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schools on salient features and steps involved in the action research and to
empower the teachers to undertake action research in different areas of school
education at the institute from 21 to 25 February 2011. Altogether,
30 participants from minority-run-institutions of West Bengal and Orissa
attended the programme.
International Diploma Course in Guidance and Counselling
There were altogether 7 assignments covering 14 modules which the trainees
had to complete during the 6 months (January to June) of distance/online mode.
The practicum papers which were done during the 3 months (July to September),
face-to-face mode include GC-115 (Group Guidance Practicum),
GC-116 (Psychological Assessment), GC-117 (Collection, Management,
Dissemination of Information), GC-118 (Practicum in Career Development), GC-
119 (Counselling Practicum). Portfolios also were submitted by all the trainees.
At the end of the 3 months contact programme, written and oral examinations
were conducted, after which the IDGC trainers went for internship to their home
town for a period of three months from October to December 2010.
Content-cum-Pedagogy Enrichment Programme in Teaching Biology at
the Senior Secondary Level
The resource material for the programme was developed as per requirement of
Andaman and Nicobar Island’s administration involving three External Resource
Persons and three Internal Resource Persons in June, 2010. A five-day training
programme was conducted at SIE, Port Blair from 26 to 30 October 2010. Twenty
seven KRPs/PGTs in Biology participated in the training programme. The topics
relating to cytology, genetics and biotechnology were discussed by integrating
multimedia activities. The resource material was distributed to the participants.
Training of Hindi Teachers for Teaching Hindi as a Third Language at
the Secondary Stage
The training programme was organised at RIE, Bhubaneswar from
17 to 21 January 2011 with the objectives to update the knowledge of secondary
school Hindi teachers and enhance their skill of teaching Hindi so that teachers
could address the problems of students studying Hindi as a third language. A
meeting was held on 2 July 2011 to discuss the modality of the programme and
find out the hard spots. Various problems related to teaching Hindi as a third
language were discussed in the programme.
Content-cum-Pedagogy Enrichment Programme for TGTs in Mathematics
The content-cum-pedagogy enrichment programme for TGTs in Mathematics
was conducted at the request of educational authorities of Andaman and Nicobar
Islands at Port Blair from 22 to 24 November 2010. Twenty PGTs from different
schools of Andaman and Nicobar Islands participated in the programme. Difficult
areas in Mathematics identified by the participants have been discussed in detail.
Orientation of Secondary School Teachers for Establishment and
Maintenance of Science Laboratory and Science Museum
The specific objectives of the programme were to provide training to science
teachers for establishing science laboratory and effective utilisation of scientific
apparatus/instrument for classroom teaching. During the five-day orientation
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