SCERT organises workshop on Pedagogical Skills, Learning Outcomes in Social Sciences

Jammu: A Three-Day Capacity Building Program on “Pedagogical Skills and Learning Outcomes” in Social Sciences at Elementary Level, conducted through virtual mode by “Education in Social Sciences, Humanities and Commerce” Wing, of SCERT J&K, Divisional Office Jammu concluded Saturday.
The orientation workshop was held on the directions of the Principal Secretary to the Government School Education Department, B.K. Singh and under the guidance of Director SCERT J&K, Prof Veena Pandita and the supervision of Surinder Kumar, Joint Director SCERT J&K, Jammu.
The aim and the objective of the program was to familiarize the trainees with new pedagogical approaches and Learning outcomes in the light of NEP 2020 to achieve the objectives of meaningful, integrated and joyful learning.
The workshop was inaugurated by the Joint Director SCERT Jammu , Surinder Kumar, who laid emphasis on the importance of such trainings in updating the teaching community with innovative and creative approaches to teaching learning process and also strengthening the psycho motor skills of students in school education curriculum .
Five learned and well trained Resource Persons in the field of Social Sciences viz. Jaswinder Kour, Paawan Vivek, Dr. Mehreen Sheikh, Kanwaljeet Kour and Neeraj Sharma imparted training to the participants. The programme was quite informative and interactive wherein the participants from all the 10 districts of Jammu Division freely exchanged their views and also made their respective presentations quite effectively for the benefit of all co-participants.
A total of 48 teachers and masters from all the ten districts of Jammu Division attended the workshop which was coordinated by Dr Meenakshi Chandan, Academic Officer SCERT Jammu under the convenorship of Pawan Gupta, Associate Prof. and Head of the wing.
Other members from the Wing who worked to accomplish the program successfully comprised Pooja Sharma (Sr AO), Vaishali Rajput (Sr AO), Arun Dutta (AO) & Pratibha Jamwal (Teacher). The technical coordination was provided by Akash Khajuria Yugal Kishore .
The program concluded with the presentation of vote of thanks by Pawan Gupta, I/c CEO/Head Education in Social Sciences, Humanities and Commerce Wing, SCERT J&K Jammu.