IIT Gandhinagar experts to train U.P. basic education teachers

IIT Gandhinagar will train Uttar Pradesh government school teachers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects through 80 online sessions.

Experts from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 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).

A teacher taking his class at a government school in Prayagraj. (HT file)

“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,” an official said.

Under the scheme, a total of 80 online sessions will be conducted by experts from IIT Gandhinagar and one session will be organised every week. In 2022-23 also, a 5-day workshop was organised by the experts of IIT Gandhinagar for teachers of Uttar Pradesh. To make it more effective, it will now be engaged in the mission of raising the level of education of the state through live sessions in online mode.

Director general, school education, U.P., Vijay Kiran Anand, said in order to maintain the continuity of the programs 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.

In this sequence, the first session will be organised on July 20. It has been directed that all the master trainers, diet mentors (mathematics/science) and KGBV mathematics and science teachers of the districts will compulsorily participate in these sessions.