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ANNUAL EXAMS FOR TEACHERS All teachers will have to sit for an exam in their own subjects and GK; state govt wants to know if they're fit to give lessons SANTOSH ANDHALE Students might just get some wicked delight out of this one. The state government has decided that before the start of every academic year, all the 3.5 lakh teachers across the state will have to write an exam in the subjects they teach, so that the government knows if they have the necessary proficiency to impart lessons to children. The "mandatory" exams, a brainchild of Education Minister Vasant Purke who had earlier come up with the controversial idea of baseline tests, were recently okayed by the state education department's Quality Improvement Cell. They will be introduced from the academic year 2008-09, and teachers from Std I to Std X in state-run and state-recognised schools that get grants would have to sit for them a couple of weeks before schools reopen on June 13. The plan at present is to give teachers three question papers, education department officials said. The first paper would be about the subject they teach. So a maths teacher from Std IX, for instance, would have to solve algebra and geometry problems from the Std IX syllabus, and a language teacher would have to display the linguistic skills that he/she would teach school children. The second paper will be on 'General Knowledge' and is intended to check if the teachers are in tune with the happenings around them. This would help the education department know if they can take general questions from curious students. The third paper would address teaching techniques and methodology. While it would include questions about the methodology being adopted by the teacher, it would also seek his/her viewpoint on new teaching techniques. This will help reveal the teacher's own methods and openness to new ones, officials said. While this plan stands at the moment, one of the papers may also be integrated into another at a later date, or even all three papers merged into one to reduce the burden on teachers, officials said. However, the one big relief for teachers is that the state is, at least at this point in time, not talking of action against those who do poorly in these exams. A senior official said: "Those who do badly won't be hounded out of the system, nor would any penalties be imposed on them. The idea is to test a teacher's knowledge and ensure that teachers continously improve. The tests will ensure that teachers improve all the time. They should write the papers in the right spirit." Purke said feedback had been obtained from teachers' associations before okaying the scheme. "The paper pattern for the tests was changed slightly after we took feedback from the teachers in a meeting. The aim is to improve the quality of teaching. We used to organise training for teachers every year, but these exams will be more personal as every teacher will be involved," he said. Education Minister Vasant Purke URL : http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=TU1JUi8yMDA3LzAzLzE3I0FyMDAxMDA=&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom |
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