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A new step towards developing English communication skills among the Elementary Teachers of Odisha

in State News November 22, 2024 Comments Off on A new step towards developing English communication skills among the Elementary Teachers of Odisha 118 Views

Bhubaneswar, 22nd November 2024:   The State Institute for Languages and Teachers Training (SILTT), Odisha, Bhubaneswar has started the English Language Enrichment Course for Elementary teachers in collaboration with the Azim Premji University (APU), Bangalore to improve the English communication skills among the Elementary teachers of Odisha.

Last July, a total of 60 teachers, two each from 30 districts, were trained as Master Trainers. Currently, these 60 Master Trainers are imparting training to 500 teachers of 314 blocks in 10 districts of the state, namely Khordha, Cuttack, Angul, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Bargarh, Kalahandi, Koraput, Jharsuguda, and Ganjam.

The first training session began on November 18th and continued until November 22nd. The training programme will continue for the next 9 weeks, in virtual and face-to-face mode. The program is being implemented under the supervision of the SILTT and APU. Sumita Das, Director, SILTT, and Jenie Alex, Faculty, APU visited various districts and inspected the training program.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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