Training for teachers of maths & science

Times of India | 1 month ago | 20-05-2022 | 03:34 am

Pune: Over 300 schoolteachers across Maharashtra will be trained in inquiry and activity-based learning at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, to encourage innovation at the student-level.A 10-day workshop that began on Wednesday for 60 teachers, forming the first batch, is called Inspiring India in Research, Innovation, and STEM Education (iRISE) programme. It is a flagship project in collaboration between the Department of Science and Technology (DST), State Council of Education Research and Training (SCERT), British Council, Royal Society of Chemistry, and Tata Technologies, and is being implemented by IISER Pune.Vikas Garad, SCERT deputy director, said, “We are trying to create a group of teachers who will promote asking questions in the classrooms. They will also encourage curiosity and observation skills among the students. Unless the teachers change their thinking and approach towards education, we cannot change the system. In fact, to teach science and maths through activity, the teachers do not always need a state-of-the-art laboratory, but they can do so even with day-to-day objects. All this is being taught to teachers. The trained teachers will go back to their districts and spread their learnings among their colleagues.”In a press statement, Sourabh Dube (co-PI iRISE program) said, “In Maharashtra, the target is to create more than 300 innovation champions and 9,000 innovation coaches over two years from the pool of science and mathematics teachers. Having received more than 1,000 applications from teachers, Phase I has successfully concluded with around 564 science and mathematics teachers in three batches. For Phase II, 343 teachers have been selected, out of whom about 60 are participating in this batch.”Former state education commissioner Vishal Solanki (IAS), DDG and director, CPTP, Yashada talked about the dearth of quality teachers in the field of maths and science and the need for such training.

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The Indian Express | 4 hours ago | 26-06-2022 | 02:45 pm

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4 hours ago | 26-06-2022 | 02:45 pm

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"Traitors" Won't Be Forgiven: Sena Workers Protest Against Party Rebels

Ndtv | 5 hours ago | 26-06-2022 | 01:58 pm

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5 hours ago | 26-06-2022 | 01:58 pm

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The Indian Express | 7 hours ago | 26-06-2022 | 11:45 am

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Times of India | 7 hours ago | 26-06-2022 | 11:45 am

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Times of India | 9 hours ago | 26-06-2022 | 09:25 am

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9 hours ago | 26-06-2022 | 09:25 am

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