Students and teachers are being trained on various issues; Focus of the training for the teachers for year2005-06 was child-centered methodology of teaching.
As part of the training they were also exposed to issues relating to child psychology, gender, role of a teacher teaching techniques etc. They were trained by an organization called ANKUR
Three teachers participated in training on “working with adolescents” organised by PRAVAH, a voluntary organization. This training was spread over a period four sessions, three of these sessions were the practical sessions and were conducted along with students in the school
“Role of Panchayats” (elected village governance bodies) was the topic of training organised by Indian Social Institute. Two teachers form the school also participated in this training.
Two of the newly appointed teachers (amongst the graduates from the school) were sent for training on “working in villages”. It was a seven days training and organized by PRAVAH, as a part of SMILE programme.
For teaching computers to the students a ‘training of the trainer” module was adopted. PPES entered into a contract with Hitek Peripherals for the same. One of the teachers was trained over a period of six months and he trained two other teachers to conduct classes with the students.
One teacher has attended two sessions organized by USIFE on “ teaching English”. School is still lagging behind in the skill of training students in spoken English.
PRAVAH also trained students on the issues of rural development, non-violence, role of leaders, self-analysis and introspection etc. They worked with students and teachers trough various sessions over a period of one year. These trainings have been of great help
Year 2006-07
Three teachers went for a 15 days training to Digantar (an organization working on innovative methods of teaching). These teachers were trained to run the pre nursery schools in the villages.
Idiscoveri trained our academic teachers for three days.