With a view to motivate the District Education Officers,Deputy District Education Officers, Block Nodal Officers, State ResourcePersons District Mentors (ICT) and District Mentors (Coordination) foraccomplishing "Mission Shat Pratishat" at the ground level, a two-day'Orientation Workshop' was organised by the State Education Department underthe aegis of State Council ofEducational research and Training at Mohali today.
Following COVID-19 protocol, the workshop of the BlockNodal Officers was organised at PSEB auditorium, Mohali, while the workshop ofother officials was organised at Regional Institute of Cooperative Management(RICM).
The Education Secretary, Krishan Kumar, while addressingthe inaugural sessions of these workshops separately, exhorted them to exerttheir nerves to analyse the statistical data of the progress report of the eachand every student in different subjects in house examinations so that a microplanning could be formulated for bringing in improvement in their performancein the ensuing annual examinations.
He also asked the officials of the education departmentto come forward with their innovative ideas and suggestions regardingenhancement of enrolment in the academic session 2021-22.
He asked them to ensure in depth monitoring whilestriking proper coordination with the school heads, teachers and studentsexhibiting acumen behavioural skills to motivate them to accomplish"Mission Shat Pratishat".
As the "Mission Shat Pratishat" has beenlaunched by the Chief Minister, Captain Amarinder Singh, on November 7, lastyear, hence, the School Education Department has made a comprehensive plan tofacilitate the teachers and the students by providing them learning material , Model Question Papers,practice sheets as per the reduced syllabus of different subjects of BoardClasses.
The dedicated teams comprising district and blockmentors, block nodal officers and Zila Sikhiya Sudhar have been ensuring thatthe requisite teaching-learning material, model question papers and practice sheetsshould reach to the concerned teachers and students.
"The teachers have already done commendable job byproviding digital education facility to the students during the closure ofschools braving challenge posed by unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. Now they have acceptedthis challenge and taking extra classes both physically and virtually toachieve the goal" further said the Education Secretary, while asking themto ensure proper adherence to theCOVID-19 precautions in schools so that propercare of health of the students and teachers could be taken care of.
The teams have also been mobilising teachers and studentsto make the optimum utilisation of Punjab Educare App as well as the SmartClassrooms set up in the schools', said the Education Secretary while askingthe district officials to have a brain storming session to evolve innovativeplanning by sharing good practices with each other to achieve the desired goal.
The education officials from different districts showedtheir power point presentation to share their micro planning as well as goodpractices during the workshop.
The Director SCERT,Jagtar Singh Kulrhia, AssistantDirector(Training) SCERT, Salinder Singh, ASPD( Math), Nirmal Kaur,SushilBhardwaj, Chander Shekhar, Jasvir Singh Sekhon,Dr.Harpal Bajak( State ResoucePesons) also interacted with the participants and gave valuable tips foraccomplishing "Mission Shat Pratishat" .