January 31, 2013, 12:00 am
A program for professional development of teachers and principals of schools affiliated to the CBSE, the Assessment Training Program (ATP), will be started in February.
All schools in the country that are affiliated to the Board have been requested to nominate staff to undergo the ATP in February. A calendar of events in this regard was released recently by the Board.
However, schools in Bangalore have not warmed up to the idea as yet. �It is definitely a good step forward and will strengthen the existing system of assessments and evaluations set up by the Board. However, we already have a number of teachers� training programme within our system.
We have a Zonal Institution of Education Training and teachers go for in-service training of 21 days after every six years. We will think about sending our teachers once we get the directive from the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghatan," said Shilbala Singh, principal, Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV), DRDO Complex.
The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghatan office in the City, which monitors 39 KVs in the State, is yet to look at this particular proposal of the CBSE, according to an official.
Started under the Centre for Assessment, Evaluation and Research (CAER) that was set up by the CBSE in August 2012 to improve pedagogic skills and for its better assessment, the ATP is a series of training modules in this direction.
"Training of teachers here takes place according to the need and, whenever we feel that it is required, we usually tie up with some other entities to serve the purpose. Moreover, the teachers by now are well-versed with all the plans that have been launched by the CBSE such as the Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation. We will look at the feasibility and decide accordingly," said Shreedevi, principal, Vagdevi Vilas, Marathalli.
