The Hindu : New Delhi News : NCERT trains teachers to check low literacy levels among girls

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Monday, Sep 24, 2007
ePaper

New Delhi

New Delhi

NCERT trains teachers to check low literacy levels among girls

Parul Sharma

32 educators undergoing training since September 5

NEW DELHI: Keen to tackle the high school dropout rate and low literacy levels among girls from the Scheduled Tribes, the National Council of Educational Research and Training is organising a training programme for teachers to focus on empowerment of these girl children.

The programme for “Teacher Educators from Rural Areas on Action Research Related to Gender Issues with Focus on Upliftment of ST Girls” is being organised by the Department of Women’s Studies at NCERT to sensitise educationists on issues concerning education and status of girls from the ST categories.

Thirty-two teacher educators of the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) from the States of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Jharkhand are currently undergoing training in the Capital since September 5 that will continue till October 1.

Focus on ST girls

“For the past three years we have been organising training programmes focussing on girls from Scheduled Caste categories. This is the first time that the emphasis is on ST girls. The ST girls face problems like cultural alienation and language barrier. In a milieu like this, teachers have to serve as change agents,” said Mona Yadav, senior lecturer at the Department who is also the programme coordinator.

These teacher educators who are involved in further training other teachers, preparation of study material and planning out education policy in the district will also promote awareness on the schemes, programmes and incentives launched by the Government for the benefit of ST girls.

The teacher educators will also be trained on how to carry out research, analyse and interpret data. Apart from the internal faculty at NCERT, officials from the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs and resource persons from various national bodies have been roped in for the workshop.

Printer friendly page
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail