Training cum workshop on Low Cost/No Cost Teaching Aids was conducted at Livingstone Foundation International, Dimapur by Breeze Women Welfare Association on January 27.
DIMAPUR, January 28 (MExN): Training cum workshop on Low Cost/No Cost Teaching Aids was conducted at Livingstone Foundation International (LFI), Dimapur by Breeze Women Welfare Association (BWWA), Nagaland on January 27. The training is a part of the series of training programmes being conducted at various districts of Nagaland.
The training on Low Cost/No Cost Teaching Aids is BWWA’s endeavour under the leadership of its President, Ani Yepthomi, to encourage teachers and students to take keen interest in teaching and learning by utilizing low cost teaching-learning aids, Media Cell, BWWA stated in a press release. This programme has been catalyzed and supported by National Council for Science & Technology Communication (NCSTC), Department of Science & Technology, Government of India and in active collaboration with Kaziranga University, Jorhat and ThinkTac, Bangalore, it stated.
The training was conducted across three separate sessions and was attended by both teachers as well as students from various nearby schools including St Paul Hr Sec School, Lewis Academy, Spring Blossoms Academy and LFI.
Speaking on the occasion, Chairman of LFI, Dr Andrew Ahoto Sema encouraged the students to be in sync with the changing and modern world and to hone their skills and be jack of all trades as far as possible so that no one is left behind in the competition. He also remarked that the system of marks and grades have become redundant and therefore in today’s education system emphasis should be given to holistic development of a child in enhancing not only their Intelligence Quotient (IQ) but also their Social Quotient (SQ), Emotional Quotient (EQ) and Adversity Quotient (AQ).
During the Student Development Session led by the Dean of Kaziranga University, Bobby Roy and Manager, Abhijeet Bharadwaj, a team of students from KU demonstrated various intriguing and exciting facets of the new and emerging developments in the area of Artificial Intelligence (AI) which included Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MR) and Robotics.
The other highlights included a session on Low Cost/No Cost Teaching Methodology by Bipul Sangma, Nabi Hassan and Bobby Bol Zeliang and a Workshop on Low Cost Learning Aids by Pritom Routh, Regional Manager, ThinkTac, Bangalore.
