Training

Who gives training to the Teacher? How much training is given to him during a period of one year?

• Project area Training Team gives the training to the Teachers:

1. 5 Days Initial Training (Prathamic Varg) in the beginning
2. Every six months 10 days Training (Abhyas Varg)
3. Every month 1 day (24 hrs.) Monthly Training
   

What are the arrangements for the training of the Training Team?

• Every six months 10 days training by the Master trainers in Training program (Naipunya Varg)
  

At the central level, who monitors the training and syllabus?

• Central Experts Committee: The Central Education Committee imparts training twice in a year to the Master trainer (Regional Training Team) in the 10 days Central training programs (Nishnath Varg)
  

Give some important names of the experts of the Advisory Committee?

• Dr. Amarnath Maheshwari, Director, Central Teachers Training Organization - Govt. of India
• Dr. P. Das Gupta, Ex. Director, National Open School (a Govt. agency)
• Dr. Rakesh Popli, Ex. Prof. in U.S.A. and present Prof. in Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi

Give some important names in the Central Education Committee?

• Dr. Purushotam Lal Chaturvedi, Retired Vice Chancellor of Jama University (Rajasthan)
• Dr. Satyanarayan Rath, Retired Prof. Anthropology of Burla University (Orissa)
• Sushree Seema Ajgaonkar, Director, Gram Bal Shiksha Kendra, Kosbad near Mumbai

Are all the persons involved in the Training full-time workers? In general, how many days in a month they travel?

• All are full-time workers
• Between 20 to 25 days in a month
  

What are the arrangement for the evaluation of Training Teams�?

• Central Education Committee (CEC) regularly visits
• Yearly twice - Evaluation Meetings at Regional Level & direct visits by the C.E. Committee

What are the arrangements to train the full-time workers?

• At Central level Zone-wise 5 days Concept Training twice in a year
• Similarly, at Project Area level 5 days Full-Timer Training twice in a year

What are the other subjects, in addition to the syllabus?

1. Personality Development
2. Ideology
3. History
4. Special features of the Tribal people & other weaker section of society

To enhance the standard of training, do you take the help of Government agencies and other service organizations?

• Yes, at the central level NCERT (National Council of Educational Research Training): A service organization established 75 year back with the blessing of Mahatma Gandhi - Gram Bal Siksha Kendra, Kosbad near Mumbai