Tribune News Service

Amritsar, July 13

A sudden shift towards digital learning has forced teachers to undergo a series of infrastructural changes and upgrades to cope up with a changed scenario.

In order to improve learning outcomes and amplify teaching skills of the government schoolteachers, Deepika Dean, headmistress, Government High School, Abdal, has come up with a pilot project to host workshops for teaching staff to improve their soft skills. The first workshop was attended by 20 teachers on Tuesday.

The objective behind the project is to boost leadership qualities, communication skills, adaptability, time management and prepare teachers for sweeping education reforms. “Role of a teacher has changed over the years. It demands innovation, self-engagement and sustainable practices to create a comfortable learning environment for kids. Just like any other industry, where employees are encouraged for self-growth and expand their work-knowledge, we too aim to inculcate soft skills to teachers for better teaching experience,” said Dean.

She said she would definitely pitch the idea for state-wide implementation. “A recent study conducted by a private agency revealed that soft skills contributes 85 per cent in an individual’s professional success. A teacher is someone who has to do public speaking, so communication skills need to be flawless. Similarly, since the governments schools cater to large section of students from marginalized section, teachers need to have core idea of life skills that they need to teach the students as well. It makes a teacher interact with students as well as their parents effectively,” she said.