‘Be creative, innovative, and initiator’: Education Minister to teachers

TEZPUR: In order to popularize science among school students, Tezpur University in collaboration with Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan, Government of Assam on Monday kick started a seven-day residential science teachers’ training programme for secondary level teachers of government and government provincialized schools.

The training will be organized at Tezpur University for 1200 science teachers from seven neighbouring districts viz. Jorhat, Golaghat, Nagaon, Sonitpur, Morigaon, Udalguri and Darrang in two batches. Tezpur University faculty members shall be the resource persons for the training programme focusing particularly on the subjects such as, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Communicative English and Education Pedagogy.

Speaking on the occasion as the chief guest, Dr. Ranoj Pegu, Education Minister of Assam lauded Tezpur University for taking the initiative. Emphasizing the importance of science education, Dr. Pegu put forwarded some worrisome figures about science education in Assam. “In Assam only 14% students opt for science stream after finishing school and that has resulted in lack of quality science teachers,” Dr. Pegu said.

He explained that like the human body requires physical exercise without which it gets old, similarly without intellectual exercise one becomes obsolete. “Look at Artificial Intelligence and how it is changing/revolutionizing the world, this is an example of evolution of human thinking. My appeal to teachers is to be creative, innovative, and become initiator,” Dr. Pegu said.

Delivering the presidential address, Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh, Vice Chancellor of Tezpur University said that learning basic science in school is a fundamental aspect of education and plays a crucial role in shaping students’ understanding of the world around them. “Practical, hands-on experiments are an integral part of basic science education. Students get to observe and participate in experiments, which fosters curiosity and a deeper understanding of scientific concepts,” Prof. Singh added.

Addressing the gathering as special guest, Deba Kumar Mishra, Deputy Commissioner of Sonitpur urged teachers to attend the training seriously and pass the learnings to the students. He said that Assam government is focusing on reforming the educational scenario in the state and this is one such step.

Prof. S.S.Sarkar, Director, Teaching Learning Centre, Tezpur University and Chief Coordinator of the programme explained the objective and structure of the programme.

The State government has entrusted four higher educational institutions, i.e. Tezpur University, Dibrugarh University, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati and National Institute of Technology, Silchar to provide such training programmes to teachers.

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