8 govt schoolteachers honoured on R-Day in Jalandhar
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, January 27
Cabinet minister Aruna Chaudhary honoured a team of government schoolteachers who had been instrumental in developing ‘Punjab Educare App’, to give a fillip to online education during the lockdown in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, on Republic Day event held in Jalandhar.
Former headmaster felicitated
Ex- headmaster Sanjivan Dadhwal of Government High School, Patara, was also honoured on Republic Day for his services and his contribution to society by donating blood for the 100th time.
The teachers include Deepak Kumar of Government Senior Secondary School, Nurpur; Jaswinder Singh of Government Middle School, Rampur; Harjit Kumar of Government Senior Secondary School Boys, Goraya; Haridarshan Singh of Government High School, Basti Bawa Khel; Chander Shekhar of Government Senior Secondary School, Ladowali road; Omeshwar Narayan of Government High School, Sheikhe Pind; Sharanjit Singh of Government High School, Jalbhe; and Dharampal of Government High School, Patara.
The teachers did not had any technical background, but having an innovative bent of mind coupled with dedicated efforts evolved the ‘Punjab Educare app’, to help both teaching faculty and students to have an easy and hassle-free access to study material from pre-primary to Class XII.
The ‘Punjab Educare App’ has syllabus, text books in pdf format, video lectures, worksheets, assignments, quizzes, ‘Ajj da shabad’ and ‘Udaan sheets’ among others.
The app has ensured complete implementation of ‘Mission Shat Pratishat’ through simplified learning material, new structure of papers, question banks, and revision tests.
“The ‘Punjab Educare App’, which was launched by Education Secretary Krishan Kumar on July 11 last year, has emerged as a pioneer in digital education. So far, it has more than 21 lakh users and around 16 crores page views. Its rating is 4.5 out of 5,” said Deepak Kumar of Government Senior Secondary School, Nurpur.
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