Tibetan students get teachers’ training
Ahmedabad : Seven Tibetan students are undergoing a month-long training programme at Calorx Teachers’ University. These students are from College for Higher Tibetan Studies, Dharamsala. The students have been sponsored by Department of Education, Central Tibetan Administration, Dharamsala. They are undergoing training in methods of teaching English and Social Studies at Calorx Teachers’ University. The students will get hands on experience in latest teaching strategies and innovative teaching methods. They will get rigorous training through various methodologies including visits to different places, book reviews, seminars, workshops, observation and practice teaching. “Each student has been assigned a mentor who will observe their classes for three days and then will conduct practice teaching for the next two days in pre-primary and primary section. To give them experience in different kinds of curriculum, they are imparted training in different boards like CBSE and IB,” said registrar of the university Shailendra Gupta. Apart from English and Social Studies, participants will get training in basic computer skills. They will also visit Akshardham, Gandhi Ashram, Vikram Sarabhai Community Science Centre, Plasma Research Centre, Science City and Karnavati Museum.
