Math teachers to master lessons in number-crunching

Coimbatore: The school education department plans to conduct an online training programme for PG mathematics teachers who handle Classes XI and XII in government and government-aided schools.
A communication from director of school education S Kannappan to chief education officers said ‘Application of Mathematics in Different Domains’ will aim to make students understand mathematics concepts better and learn the application of math in various fields. “As the math taught in Class XI and XII is the basis for higher studies, it is important to teach students its applications,” it said.
The sessions will equip teachers to make students understand math applications so that they will be able to form a career in emerging fields such as data analysis, artificial intelligence, machine learning and scientific computing.
The sessions, which have been framed based on the state’s curriculum, will be held for eight hours each for 10 days from June 22. Each day will have two-hour live sessions with experts and five hours of training sessions, during which teachers will do 10 real-time exercises, applications and simulations.
“By the end of the 10-day programme, the teachers would have completed 100 such hands-on activities,” the communication said. At the end of the programme, they will be given a report on their learning curve.
The communication asked CEOs to direct PG mathematics teachers from government and government-aided schools to register for the programme at http://eboxcolleges.com/mathapp and get benefited during the lockdown period.