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DPPI ADVISORY COMMITTEE Dr. C. Prakash – Vice President, DAVCMC Chairman - DPPI Advisory Committee Sh. Mohan Lal – Secretary, DAVCMC Member - DPPI Advisory Committee DPPI FACULTY Dr. Nisha Peshin – Director Mrs. Rajni Bala – Assistant Edu. Officer STAFF Mr. Rajesh Rai – Accountant Mr. Vasudev Tiwari – Driver
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Dr. R. P. Singhal – Vice President, DAVCMC Member - DPPI Advisory Committee Sh. T. R. Gupta – Secretary, DAVCMC Member - DPPI Advisory Committee
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Mrs. Rashmi S. Chari – Asstt. Director
Mrs. Indermani Jain – Education Officer
Mr. Ramesh Kumar – UDC Mr. Ghanshyam Dass – Peon
Mrs. Sony Rawat – LDC Mr. Prabhakar Jha – Peon
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from cluster schools attended the Programme.
JAMMU & KASHMIR Mr. Yogesh Khosla, Head of CRC-35 organised a three day Workshop cum Orientation Programme from 28 th to 31 st March 2008 at Maharaja Harisingh Agricultural Collegiate School, Nagbani, Jammu. It was attended by 85 teachers. PUNJAB Mrs. S. Latka, Regional Director, Sangrur Zone, in collaboration with Kips Company organized a one day Computer Seminar cum Workshop on 5th February 2008 at DAV Public School Chanarthal Khurd. As many as 40 delegates comprising teachers and principals from her zone participated in the seminar. Mr. K.L. Rana, Principal, BBM DAV Public School, Talwara organised a one day workshop in English on 31st July 2008 in his school. Ms Gitanjali Sharma, trained mentor by DPPI, DAVCMC conducted the workshop. It was attended by the teachers from eleven DAV Schools of Amritsar Zone.
... WELCOME
IN-SERVICE TRAINING THROUGH EDUSAT
Rashmi S Chari, Asst-Director DPPI DPPI, the department of in-service education of DAV College Managing Committee, is making use of innovative methods to reach teacher training regularly at the doorsteps of each DAV School located at different parts of India.
Mr. Ashok Kumar Head of CRC-12 organized a one day workshop on ‘How to Develop Creative Writing and Techniques of Teaching Prose’ on 6th March at DAV Public School, Canary Hill, Hazari Bagh. Twenty five teachers from four Member Resource Centers of CRC-12 attended the workshop.
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EDITORIAL EDITORIAL
O ver the past two years DPPI Link
objectives and sought academic support to conduct this nation-wide initiative involving more than 400 DAV schools. The Apex bodies were very appreciative of foresight and enterprise by DAV College Managing Committee to invest in the human resource development and provided whole hearted academic support in the form of guest faculty, subject experts, training materials and suggestions for designing academic interactions. The selection of the subject-experts was crucial to the success of this interactive programme. Eminent subject-experts actively contributing in designing the syllabi, textual materials and setting
sample question papers for all the subjects with CBSE, were identified and the most articulate of the lot were selected to address and interact with our teachers. Besides these, best teachers from schools of Delhi were invited to be the part of the experts panel to share innovative practices to resolve the problems pertaining to transaction of the curriculum. Nearly seventy (70) resource persons provided quality academic inputs during this programme. Approximately 14,000 DAV teachers teaching classes VIII to XII benefited from this programme. On an average 180-200 queries were raised by the teachers and resolved by the experts
in each one of the 22 workshops. The total number of queries reached up to 5000 during the month long programme. The additional benefit of this exercise was that it also brought about further conceptual clarity for all other subject teachers viewing interactions between their peers and subject-experts. Symbolizing ‘deep se deep jale’ each of the 14,000 teachers enriched during the programme would cascade the learning and enrichment received in this programme to lakhs of students studying in DAV schools all over India.
has become an iconic of proceedings and announcements of training events organized by Directorate of Project Planning & In-service (DPPI) and Coordinating Resource Centers (CRCs) across the country. This issue presents the highlights of thirty training programmes conducted by DPPI for Principals and teachers from March to October 2008. A number of reports from CRCs are indicative of growing awareness of the need for teacher training programmes across all subjects and levels. Regards, Inder Mani Jain Editor
Today the development of science and technology and their effective use has made it possible for the schools to receive quality in-service training at work place with minimum expenditure. DPPI’s latest initiative has used the highly sophisticated EDUSAT, the first and only dedicated educational satellite of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to train 14,000 DAV teachers during the Performance Enhancement Programme conducted from September 2 to October 1, 2008. The programme was telecast on IGNOU’s free-to-air interactive channel GYAN DARSHAN-2. Teachers of four hundred (400) DAV schools simultaneously received the training on the T.V screens at their schools through Direct-to-Home (DTH) technology.
The month-long programme targeted the teachers of board-bound classes VIII, X and XII. All the DAV schools affiliated with Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and DAV Education Board (DAVEB) participated in the interactive Performance Enhancement Programme. This initiative will definitely lead to improvement of students performance in the board examinations which in turn would enhance the image of DAV schools locally and of the DAV organization nationally. In order to ensure latest academic inputs in the programme, the DPPI apprised the Apex educational bodies NCERT and CBSE of the programme
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C O N T E N T S CONTENTS In-service Training Through EDUSAT DPPI Update
Induction Programme-2008 Master Trainer Programme in Mathematics Master Trainer Programme in English
DPPI LINK is printed and published by Dr. Nisha Peshin, Director – DPPI, DAV CMC, Arya Samaj Mandir, R. K. Puram, Sector – VI New Delhi – 110022 • Tel.: 26176198, 26183585 • Fax: 26193008 • E-mail: [email protected]
CRCs Happenings! Orientation Programme- Aided School Principals Director's Message
DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE
Directorate of Project Planning & In-service is one of the most important portfolios of DAV CMC to promote organizational goals and values. The Department since its inception has been striving hard and imparting in-service training to DAV workforce to enable them to foster holistic development of each child enrolled in DAV Institutions. Continuing its endless voyage with renewed vigour, DPPI in collaboration with Regional Directors and Heads of CRCs organizes a wide range of need based training activities such as seminars, workshops, orientation programmes and conferences through out the year. I take this opportunity to invite your suggestions and training needs for DPPI’s Annual Training Calendar 2009. Dr Nisha Peshin Director, DPPI & Curriculum Development, DAV CMC
by the them (mentors) from internet during the IT sessions. ELT Centers were inaugurated by the resource persons. The valedictory sessions were presided over by the Principals of Host Schools at Ranchi and Hardwar and Mr. Rajan Gupta, IPS,ADGP Punjab Police, was the Chief Guest at Jallandhar. Reports of the programmes were presented by mentors using IT mode. The purpose of mentoring programme and role of mentor in its implementation was briefly spelt out by the Programme
Co-ordinator. The certificates of participation were conferred upon the mentors by the Chief Guests.
school by the mentors on the last day. It was equipped with creative charts, list of websites and lots of English language teaching learning materials downloaded
FOLLOW-UP ACTION: MATHEMATICS AND ENGLISH
After the completion of the both the programmes DPPI devised a Follow-up startegy and prepared Mentor’s Action Plan (s) in Mathamtics and English for the next three months (August to Ocotber). Letters along with Mentor’s Action Plans were sent to the concerend Regional Directors and Princiapal to provide all support and motivation to the Mentors to orient the mentees. Regular feed-back from the concerned schools is expected by the Programme Coordinators. DPPI has also planned a follow-up monitoring programme for both the subjects in October 2008. It will be carried out in a random sample of five schools located in Delhi, Haryana and UP. On the basis of the feedback received from monitoring programmes training needs will be established and then programmes in English and mathematics will be conducted using EDUSAT resource in December 2008.
TRAINING CALENDAR FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2008
Month OCTOBER Programme Details Follow-up and Monitoring of Master Trainer Programmes in - English - Mathematics Training of Language Teachers (Spoken English) NOVEMBER Seminar on ICT in Education Training of English Teachers Training of Accountants DECEMBER Seminar on ICT in Education. Follow-up of Master Trainer Programmes in – English / Mathematics via EDUSAT Leadership Programme: Training of Supervisory Heads Classes I to VIII Chhattisgarh Mrs. Meenakshi Sharma Target Group Secondary Primary Venue Region Wise Course Coordinator Mrs. Indermani Jain Mrs. Rajni Bala
CRCs HAPPENINGS!
ANDHRA PRADESH Immediately after the conduct of Master Trainer Programme in Mathematics by DPPI at Ranchi, Mrs. Seetha Kiran, Regional Director South zone and Head of CRC-01, organized a one-day workshop on Activity Based Learning in mathematics on 28th June, 2008 at DAV Public School, Safilguda, January 2008, at DAV Public School, Cantt, Area, Gaya Bihar. It was attended by one hundred and fifty teachers (150) teachers from all DAV Schools of Bihar zone. HIMACHAL PRADESH Mrs. Shashi Kiran Gupta Regional Director, HP Zone-II, organised the following workshops for her zonal schools. On 24th May, 2008, Dayanand Public School, Shimla, in collaboration with KIPS Educational Group, organised a one day Computer Orientation Programme. It was attended by the computer teachers from 14 DAV Schools of HP Zone-II. MRA DAV Sr. Sec. Public School, Solan, organised two workshops (each one day) for senior secodnary teachers in Science and Mathematics on 28th June, 2008. These workshops were attended by 24 teachers from all the schools of HP Zone-II. A one day workshop for Preprimary and Early Primary Teachers was organised on 29th September 2008, at Dayanand Public School, Shimla. It was attended by fifty teachers. JHARKHAND Dr. Jayant Kulkarni, Head of CRC-10 organised a two day workshop in Value Integrated Education in Social Science from 2nd to 3rd August, 2008. Approximately forty five teachers
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All Classes All Subjects Classes-I to V
State wise
Mrs. Rashmi S Chari
Region Wise
Mrs. Indermani Jain
– All Classes All Subjects Secondary & Middle Level Teachers
Region Wise State wise
Mrs. Rajni Bala Mrs. Rashmi S Chari
All India
Mrs. Indermani Jain Mrs. Rajni Bala
Hyderabad. Mr. Subba Rao KVS and Mr. Chalapathi D.S., newly trained mentors addressed the workshop. It was attended by seventeen (17) mathematics primary teachers. BIHAR Dr. U.S. Prasad, Head of CRC-5, organized a two-day Workshop cum Orientation Programme for secondary teachers is physics from 23rd to 24th
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workshop. Special emphasis was laid on giving instructions to the learners and also proper lesson planning at primary level. Participants were also engaged in group activities and games to enable them to develop the mathematical concepts in children in play way method. It was realized and expressed that learning mathematics was indeed a fun and joy. Besides the games and activities a host of concepts such as Place Value, LCM, HCF, Fractions, Decimals and concepts of Geometry were explained and
taught by using stories and creating real life situations. The participants were asked to integrate practical problems while teaching to develop the critical thinking in the children. Similarly, the area of Trajectory for Introducing Addition and Subtraction Algorithm was discussed thoroughly. It was emphasized to give a lot of practice in doubling, halving and multiplying the numbers ending with zero as pre division activities. The participants were also apprized with a new method of division called long division to promote active learning in the class.
The participants were assigned Project-work every day at the end of the day. The Valedictory Ceremonies of the programmes were attended by Regional Directors and Principals and Mrs. Rajni Bala presented a brief report of the programme at every center. The proceedings of the training programmes were reported by the participants and they were conferred upon the certificates of their participation.
INDUCTION PROGRAMME – 2008
Leadership is about articulating visions, embodying values, and creating the environment within which things can be accomplished. Richards & Engle, 1986. Induction Programme for newly inducted Heads of DAV Schools is held annually by the Directorate of Project Planning and In-service Education, DAV CMC. It aims at equipping newly appointed Heads of DAV Institutions with DAV Educational Philosophy and transforming them into proactive, vibrant academic Leaders. A seven day residential Induction Programme-VIII was organized by DPPI from 24th to 30th May, 2008 at Hansraj College, Delhi University. Forty one newly appointed Heads of DAV Public Schools from as many as twelve states participated in the programme. These states were Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttranchal. Leadership in action becomes a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal as Mahatma Gandhi had created a vision for independence in India, raised the aspirations of our people and led them from the front to realize the seemingly impossible dream of Indian independence. DAV Heads of Schools as ‘Leaders in action’ are expected to internalize the DAV vision of education, based on Swami Dayanand’s educational principles and philosophy, the aspirations of our esteemed Officebearers and the expectations that the society in general and their clients in particular have from DAV Schools. Their initiation began with daily Havan & discourses performed by Arya Samaj preachers. The programme was inaugurated by Prof. Ved Prakash, Vice Chancellor, National University of Educational Planning & Administration (NUEPA). The inaugural ceremony was graced by the DAV Office Bearers Dr. RP Singhal, Sh. TR Gupta and Principal Mohan Lal, Members - DPPI Advisory Board and Dr. SR Arora, Principal-Hansraj College, Delhi University. Dr. R.P Singhal, on behalf of DPPI Advisory Board, DAV CMC presented welcome address and Mrs. Rashmi Chari, Assistant DirectorDPPI, DAVCMC and Coordinator of Programme introduced the programme. Dr. SR Arora, Principal-Host College, proposed a vote of thanks. In his Inaugural address Prof. Prakash asserted that leadership is about raising aspirations of followers & enthusing people with a desire to reach for the stars. The Induction Programme empowered the incumbents in skills, competencies and the right attitude in the areas given below. 1. The DAV Perspective of Holistic Education 2. Administration and Financial Management of DAV Schools 3. Team Leadership 4. Management of Physical Resources 5. Management of Scholastic & CoScholastic Areas in the school. Shri T.R. Gupta, Secretary, DAV CMC enlightened the participants on DAV Perspective of Holistic Education by recounting the unbounded contribution of DAV stalwarts such as Mahatma Hans Raj and the likes. Mrs. Rashmi Chari conducted sessions on mission statement and goal setting for personal excellence. The areas of Financial Management, Audit &Tax Related Issues were handled by Sh. ML Sekhri, Secretary, DAV CMC and Sh. Yash Pal Saini, Chartered Accountant. Brig. AK Adlakha, Director Administration along with his team updated the participants on Provident Fund & Gratuity norms and procedures. Legal aspects of school administration were discussed in detail by Mr. Rakesh Mahajan, Lawyer, Delhi High Court. Besides these inputs, the participants spent one full day at Kulachi Hansraj Model School, New Delhi, interacting with Principal and Supervisory Heads of all levels and closely inspecting the infrastructure and facilities created by the school. The Induction Programme concluded with poignant Valedictory at the Conference Hall of the DAV CMC, graced by esteemed DAV Officebearers and Directors. They conferred certificates on the participants. Mr. N.K. Bajaj, a corporate trainer addressed the areas of team building and communication. Mrs. Sudha Chandra equipped the participants with tips and techniques for enhancing personal excellence. The participants were enlightened on the area of emotionally intelligent leadership by Ms. Nivedita Ganguly, Psychologist & Counsellor. Mr. John Silver, Regional Senior English Language Fellow,American Center, Delhi, conducted a session on designing effective presentation skills. Dr. Prabhjot Kaur, Chairperson, International Council of Education, shared practical tips and strategies to manage stress for performance enhancement.
MASTER TRAINER PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH FOR SECONDARY TEACHERS
Three Master Trainer Programmes in English for Secondary Teachers were organized by DPPI at DAV Public School, Itki Road, Hehal Ranchi, DAV Public School, Laksar Road, Jagjeet Pur, Hardwar and at DAV Public School, Jallandhar Cantt, Punjab, from 6th to 12th June, 23rd to 29th June and 7th to 12th July 2008 respectively. These programmes were attended by as many as 102 teachers from 14 states - Bihar, MP, Chattisgarh, Orissa, Jharkhand, Haryana, UP, Uttrakhand, Delhi, Punjab, J&K, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Rajasthan. Expected number of the participants was 146. The programme had dual objectives of equipping the participants with peer mentoring skills and content enrichment of language areas in teaching phonetics, poetry and drama, listening, speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary and grammar. Director, Jallandhar zone, at Jallandhar. “Today English is not a window but a door to the world and is becoming a symbol of empowerment and employment” was a common message for the teachers from all the inaugural speakers. The programme was introduced by Mrs. Inder Mani Jain, Education Officer-DPPI and Programme Co-ordinator, at all the three regional venues. The sessions on teaching phonetics were conducted by Professor Pramod Pandey, JNU and Mr. Anil Sarwal, DAV College Chandigarh. Knowledge and skills of phonetic symbols in English, word stress and connected speech were reinforced through oral drills and videos. Stress was laid on uses of dictionaries to improve the pronunciation skills. Similarly, in teaching poetry and drama, it was emphasized that poetry was a piece of joy and should always be taught for the purpose of appreciation since there was no given meaning of any poetry text. And about drama it had to be considered as a message that would leave a direct impact on the audience, therefore, it could be enacted, debated and roleplayed. During the interactive sessions on teaching listening, speaking, reading and writing stress was laid on the development of language competence of both the teacher and learner. These sessions were addressed by Mr. John R. Silver, Senior English language Fellow, American Center, Delhi, Ms. Tulika Prasad, reader-DU, Dr. Sadhana PrasharEO-CBSE, Professor Anju Sehgal Gupta, IGNOU, Mr. Anil Sarwal, DAV College Chandigarh & Prof. Pushpinder Syal, PU.
The participants were engrossed in a variety of activities to empower them with communicative activities. Task Based Language Teaching (TBLT) to teaching English was recommended with special emphasis on organising pre-teaching, during the teaching and post teaching activities in all the four language skills. Similarly, contextual grammar and vocabulary were advocated to achieve the desired goal. The sessions on significance of monitoring in class and peer mentoring were conducted by the programme co-ordinator. During interaction on significance of monitoring in class it was realized that purpose of monitoring the class was to facilitate maximum learning and reinforce professionalism in teachers. The knowledge and skills in peer mentoring were imparted through role-plays, discussions, observation and feedback. ELT Teacher Resource Center, USP of the programme, was set up at every host
The programmes were inaugurated by Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Director, Communicative English Cell, Vinoba Bhave, University, Jharkhand at Ranchi, Professor Pramod Pandey, from Jawahar Lal Nehru University, at Hardwar and Mrs. P.P. Sharma, Regional
ORIENTATION PROGRAMME - 2008
DPPI organized the first ever Orientation Programme for the Heads of DAV Aided Schools from 16th to 22nd May 2008, at Hansraj College, Delhi University. The programme entitled ‘Effective Institutional Management’ was attended by thirty two Heads of Aided DAV Schools from the states of Haryana, HP, Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi and Chandigarh. Heads of Aided Schools for raising their self-esteem and making them feel an important member and a meaningful contributor to the DAV organization and Capacity building for meeting the challenges posed by liberalization and globalization. The orientation programme was designed under the guidance of esteemed members of DPPI Advisory Board and in close consultation with Director Aided Schools in order to customize it to the needs and requirements of the Aided schools. The programme aimed at conceptual understanding and methods of implementation of: 1. Academic Leadership in 21 st century 2. Integration of ICT in School Administration & Academics 3. Managing Health & Safety of Learners in the School 4. Managing School Image: Infrastructure, ambience and ethos 5. Generating Resources for Growth and Development 6. Human Resource Management for Personal and Professional Effectiveness participants develop mission statement and setting personal goals. Mr. N.K. Bajaj, a corporate trainer equipped the participants’ with tips and strategies for team building and communication. Ms. Nivedita Ganguly, Psychologist & Counsellor, empowered the participants with knowledge concerning emotionally intelligent leadership.
ABOUT THE MASTER TRAINER PROGRAMME INITIATIVE
Since the launch of the policy of coordinated decentralization of in-service training in 2002, DPPI has been conducting Master Trainer Programmes (MTP) for selected teachers from the selected schools with an objective to equip the Coordinating Resource Centers (CRCs) with in-house faculty. It was expected that these Master Trainers would cascade training to their fellow colleagues at CRCs. But over the past five years it was observed that these master trainers were unable to orient local teachers due to their professional overload and personal commitments. Taking stock of the situation DPPI revised the strategy and decided to prepare master trainer /mentor in every school to ensure an ongoing training of teachers. Peer mentoring component was integrated in MTP by which the participants would be trained in peer mentoring knowledge and skills to enable them to guide their peers on a regular basis. This summer DPPI initiated this project in approximately 200 DAV schools on priority to their training needs as reflected in DAV Performance Analysis-2007. Two series of Master Trainer Programmes in Mathematics and English were organized as given below.
MASTER TRAINER PROGRAMME FOR ENHANCING COMPETENCIES OF PRIMARY TEACHERS OF MATHEMATICS
DPPI, DAV CMC in collaboration with Regional Directors launched a series of three Master Trainer Programmes Enhancing Competencies of Primary Teachers in Mathematics - in May 2008. Dr. H. L. Bhatia, Secretary, DAVCMC, inaugurated the programme at Gurgaon, Dr. Anwar. A. Khan, Vice Chancellor, Ranchi University, honoured us at Ranchi and Sh. Mohan Lal, SecretaryDAVCMC, inaugurated the programme at Jallandhar in the presence of Regional Directors, DAV Principals of the concerned regions and host schools. Mrs. Rajni Bala, Assistant Education Officer, DPPI and Programme Coordinator introduced the programme at all the three centers. How to explain 1=.99999….etc” and provided with easy solutions. Similarly, the concept of Area and Volume of 2-D, 3-D objects was discussed thoroughly in an interesting and interactive way. In his discourse he stressed on the reinforcement of the basic concepts of mentors for the success of peer mentoring programme. Mrs. Rashmi Chari, Asst. Director, DPPI empowered the participants with knowledge and skills of peer mentoring at Gurgaon and Mrs. Rajni Bala conducted the peer-mentoring sessions at Ranchi and Jallandhar. A team of seasoned resource persons comprising Mr. E K Shah, Mr. Syed and Ms. Komal from Jodo Gyan, Educational Services, Delhi, addressed the programme at all the three places. They focused on effective transaction of primary mathematics curriculum. They advocated hands on learning approach in teaching mathematics to primary children and discouraged the approach of rote learning. To drive home the concept the participants were explicitly involved in hands on learning experiences through out the
Dr. RP Singhal,Vice President, DAV CMC, member DPPI Advisor y Board, inaugurated the programme and delivered Inaugural Address. The ceremony was graced by Mr. JP Shoor, Director- Aided Schools and Dr. SR Arora, Principal Hansraj College, Delhi University. Dr. A.K. Sharma formerly Director NCERT delivered Keynote Address on Academic leadership in 21st Century. Mrs. Rashmi Chari, Assistant Director - DPPI, DAVCMC and Coordinator of Programme presented a bird’s eye view of the programme. DAV histor y is testimony to the glorious past of DAV grant-in-aid institutions in pre-independence era. These institutions were reputed for their academic excellence and value based education. However, post independence these institutions could not withstand the stiff competition posed by private educational institutions and in the absence of sustained financial backup for modernization, they began to slide downhill. The DAV College Managing Committee taking a serious note of the status quo, initiated pro active steps by organizing a seven day extensive and intensive programme to improve the status of DAV aided schools. The orientation programme had dual objectives of Emotional nurturing of the
Mrs. Meenakshi Sharma, Deputy Director, DAV CMC talked about the strategies on creating a vibrant learning environment in the school. Mr. John Silver, Regional Senior English Language Fellow,American Center, Delhi, conducted session on designing effective presentation skills. Dr. Prabhjot Kaur, Chairperson, International Council of Education, talked about managing stress for performance enhancement. Brig. AK Adlakha, Director Administration addressed the participants on Provident Fund & Gratuity norms and procedures. A trip to Kulachi Hans Raj School, Ashok Vihar, Delhi, was organized to provide an opportunity for direct interaction with the Principal and Supervisory Heads to know about the functioning of the school and the toil of decades put in by them to rise to the status of a star school. The programme succeeded in opening channels of communication and future association between different departments of the DAV Head Office and the Aided Schools.. The presence of our worthy Office bearers and Directors at the Valedictory further cemented the newly created confidence and commitments.
Sh JP Shoor enlightened the participants on DAV vision of education and suggested ways and means to translate it into reality. Shri Shoor also guided them on generating resources and support for their growth and development. He also brushed up their knowledge concerning accounting rules and procedures. Mr. ML Sekhari talked about the importance of Financial Management. Mrs. Rashmi Chari conducted an interactive session by making the
These programmes were organized at DAV Public School, Gurgaon, Haryana, DAV Public School, Hehal, Ranchi and at Dayanand Model Sr. Secondary School, Jallandhar, Punjab from 19th to 25th May, 5th to 11th June and 9th to 14 th July, 2008 respectively. One hundred and fifty (150) trained graduate teachers in mathematics from as many as 17 states - Jharkhand, Bihar, Karnataka, A.P, Maharashtra, W. Bengal, Gujrat, Assam, Delhi, U.P Uttranchal, Rajasthan, Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal, J&K attended the programmes. Expected number of teachers was one hundred and ninety (190). The objective of the programme was to orient the participants in the knowledge, competencies and child centric methodology for mathematics at primary level to enable them to guide and mentor the primary mathematics teachers in school on a regular basis.
Sh. Mohan Lal addressed the area of Fundamental Mathematics at Gurgaon and Jallandhar. He shared his deep insights in teaching essentials of mathematics at primary level and equipped the participants with practical tips and techniques to make teaching of mathematics an enjoyable and insightful experience for both the teacher and the learner. For instance in The Number System he enlightened the participants on the problem areas of concepts - “why 1 is not taken as a Prime number, difference between Fraction and Rational Number,
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Dr. R. P. Singhal – Vice President, DAVCMC Member - DPPI Advisory Committee Sh. T. R. Gupta – Secretary, DAVCMC Member - DPPI Advisory Committee
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Mrs. Rashmi S. Chari – Asstt. Director
Mrs. Indermani Jain – Education Officer
Mr. Ramesh Kumar – UDC Mr. Ghanshyam Dass – Peon
Mrs. Sony Rawat – LDC Mr. Prabhakar Jha – Peon
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from cluster schools attended the Programme.
JAMMU & KASHMIR Mr. Yogesh Khosla, Head of CRC-35 organised a three day Workshop cum Orientation Programme from 28 th to 31 st March 2008 at Maharaja Harisingh Agricultural Collegiate School, Nagbani, Jammu. It was attended by 85 teachers. PUNJAB Mrs. S. Latka, Regional Director, Sangrur Zone, in collaboration with Kips Company organized a one day Computer Seminar cum Workshop on 5th February 2008 at DAV Public School Chanarthal Khurd. As many as 40 delegates comprising teachers and principals from her zone participated in the seminar. Mr. K.L. Rana, Principal, BBM DAV Public School, Talwara organised a one day workshop in English on 31st July 2008 in his school. Ms Gitanjali Sharma, trained mentor by DPPI, DAVCMC conducted the workshop. It was attended by the teachers from eleven DAV Schools of Amritsar Zone.
... WELCOME
IN-SERVICE TRAINING THROUGH EDUSAT
Rashmi S Chari, Asst-Director DPPI DPPI, the department of in-service education of DAV College Managing Committee, is making use of innovative methods to reach teacher training regularly at the doorsteps of each DAV School located at different parts of India.
Mr. Ashok Kumar Head of CRC-12 organized a one day workshop on ‘How to Develop Creative Writing and Techniques of Teaching Prose’ on 6th March at DAV Public School, Canary Hill, Hazari Bagh. Twenty five teachers from four Member Resource Centers of CRC-12 attended the workshop.
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EDITORIAL EDITORIAL
O ver the past two years DPPI Link
objectives and sought academic support to conduct this nation-wide initiative involving more than 400 DAV schools. The Apex bodies were very appreciative of foresight and enterprise by DAV College Managing Committee to invest in the human resource development and provided whole hearted academic support in the form of guest faculty, subject experts, training materials and suggestions for designing academic interactions. The selection of the subject-experts was crucial to the success of this interactive programme. Eminent subject-experts actively contributing in designing the syllabi, textual materials and setting
sample question papers for all the subjects with CBSE, were identified and the most articulate of the lot were selected to address and interact with our teachers. Besides these, best teachers from schools of Delhi were invited to be the part of the experts panel to share innovative practices to resolve the problems pertaining to transaction of the curriculum. Nearly seventy (70) resource persons provided quality academic inputs during this programme. Approximately 14,000 DAV teachers teaching classes VIII to XII benefited from this programme. On an average 180-200 queries were raised by the teachers and resolved by the experts
in each one of the 22 workshops. The total number of queries reached up to 5000 during the month long programme. The additional benefit of this exercise was that it also brought about further conceptual clarity for all other subject teachers viewing interactions between their peers and subject-experts. Symbolizing ‘deep se deep jale’ each of the 14,000 teachers enriched during the programme would cascade the learning and enrichment received in this programme to lakhs of students studying in DAV schools all over India.
has become an iconic of proceedings and announcements of training events organized by Directorate of Project Planning & In-service (DPPI) and Coordinating Resource Centers (CRCs) across the country. This issue presents the highlights of thirty training programmes conducted by DPPI for Principals and teachers from March to October 2008. A number of reports from CRCs are indicative of growing awareness of the need for teacher training programmes across all subjects and levels. Regards, Inder Mani Jain Editor
Today the development of science and technology and their effective use has made it possible for the schools to receive quality in-service training at work place with minimum expenditure. DPPI’s latest initiative has used the highly sophisticated EDUSAT, the first and only dedicated educational satellite of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to train 14,000 DAV teachers during the Performance Enhancement Programme conducted from September 2 to October 1, 2008. The programme was telecast on IGNOU’s free-to-air interactive channel GYAN DARSHAN-2. Teachers of four hundred (400) DAV schools simultaneously received the training on the T.V screens at their schools through Direct-to-Home (DTH) technology.
The month-long programme targeted the teachers of board-bound classes VIII, X and XII. All the DAV schools affiliated with Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and DAV Education Board (DAVEB) participated in the interactive Performance Enhancement Programme. This initiative will definitely lead to improvement of students performance in the board examinations which in turn would enhance the image of DAV schools locally and of the DAV organization nationally. In order to ensure latest academic inputs in the programme, the DPPI apprised the Apex educational bodies NCERT and CBSE of the programme
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C O N T E N T S CONTENTS In-service Training Through EDUSAT DPPI Update
Induction Programme-2008 Master Trainer Programme in Mathematics Master Trainer Programme in English
DPPI LINK is printed and published by Dr. Nisha Peshin, Director – DPPI, DAV CMC, Arya Samaj Mandir, R. K. Puram, Sector – VI New Delhi – 110022 • Tel.: 26176198, 26183585 • Fax: 26193008 • E-mail: [email protected]
CRCs Happenings! Orientation Programme- Aided School Principals Director's Message
DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE
Directorate of Project Planning & In-service is one of the most important portfolios of DAV CMC to promote organizational goals and values. The Department since its inception has been striving hard and imparting in-service training to DAV workforce to enable them to foster holistic development of each child enrolled in DAV Institutions. Continuing its endless voyage with renewed vigour, DPPI in collaboration with Regional Directors and Heads of CRCs organizes a wide range of need based training activities such as seminars, workshops, orientation programmes and conferences through out the year. I take this opportunity to invite your suggestions and training needs for DPPI’s Annual Training Calendar 2009. Dr Nisha Peshin Director, DPPI & Curriculum Development, DAV CMC
by the them (mentors) from internet during the IT sessions. ELT Centers were inaugurated by the resource persons. The valedictory sessions were presided over by the Principals of Host Schools at Ranchi and Hardwar and Mr. Rajan Gupta, IPS,ADGP Punjab Police, was the Chief Guest at Jallandhar. Reports of the programmes were presented by mentors using IT mode. The purpose of mentoring programme and role of mentor in its implementation was briefly spelt out by the Programme
Co-ordinator. The certificates of participation were conferred upon the mentors by the Chief Guests.
school by the mentors on the last day. It was equipped with creative charts, list of websites and lots of English language teaching learning materials downloaded
FOLLOW-UP ACTION: MATHEMATICS AND ENGLISH
After the completion of the both the programmes DPPI devised a Follow-up startegy and prepared Mentor’s Action Plan (s) in Mathamtics and English for the next three months (August to Ocotber). Letters along with Mentor’s Action Plans were sent to the concerend Regional Directors and Princiapal to provide all support and motivation to the Mentors to orient the mentees. Regular feed-back from the concerned schools is expected by the Programme Coordinators. DPPI has also planned a follow-up monitoring programme for both the subjects in October 2008. It will be carried out in a random sample of five schools located in Delhi, Haryana and UP. On the basis of the feedback received from monitoring programmes training needs will be established and then programmes in English and mathematics will be conducted using EDUSAT resource in December 2008.
TRAINING CALENDAR FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2008
Month OCTOBER Programme Details Follow-up and Monitoring of Master Trainer Programmes in - English - Mathematics Training of Language Teachers (Spoken English) NOVEMBER Seminar on ICT in Education Training of English Teachers Training of Accountants DECEMBER Seminar on ICT in Education. Follow-up of Master Trainer Programmes in – English / Mathematics via EDUSAT Leadership Programme: Training of Supervisory Heads Classes I to VIII Chhattisgarh Mrs. Meenakshi Sharma Target Group Secondary Primary Venue Region Wise Course Coordinator Mrs. Indermani Jain Mrs. Rajni Bala
CRCs HAPPENINGS!
ANDHRA PRADESH Immediately after the conduct of Master Trainer Programme in Mathematics by DPPI at Ranchi, Mrs. Seetha Kiran, Regional Director South zone and Head of CRC-01, organized a one-day workshop on Activity Based Learning in mathematics on 28th June, 2008 at DAV Public School, Safilguda, January 2008, at DAV Public School, Cantt, Area, Gaya Bihar. It was attended by one hundred and fifty teachers (150) teachers from all DAV Schools of Bihar zone. HIMACHAL PRADESH Mrs. Shashi Kiran Gupta Regional Director, HP Zone-II, organised the following workshops for her zonal schools. On 24th May, 2008, Dayanand Public School, Shimla, in collaboration with KIPS Educational Group, organised a one day Computer Orientation Programme. It was attended by the computer teachers from 14 DAV Schools of HP Zone-II. MRA DAV Sr. Sec. Public School, Solan, organised two workshops (each one day) for senior secodnary teachers in Science and Mathematics on 28th June, 2008. These workshops were attended by 24 teachers from all the schools of HP Zone-II. A one day workshop for Preprimary and Early Primary Teachers was organised on 29th September 2008, at Dayanand Public School, Shimla. It was attended by fifty teachers. JHARKHAND Dr. Jayant Kulkarni, Head of CRC-10 organised a two day workshop in Value Integrated Education in Social Science from 2nd to 3rd August, 2008. Approximately forty five teachers
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Hyderabad. Mr. Subba Rao KVS and Mr. Chalapathi D.S., newly trained mentors addressed the workshop. It was attended by seventeen (17) mathematics primary teachers. BIHAR Dr. U.S. Prasad, Head of CRC-5, organized a two-day Workshop cum Orientation Programme for secondary teachers is physics from 23rd to 24th
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workshop. Special emphasis was laid on giving instructions to the learners and also proper lesson planning at primary level. Participants were also engaged in group activities and games to enable them to develop the mathematical concepts in children in play way method. It was realized and expressed that learning mathematics was indeed a fun and joy. Besides the games and activities a host of concepts such as Place Value, LCM, HCF, Fractions, Decimals and concepts of Geometry were explained and
taught by using stories and creating real life situations. The participants were asked to integrate practical problems while teaching to develop the critical thinking in the children. Similarly, the area of Trajectory for Introducing Addition and Subtraction Algorithm was discussed thoroughly. It was emphasized to give a lot of practice in doubling, halving and multiplying the numbers ending with zero as pre division activities. The participants were also apprized with a new method of division called long division to promote active learning in the class.
The participants were assigned Project-work every day at the end of the day. The Valedictory Ceremonies of the programmes were attended by Regional Directors and Principals and Mrs. Rajni Bala presented a brief report of the programme at every center. The proceedings of the training programmes were reported by the participants and they were conferred upon the certificates of their participation.
INDUCTION PROGRAMME – 2008
Leadership is about articulating visions, embodying values, and creating the environment within which things can be accomplished. Richards & Engle, 1986. Induction Programme for newly inducted Heads of DAV Schools is held annually by the Directorate of Project Planning and In-service Education, DAV CMC. It aims at equipping newly appointed Heads of DAV Institutions with DAV Educational Philosophy and transforming them into proactive, vibrant academic Leaders. A seven day residential Induction Programme-VIII was organized by DPPI from 24th to 30th May, 2008 at Hansraj College, Delhi University. Forty one newly appointed Heads of DAV Public Schools from as many as twelve states participated in the programme. These states were Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttranchal. Leadership in action becomes a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal as Mahatma Gandhi had created a vision for independence in India, raised the aspirations of our people and led them from the front to realize the seemingly impossible dream of Indian independence. DAV Heads of Schools as ‘Leaders in action’ are expected to internalize the DAV vision of education, based on Swami Dayanand’s educational principles and philosophy, the aspirations of our esteemed Officebearers and the expectations that the society in general and their clients in particular have from DAV Schools. Their initiation began with daily Havan & discourses performed by Arya Samaj preachers. The programme was inaugurated by Prof. Ved Prakash, Vice Chancellor, National University of Educational Planning & Administration (NUEPA). The inaugural ceremony was graced by the DAV Office Bearers Dr. RP Singhal, Sh. TR Gupta and Principal Mohan Lal, Members - DPPI Advisory Board and Dr. SR Arora, Principal-Hansraj College, Delhi University. Dr. R.P Singhal, on behalf of DPPI Advisory Board, DAV CMC presented welcome address and Mrs. Rashmi Chari, Assistant DirectorDPPI, DAVCMC and Coordinator of Programme introduced the programme. Dr. SR Arora, Principal-Host College, proposed a vote of thanks. In his Inaugural address Prof. Prakash asserted that leadership is about raising aspirations of followers & enthusing people with a desire to reach for the stars. The Induction Programme empowered the incumbents in skills, competencies and the right attitude in the areas given below. 1. The DAV Perspective of Holistic Education 2. Administration and Financial Management of DAV Schools 3. Team Leadership 4. Management of Physical Resources 5. Management of Scholastic & CoScholastic Areas in the school. Shri T.R. Gupta, Secretary, DAV CMC enlightened the participants on DAV Perspective of Holistic Education by recounting the unbounded contribution of DAV stalwarts such as Mahatma Hans Raj and the likes. Mrs. Rashmi Chari conducted sessions on mission statement and goal setting for personal excellence. The areas of Financial Management, Audit &Tax Related Issues were handled by Sh. ML Sekhri, Secretary, DAV CMC and Sh. Yash Pal Saini, Chartered Accountant. Brig. AK Adlakha, Director Administration along with his team updated the participants on Provident Fund & Gratuity norms and procedures. Legal aspects of school administration were discussed in detail by Mr. Rakesh Mahajan, Lawyer, Delhi High Court. Besides these inputs, the participants spent one full day at Kulachi Hansraj Model School, New Delhi, interacting with Principal and Supervisory Heads of all levels and closely inspecting the infrastructure and facilities created by the school. The Induction Programme concluded with poignant Valedictory at the Conference Hall of the DAV CMC, graced by esteemed DAV Officebearers and Directors. They conferred certificates on the participants. Mr. N.K. Bajaj, a corporate trainer addressed the areas of team building and communication. Mrs. Sudha Chandra equipped the participants with tips and techniques for enhancing personal excellence. The participants were enlightened on the area of emotionally intelligent leadership by Ms. Nivedita Ganguly, Psychologist & Counsellor. Mr. John Silver, Regional Senior English Language Fellow,American Center, Delhi, conducted a session on designing effective presentation skills. Dr. Prabhjot Kaur, Chairperson, International Council of Education, shared practical tips and strategies to manage stress for performance enhancement.
MASTER TRAINER PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH FOR SECONDARY TEACHERS
Three Master Trainer Programmes in English for Secondary Teachers were organized by DPPI at DAV Public School, Itki Road, Hehal Ranchi, DAV Public School, Laksar Road, Jagjeet Pur, Hardwar and at DAV Public School, Jallandhar Cantt, Punjab, from 6th to 12th June, 23rd to 29th June and 7th to 12th July 2008 respectively. These programmes were attended by as many as 102 teachers from 14 states - Bihar, MP, Chattisgarh, Orissa, Jharkhand, Haryana, UP, Uttrakhand, Delhi, Punjab, J&K, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Rajasthan. Expected number of the participants was 146. The programme had dual objectives of equipping the participants with peer mentoring skills and content enrichment of language areas in teaching phonetics, poetry and drama, listening, speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary and grammar. Director, Jallandhar zone, at Jallandhar. “Today English is not a window but a door to the world and is becoming a symbol of empowerment and employment” was a common message for the teachers from all the inaugural speakers. The programme was introduced by Mrs. Inder Mani Jain, Education Officer-DPPI and Programme Co-ordinator, at all the three regional venues. The sessions on teaching phonetics were conducted by Professor Pramod Pandey, JNU and Mr. Anil Sarwal, DAV College Chandigarh. Knowledge and skills of phonetic symbols in English, word stress and connected speech were reinforced through oral drills and videos. Stress was laid on uses of dictionaries to improve the pronunciation skills. Similarly, in teaching poetry and drama, it was emphasized that poetry was a piece of joy and should always be taught for the purpose of appreciation since there was no given meaning of any poetry text. And about drama it had to be considered as a message that would leave a direct impact on the audience, therefore, it could be enacted, debated and roleplayed. During the interactive sessions on teaching listening, speaking, reading and writing stress was laid on the development of language competence of both the teacher and learner. These sessions were addressed by Mr. John R. Silver, Senior English language Fellow, American Center, Delhi, Ms. Tulika Prasad, reader-DU, Dr. Sadhana PrasharEO-CBSE, Professor Anju Sehgal Gupta, IGNOU, Mr. Anil Sarwal, DAV College Chandigarh & Prof. Pushpinder Syal, PU.
The participants were engrossed in a variety of activities to empower them with communicative activities. Task Based Language Teaching (TBLT) to teaching English was recommended with special emphasis on organising pre-teaching, during the teaching and post teaching activities in all the four language skills. Similarly, contextual grammar and vocabulary were advocated to achieve the desired goal. The sessions on significance of monitoring in class and peer mentoring were conducted by the programme co-ordinator. During interaction on significance of monitoring in class it was realized that purpose of monitoring the class was to facilitate maximum learning and reinforce professionalism in teachers. The knowledge and skills in peer mentoring were imparted through role-plays, discussions, observation and feedback. ELT Teacher Resource Center, USP of the programme, was set up at every host
The programmes were inaugurated by Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Director, Communicative English Cell, Vinoba Bhave, University, Jharkhand at Ranchi, Professor Pramod Pandey, from Jawahar Lal Nehru University, at Hardwar and Mrs. P.P. Sharma, Regional
ORIENTATION PROGRAMME - 2008
DPPI organized the first ever Orientation Programme for the Heads of DAV Aided Schools from 16th to 22nd May 2008, at Hansraj College, Delhi University. The programme entitled ‘Effective Institutional Management’ was attended by thirty two Heads of Aided DAV Schools from the states of Haryana, HP, Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi and Chandigarh. Heads of Aided Schools for raising their self-esteem and making them feel an important member and a meaningful contributor to the DAV organization and Capacity building for meeting the challenges posed by liberalization and globalization. The orientation programme was designed under the guidance of esteemed members of DPPI Advisory Board and in close consultation with Director Aided Schools in order to customize it to the needs and requirements of the Aided schools. The programme aimed at conceptual understanding and methods of implementation of: 1. Academic Leadership in 21 st century 2. Integration of ICT in School Administration & Academics 3. Managing Health & Safety of Learners in the School 4. Managing School Image: Infrastructure, ambience and ethos 5. Generating Resources for Growth and Development 6. Human Resource Management for Personal and Professional Effectiveness participants develop mission statement and setting personal goals. Mr. N.K. Bajaj, a corporate trainer equipped the participants’ with tips and strategies for team building and communication. Ms. Nivedita Ganguly, Psychologist & Counsellor, empowered the participants with knowledge concerning emotionally intelligent leadership.
ABOUT THE MASTER TRAINER PROGRAMME INITIATIVE
Since the launch of the policy of coordinated decentralization of in-service training in 2002, DPPI has been conducting Master Trainer Programmes (MTP) for selected teachers from the selected schools with an objective to equip the Coordinating Resource Centers (CRCs) with in-house faculty. It was expected that these Master Trainers would cascade training to their fellow colleagues at CRCs. But over the past five years it was observed that these master trainers were unable to orient local teachers due to their professional overload and personal commitments. Taking stock of the situation DPPI revised the strategy and decided to prepare master trainer /mentor in every school to ensure an ongoing training of teachers. Peer mentoring component was integrated in MTP by which the participants would be trained in peer mentoring knowledge and skills to enable them to guide their peers on a regular basis. This summer DPPI initiated this project in approximately 200 DAV schools on priority to their training needs as reflected in DAV Performance Analysis-2007. Two series of Master Trainer Programmes in Mathematics and English were organized as given below.
MASTER TRAINER PROGRAMME FOR ENHANCING COMPETENCIES OF PRIMARY TEACHERS OF MATHEMATICS
DPPI, DAV CMC in collaboration with Regional Directors launched a series of three Master Trainer Programmes Enhancing Competencies of Primary Teachers in Mathematics - in May 2008. Dr. H. L. Bhatia, Secretary, DAVCMC, inaugurated the programme at Gurgaon, Dr. Anwar. A. Khan, Vice Chancellor, Ranchi University, honoured us at Ranchi and Sh. Mohan Lal, SecretaryDAVCMC, inaugurated the programme at Jallandhar in the presence of Regional Directors, DAV Principals of the concerned regions and host schools. Mrs. Rajni Bala, Assistant Education Officer, DPPI and Programme Coordinator introduced the programme at all the three centers. How to explain 1=.99999….etc” and provided with easy solutions. Similarly, the concept of Area and Volume of 2-D, 3-D objects was discussed thoroughly in an interesting and interactive way. In his discourse he stressed on the reinforcement of the basic concepts of mentors for the success of peer mentoring programme. Mrs. Rashmi Chari, Asst. Director, DPPI empowered the participants with knowledge and skills of peer mentoring at Gurgaon and Mrs. Rajni Bala conducted the peer-mentoring sessions at Ranchi and Jallandhar. A team of seasoned resource persons comprising Mr. E K Shah, Mr. Syed and Ms. Komal from Jodo Gyan, Educational Services, Delhi, addressed the programme at all the three places. They focused on effective transaction of primary mathematics curriculum. They advocated hands on learning approach in teaching mathematics to primary children and discouraged the approach of rote learning. To drive home the concept the participants were explicitly involved in hands on learning experiences through out the
Dr. RP Singhal,Vice President, DAV CMC, member DPPI Advisor y Board, inaugurated the programme and delivered Inaugural Address. The ceremony was graced by Mr. JP Shoor, Director- Aided Schools and Dr. SR Arora, Principal Hansraj College, Delhi University. Dr. A.K. Sharma formerly Director NCERT delivered Keynote Address on Academic leadership in 21st Century. Mrs. Rashmi Chari, Assistant Director - DPPI, DAVCMC and Coordinator of Programme presented a bird’s eye view of the programme. DAV histor y is testimony to the glorious past of DAV grant-in-aid institutions in pre-independence era. These institutions were reputed for their academic excellence and value based education. However, post independence these institutions could not withstand the stiff competition posed by private educational institutions and in the absence of sustained financial backup for modernization, they began to slide downhill. The DAV College Managing Committee taking a serious note of the status quo, initiated pro active steps by organizing a seven day extensive and intensive programme to improve the status of DAV aided schools. The orientation programme had dual objectives of Emotional nurturing of the
Mrs. Meenakshi Sharma, Deputy Director, DAV CMC talked about the strategies on creating a vibrant learning environment in the school. Mr. John Silver, Regional Senior English Language Fellow,American Center, Delhi, conducted session on designing effective presentation skills. Dr. Prabhjot Kaur, Chairperson, International Council of Education, talked about managing stress for performance enhancement. Brig. AK Adlakha, Director Administration addressed the participants on Provident Fund & Gratuity norms and procedures. A trip to Kulachi Hans Raj School, Ashok Vihar, Delhi, was organized to provide an opportunity for direct interaction with the Principal and Supervisory Heads to know about the functioning of the school and the toil of decades put in by them to rise to the status of a star school. The programme succeeded in opening channels of communication and future association between different departments of the DAV Head Office and the Aided Schools.. The presence of our worthy Office bearers and Directors at the Valedictory further cemented the newly created confidence and commitments.
Sh JP Shoor enlightened the participants on DAV vision of education and suggested ways and means to translate it into reality. Shri Shoor also guided them on generating resources and support for their growth and development. He also brushed up their knowledge concerning accounting rules and procedures. Mr. ML Sekhari talked about the importance of Financial Management. Mrs. Rashmi Chari conducted an interactive session by making the
These programmes were organized at DAV Public School, Gurgaon, Haryana, DAV Public School, Hehal, Ranchi and at Dayanand Model Sr. Secondary School, Jallandhar, Punjab from 19th to 25th May, 5th to 11th June and 9th to 14 th July, 2008 respectively. One hundred and fifty (150) trained graduate teachers in mathematics from as many as 17 states - Jharkhand, Bihar, Karnataka, A.P, Maharashtra, W. Bengal, Gujrat, Assam, Delhi, U.P Uttranchal, Rajasthan, Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal, J&K attended the programmes. Expected number of teachers was one hundred and ninety (190). The objective of the programme was to orient the participants in the knowledge, competencies and child centric methodology for mathematics at primary level to enable them to guide and mentor the primary mathematics teachers in school on a regular basis.
Sh. Mohan Lal addressed the area of Fundamental Mathematics at Gurgaon and Jallandhar. He shared his deep insights in teaching essentials of mathematics at primary level and equipped the participants with practical tips and techniques to make teaching of mathematics an enjoyable and insightful experience for both the teacher and the learner. For instance in The Number System he enlightened the participants on the problem areas of concepts - “why 1 is not taken as a Prime number, difference between Fraction and Rational Number,
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