STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Ace story teller Simmi Srivastva visited Jodhamal Public School for the fourth time in a row for four days to ensure the class observations and the Story Telling Workshop for the teachers of Jodhamal to know the methods as to how to prepare the props and the teaching aids to make teaching learning a more interesting affair.
The resource person appreciated the inclusion of inter-disciplinary inclusion of stories in the school curriculum. Four days at Jodhamal for the fourth consecutive visit Simmi from Kathshala has made the difference to the teacher’s outlook at the story telling as an important tool of teaching in the modern era the 21st century.
In their innovative practices Jodhamal also started the Video Conferencing sessions with the author turned teacher Gouri Banerji from Gurgaon who has interacted with the students of class VII and class X to discuss the Redcliffline and the Julius Caesar.
Gouri Banerji also interacted with the English Teachers and gave tips as to how to make English more interesting and how to connect to the hearts of the students without which a literature teacher will have no impact on the students.
An English Teacher according to Gouri Banerji needs to be in the habit of reading books herself / himself to ensure the students getting into the habit of reading.
Principal Trilok Singh Bist said that Jodhamal is all set to create the best practices at school level for the benefit of the student community.
Bist said that it is all possible with the full cooperation and trust from the trustee Nandan Kuthiala who himself is an educationist par excellence and always looks at the bigger picture.
