Teachers attending the block-level teachers training on use of teachers learning materials at Morung hall in Kohima.
Dimapur, Nov. 4 (EMN): A two-day block-level teachers training on use of Teachers Learning Materials (TLM) for Early Childhood Care & Education (ECCE) and Fundamental Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) for Educational Block Resource Centre (EBRC), Lhisemia khel block, Kohima, was held on October 31 and November 1 at Morung hall, directorate of School Education.
An update informed that a total of 140 teachers from 35 primary schools under EBRC L Khel, Kohima, attended the training conducted under Samagra Shiksha Nagaland.
Addressing the trainees at the inaugural session, the joint secretary and deputy project director of NECTAR, Avelu Ruho, stated that teachers are nation builders since every citizen comes from a classroom and added that teachers play a major role in moulding them.
While pointing out that for every child, the teachers are their heroes, she stated that government teachers as parents should always give their best to impart the best quality education to the students just as every parent wanted their children to attain the best education.
“We must respect the desire and aspirations of the parents of the children enrolled in government schools, who cannot afford to send their wards to private schools,” she said.
While admitting that there are so many wrongs in government schools, Ruho informed that activities are being carried out to make the government schools better. But as the education department had been lagging behind for so many years, she stated that things cannot change overnight.
In this context, she stated that NECTAR (Nagaland: Enhancing Classroom Teaching and Resources) is one such project towards augmenting government schools in the state.
Asking the teachers to focus on the positive thing so as to bring the required change in quality education, she emphasised on a good educational foundation at the primary level as it is the most important stage of a child’s life.
Ruho expressed hope that such trainings would help improve the use of TLM and help teachers to make classroom teaching more interesting and enticing for children so as to bring about qualitative change in the education system.
She further challenged the government teachers posted in the state capital to make efforts to bring changes and transformation in the government schools as models for the rest of the state.
Coordinator of EBRC L Khel Block and project coordinator of NECTAR, Visato Koso, said Nagaland will be implementing the new National Education Policy (NEP) 2022 from the next academic session.
“NEP 2020 lays emphasis on the creative potentials of every individual based on the principles that education must not only develop the cognitive capacities of literacy and numeracy but also the critical thinking and problem solving on social, ethical and emotional capacities as well,” Koso said.
He added that NEP 2020 stresses that teachers are to be the centre of fundamental reforms of the society, and therefore much importance is being given to teachers.
