The programme aim at improving the overall socio-emotional well-being of students, especially the ones who cannot express their concerns and grievances verbally.
J&K introduce special teacher training programme
Jammu and Kashmir has introduced a special teachers' training programme on using art-based tools for the emotional well-being of children and enhancing their academic performance. In order to launch the arts-based capacity building and training (ACBT) programme, the Directorate of School Education of both the Kashmir and Jammu divisions collaborated with Piramal Foundation (Kaivalya Education Foundation) and Red Pencil Humanitarian Mission.
The programme aim at improving the overall socio-emotional well-being of students, especially the ones who cannot express their concerns and grievances verbally. The special teachers' training programme was jointly launched by the Director of School Education, Jammu and Kashmir divisions, Ravi Shankar Sharma and Tasaduq Hussain Mir.
The initiative aims to train 150 teachers
According to media reports, an official informed that the launched programme is a theoretical base derived from the framework of collaboration for academic, social, and emotional learning that emphasises self-awareness, social awareness, relationship skills, self-management and responsible decision-making.
Officials also informed that the launched initiative aims to train 150 teachers. 75 teachers each from Jammu and Kashmir divisions will be trained under this programme in the first phase. On the importance of counselling students and how art therapy could equip teachers with skills to ensure the all-round development of children, Sharma said the ACBT project will be helpful in remote areas such as Poonch, Kishtwar, and Reasi.
ACBT will go a long way in helping the budding generation to administer their thoughts so that they can learn in a free and fair environment, said Mir.
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