Teachers must inculcate innovative urge in students: Dr. Mita Tarafder

Jamshedpur, Nov 17: A virtual training program on “Teacher’s Training on Innovation” was organized by CSIR- National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML), Jamshedpur on 17 and 18November, 2021 under the aegis of CSIR Integrated Skill Initiative & CSIR Jigyasa 2.0. This program was arranged for the teachers who are already engaged in teaching profession and also for B.Ed. and M.Ed. students who aspire to take up teaching as a profession in future.

The main objective of this training programme was to introduce the participants to techniques and tools of innovative teaching and train them to impart knowledge to their students in a comprehensive and innovative way. Attempt has also been made to improve the core and generic skills of the participants through this two-day training.

The inaugural programme commenced with the welcome address delivered by Dr. Mita Tarafder, Skill Training Co-ordinator, Chief Scientist and Head, KRIT Division, CSIR-NML.

In her address, Dr. Tarafder urged the teachers to understand and inculcate innovative mindset in students. She appreciated them for the important role they all were playing in framing the future of India and assured them that the scientists at CSIR-NML would always be available to help them.

This was followed by an address delivered by Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Assistant District Education Officer, East Singhbhum. He explained how important it was to develop creativity in children’s learning in today’s era of innovation and knowledge and encouraged the teachers to be more creative.

Dr. Mita Tarafder gave an insight about the upcoming training session to the participants. She briefly spoke about CSIR Integrated Skill Initiative and CSIR Jigyasa 2.0 programs and various societal training programs conducted at CSIR-NML. She suggested that the teachers should try to adopt a fun approach to teach science to students and explained how the participants could derive benefit by attending this two-day programme.

With her address, the inaugural programme came to an end. Dr. Sanghita Mridha, one of the organizers of this program, proposed the vote of thanks. 

The virtual event was attended by more than 120 participants.