Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 18: Two-day national seminar on “Challenges to teacher education in the new millennium” began today at Government College of Education, Canal Road Jammu, here today.
Jammu University Vice-Chancellor Prof R D Sharma, who was chief guest in the inaugural function, talked about the current practices happening in the field of teacher education and also stressed on the various challenges in the context of Jammu and Kashmir State. His focus was on quality, value based, ICT and relevant education.
The key note address was presented by Prof N K Dash, Director, School Education, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi. He talked about the challenges in Teacher Education from school to higher education stressing the present state of affairs. The vision of present Teacher Education in India seems to be undergoing a lot of stress, possibilities, challenges, and current issues, transactions of curriculum in relation to local needs, national standards, and global expectations, he said.
Prof Mubark Singh, HoD Education, University of Jammu, spoke in length about Teacher Education by stating that challenges in present context which includes the non-attendance of students, non availability of infrastructural facilities and compromise with human values. He also talked about the four pillars of learning and laid stress on Learning to live together and learning to be.
Earlier, presenting the welcome address, Dr Ajeet Angral, Principal of the college, appreciated the efforts of the organizing committee in holding such an academic mega event in the college.
On the first day of the national seminar, the paper presentations were divided into six technical sessions.
About 75 participants presented their papers on the various themes of the national seminar.
Prof Rupinder Kour, Seminar Coordinator, gave a brief report, focusing the different sub themes of the seminar. Prof Anju Bala presented the vote of thanks while the proceedings were conducted by Tanzeel and Neerja.
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