Five-day orientation programme on development of reading and writing skills in Dogri culminates
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: SCERT J&K, Divisional Office Jammu organised five days “orientation programme on development of reading and writing skills in Dogri at elementary level” at SCERT Divisional Office, Jammu. This programme was organized by Department of Education in Languages, Academic Unit -I JKSCERT Jammu under the mentorship of Prof. (Dr.) Parikshit Singh Manhas, Director SCERT J&K and guidance and supervision of H.R Pakhroo, Joint Director, SCERT J&K Jammu.
The programme was inaugurated by H.R Pakhroo in presence of Prof. Dr.Lalit Magotra, President Dogri Sanstha and senior faculty members including Prof. Surjit Kumar, Prof. Swaran Singh, Associate Professors Sultana Kausar. Tahira Parveen Shawl.(Dr.) Neeraj Jandial, JKSCERT Jammu and the Dogri poetess Vijaya Thakur.
Welcome address was given by H.R Pakhroo, who emphasized on the promotion of Dogri language among the students in early stage.
Keynote address was delivered by Lalit Magotra whereby he set the tone of the program by invoking the importance and love of mother tongue which is very fundamental for the intellectual growth of children. Dr. Neeraj Jandial, Associate Professor thanked the dignitaries for giving righteous direction to this orientation programme for the teachers/masters teaching at elementary level.
Prof. Swarn singh Jaral welcomed the resource persons and the participants from all the districts of the Jammu division in the scheduled orientation programme.
The resource persons who delivered sessions on different topics included Rajeshwar Singh Raju, Monica Sharma, Dr Sanjeevani, Manju Sharma, Dr Kuldeep Dogra, Dr. Sushma Rani, Dr Padam Singh, Roshan Lal Bral, Babu Bhati, Puneet Thukral and Rakesh Chobber.
The programme stressed upon new pedagogical approaches required for developing reading and writing skills in Dogri that will help the teachers to adopt innovative strategies for enhancing the love of dogri in the students and motivate them to explore literature in their own language.
The orientation programme was coordinated by Monica Sharma along with Associate coordinator Shamim Nazki Academic Officers JKSCERT.
The technical support was provided by Rakesh Chobber (Academic Officer)& Deepak Kumar Academic Officer)
This programme also enlightened the participants on the assessment framework whereas the sessions on effective integration of ICT in teaching apprised the participants of choosing and using wisely from the flood of teaching learning resources available online in the best interest of the students.
The programme was managed by the team members, the Academic officers namely , Farhat Jahan, Rukhsana Kausar, Sabah Rasheed, Nayeema Firdous, Meena Thakur, Sushma Kumari and Dr Seema Zakir.
On the last day of the programme, participants presented group presentations and also shared their valuable feedback.
Valedictory function was graced by H.R Pakhroo, Prof. Swarn Singh Jaral, Prof. Surjeet Kumar, Associate Professors Tahira Parveen and Assistant Professors, Parveen Akther, Pushpa Kaith and Dr. Sanjeevani, SCERT, Jammu. The programme concluded with valedictory speech and distribution of certificates by H.R Pakhroo. Vote of thanks was presented by Monica Sharma Academic officer, JKSCERT, Divisional office Jammu.
