63 govt school teachers to leave for Singapore trip today

As many as 63 elementary education teachers of government schools will leave on an exposure-cum-training trip to Singapore tomorrow. Education Minister Rohit Thakur will flag off the trip from the Directorate of Education in Shimla. Shortly, a group of teachers from Higher Education will also embark on a foreign exposure trip.

Funded by Samagra Shiksha, these foreign exposure trips have been started by the government to expose the teachers to the best and latest teaching practices and to improve the quality of education in the state. Under this initiative, around 200 teachers had gone on the exposure trip to Singapore last year.

“These teachers will be taught the latest teaching methods during the week-long tour at Principals Academy, Singapore. The teachers will also be evaluated during the tour,” said Rajesh Sharma, Project Director, Samagra Shiksha.

According to Sharma, the initiative is yielding positive results as many teachers, who had gone on the exposure trip last year, were doing good work in their respective schools. “We are constantly taking feedback about these teachers. Some are doing really well and have made a lot of difference to the teaching and learning process in their respective schools,” said Sharma.

The aim is to check the exodus of children from government to private schools. “The idea is to improve the quality of education in government schools so that students start returning from private schools,” said Sharma.

Improve quality of education is the aim

The idea is to improve the quality of education in government schools so that students start returning there from private schools.

Rajesh Sharma, project director, Samagra Shiksha