3 day teachers’ capacity building workshop organised

Srinagar, Dec 7: Samagra Shiksha, Jammu and Kashmir,in collaboration with IIT Kanpur - Foundation for Advanced Consulting, Education & Training (IFACET) organised a 3-day capacity building workshop in the field of astronomy for government school teachers under Aghaaz initiative.

Srinagar, Baramulla and Anantnag are the three locations where this workshop will be organised on 7th, 8th and 9th December respectively. The first day workshop at Govt MPML HS School, Srinagar was facilitated by faculty members of IIT Kanpur, officials of Samagra Shiksha, Jammu and Kashmir, prominent personalities from the field of astronomy and educationists having direct contact with school children and teachers.

The welcome address was given by Anurag Pandey, Associate Faculty, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur, wherein he explained some teaching techniques and tricks which can be used for indulging students in a more practical and fun way. Pandey gave a brief introduction about Aghaaz initiative and its objectives.

Training teachers about the working of telescopes was the most illuminating part of this workshop. Amitabh Pandey,having a vast experience in the field of astronomy since 1992 and being actively
associated with organizations like Vigyan Prasar, Antriksh, Stargate India led a very interactive session on the basic principle of working of the telescope and its various components. Teachers were later provided the opportunity to operate the telescope. The same telescopes along with other TLMs are given to each of the government schools which fall under Aghaaz Initiative.

Samagra Shiksha’s State Coordinator, Ajeet Sharma, highlighted the Aghaaz initiative as an inventive move towards egalitarian education taken by Samagra Shiksha. He shared his thoughts on the steps that

Samagra Shiksha has taken to improve education and has made educators aware of Aghaaz Labs’ potential. It is noteworthy to add that Er. Deep Raj Kanethia Director, Samagra Shiksha, J&K, presented this idea to Alok Kumar, Principal Secretary, School Education Department who is monitoring it.