Sri Vijaya Puram, Sept. 19: A one-day training programme on PAHAL Plus (Plan for Attaining Holistic Learning & Achieving Learning Outcomes), an initiative for improvement of learning outcomes for the teachers of South Andaman and Wimberlygunj Zone was held in the Auditorium of GSSS Girls here today. The State Institute of Education (SIE), Shiksha Sadan organized the training which was inaugurated by the Director of Education, Shri Aditya Kumar Jha as the chief guest.
Speaking on the occasion, the Director laid emphasis on the importance of training programme for teachers to keep their knowledge updated. He further emphasized on improving the quality of education and focusing on achieving learning outcomes and motivated teachers to give their best for upliftment of education in these Islands. He added that PAHAL Plus is a platform where teachers are able to assess the attainment of learning outcomes of their students and plan accordingly to fill the learning gaps. He also said that PAHAL Plus programme is based on smart digital technology and student centric and this initiative will improve the learning outcome of students studying in Govt. Schools of A&N Islands.
In her welcome address, the Principal State Institute of Education, Smt. Sangeeta Chand said that PAHAL Plus initiative is to monitor the progress of students learning outcome and remedial measures of teachers. To mitigate the learning gap, the State Institute of Education has mapped the learning outcome with the textbooks, developed content-wise question bank, introduced mentor mentee system and provided remedial teaching module to facilitate remedial teaching, she added.
During the training, resource persons from SIE covered topics such as Introduction on PAHAL Plus initiative, PAHAL Plus portal & Data Standard Operating Procedure of PAHAL Plus, Learning outcomes integrated with PAHAL Plus, Structure of Question Paper Remedial Measures – Role of Subject Teacher, Monitoring of Assessments etc. Altogether, 267 teachers including Heads of Institutions of South Andaman and Wimberlygunj Zone attended the training.
At the end of the training programme, a question answer & feedback session was also organized during which the teachers clarified their doubts and provided feedback about the training. The programme came to an end with the vote of thanks by Shri Johnson P John.
