Heritage School organizes workshop on ‘Item Designing’

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 15: in keeping with the tradition of continuous and comprehensive professional growth of staff in Heritage School, Jammu, two days of extensive workshops were organized in the school premises for the Co-Scholastic & Scholastic staff by educational experts Divya Kapoor (Faculty Mathematics) and Sunanda S Kumar (Faculty Science) from Ahlcon International School, New Delhi.
The educational experts, trained from Tata Consultancy Services during their interaction with the teachers emphasized the need to change with changing times and to evolve new planning and assessment methods and techniques in class-room teaching to cater to the requirements of 21st century students.
They discussed the importance of co-scholastic activities in developing the all round personality of the child and laid emphasis on careful planning of each activity for successful execution as well as accomplishing the desired outcome in terms of enhancing life skills.
The importance of a well designed question paper was highlighted and staff was effectively engaged in a range of activities to enhance their skills in setting a well balanced question paper so that it effectively assesses three domains of knowledge i.e. cognitive, affective and psycho motor.
Vandana Jasrotia, the Headmistress, Heritage School presented the vote of thanks.