Experts from IIT-Gn to train UP teachers for STEM subjects

Experts from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar, will train Uttar Pradesh government school teachers of Class 6 to 8 as the state government wants to make these teachers proficient in major subjects especially science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The sessions will commence from July 20.

Creative learning module of IITGn to be adapted in UP gov schools

IITGn’s centre for creative learning will be carrying out this training programme. The centre conducts multiple projects for experience-based learning of subjects associated with science and mathematics.

UP govt's initiative for teachers’ training

According to a government spokesman, "For children to be educated, it is necessary that teachers are qualified and updated. The state government has taken steps in this direction so then its benefits reach other teachers and students."

Director general, school education, UP, Vijay Kiran Anand, said in order to maintain the continuity of the programmes in the academic session 2023-24, and to effectively implement the concept of STEM in all the upper primary schools of the state, teachers of science and mathematics will be trained.

Under the scheme, a total of 80 online sessions will be conducted by experts from IIT Gandhinagar, with one session conducted every week on every Thursday. A five-day workshop was also organised in 2022-23 by the experts from IIT-Gn for UP teachers .

(Source: IANS)

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