Srinagar, Feb 08: Under the outreach program as envisaged in New Education Policy NEP 2020, Physics lectures from School Education department, who were under training capsule at State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) Srinagar visited National Institution of Technology (NIT) Srinagar.
Dr. Sajad Ahmad Mir, Sr. Academic Officer (Physics), SCERT Bemina Srinagar, carried out proceedings of a Program titled “Content Enrichment and Pedagogical Approach in Teaching of Physics at Higher Secondary level”.
Dr. Anju Sehgal, ex. Principal Government Degree College Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh discussed various things related to the holistic development of students and the role of teachers.
“Practical work can in fact facilitate learning in the classroom. Using a practical activity can help structure a lesson and improve engagement and knowledge retention,” she said.
On the occasion, Director NIT, Prof. (Dr.) Rakesh Sehgal, said these training sessions for the faculty members are the need of the hour. “If a few of the participants will get motivated through these programs, then it will be the biggest contribution to society,” he said.
In his message, Institute’s Registrar Prof. Syed Kaiser Bukhari also appreciated the Physics department for hosting such training programs. The institute is committed to taking all possible steps to empower society, he said.
The purpose of the program was to provide practical education in different state of art laboratories of the Department of Physics under the patronship and guidance of Prof M A Shah, Head Department of Physics, NIT Srinagar.
Prof. (Dr.) M. A. Shah, HOD Physics, NIT Srinagar highlighted the need for application-based teaching integrated into the classroom. Half of the time in class needs to be spent on demonstrations and rest time for teaching. Straightforward teaching in Physics will say goodbye to rote learning and coaching.
Dr. Shah extended and promised his full cooperation in making the future programs a big success. Earlier, Dr. Shah welcomed delegates in the Physics department and presented an overview of all laboratories of the department.
He also took participants to the laboratory and gave a simple demonstration along with his colleagues.
