Haryana Government to train teachers

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by Haryananewswire (Balbir)
Chandigarh, June 10
The Haryana Government has decided to train each teacher to enable them to handle skillfully the task assigned to them in the institution.
Education Minister Geeta Bhukkal said that to achieve this objective,the Education Department had formulated a systematic Human Resource Development Plan which has already been approved by the Government of India. Recently recruited 1983 Physical Training Instructors (PTIs) would be the first beneficiaries of this scheme.
Sufficient budget provision for 2010-11 had been made by Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan for giving induction training to all these newly recruited teachers, she added.
Elaborating the scheme, Director General of School Education Mohammed Shayin said that a joint training team had been formed by taking persons from Education Department, Sports Department and the Bharat Scouts and Guides, Haryana.
In all, 30 days training would be imparted in three phases. Tara Devi in Himachal Pradesh has been selected as training venue keeping in view its suitable terrain and climate which are conducive for physical training including trekking, hiking, drill, yoga, rock climbing, etc.
A ten days’ residential training camp had already been organised at Camping Grounds of Bharat Scouts and Guides at Tara Devi from May 9, 2010. The training programme would cover all these PTIs in 12 batches, he added.
The main emphasis in this phase of training would be on giving first hand knowledge of physical activities like trekking, hiking, drill, yoga and rock climbing to the trainees, said Mr Shayin, adding that it would help the newly inducted teachers to assess the quantum and quality of co-curricular and extracurricular activities to be introduced for children in schools which are essential part of the holistic personality development of the students. He said that next phase of the training would focus on preparing the students for sports competitions.
The PTIs would be equipped with the knowledge of the rules and systems of various games and competitions at district, state and national level. They would also be fully trained on how to identify the talent in young children and groom them how to excess facilities of special coaching provision of State Government Sports Department.