Baley, who is a government school teacher.
If effective steps are taken in the right direction, the quality of education in government schools can be enhanced to a great extent and such initiatives by the government definitely indicate a positive start.