Model lesson plan contest for govt teachers

The State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) is organising a first-of-its-kind state-level ‘model lesson plan’ competition for teachers at around 1.60 lakh government-run primary and upper primary schools.

The winners will be awarded certificates of excellence and mementos.

The award-winning lesson plan will be published as booklets and uploaded on the official website of the UP Basic Education Board so that teachers may download and implement them in their classrooms.

The contest is a part of the initiatives taken by the Yogi Adityanath government to improve facilities and quality of education at government primary schools.

The steps include putting up photographs of teachers in schools to end practice of proxy teaching, readjusting teachers in districts and setting up a mechanism to keep random check on teachers and teaching methodology. There are 1,13,247 primary schools (class 1 to 5) and 45,590 upper primary schools (class 1 to 8) in the state where around 4,94,940 teachers teach 1.62 crore students.

In a letter dated July 20, director, SCERT, Sarvendra Vikram Singh informed the principals of all district institutes of education and training (DIETs) about the contest.

The competition will be held in two categories. In the first category, trainers of teachers will have to prepare a 60-minute lesson/teaching plan of main theoretical subjects of diploma in elementary education (DElEd) course (formerly known as BTC) taught by DIET teachers. In the second category, primary school teachers will have to prepare a 30-minute lesson plan of Hindi, English, mathematics and environmental studies while the upper primary teachers will have to do so in science and social sciences subjects – besides Hindi, English and mathematics. This plan will be also of 30-minute duration. The last date of receiving entries by respective DIETs for the contest has been fixed as August 7. The selected entries at the district level will reach SCERT by August 16.

The presentation of shortlisted lesson plans will take place in the last week of August.

THE STEPS INCLUDE PUTTING UP PHOTOGRAPHS OF TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS TO END PRACTICE OF PROXY TEACHING