Training teachers for the teachers supported by Azim Premji Foundation

Deenabandhu Teacher Resource Center
Supported by Oracle, through CAF, India
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Azim Premji Foundation has a program to train Govt. school teachers. One such institution is located in Mandya district near Mysore, Karnataka. Through this program the foundation is working towards improving primary school education throughout Mandya district which includes Mandya, Malavalli, Madduru, SriRangapatna, Pandavapura and K.R. Pete taluks.

Deenabandhu Teacher Resource Center is conduction teacher training program since a decade. Currently with the financial aid from Oracle, it is training 162 Govt. primary school teachers. Deenabandhu teacher training program/workshop is very appreciated and well received throughout Karnataka. Many private organizations and education institutions are also approaching Deenabandhu to conduct teacher training program for them in the subject Maths, Science and Geography.

One of the very respected organizations, Azim Premji foundation also approach Deenabandhu to train the Govt. primary teachers of Mandya district. Since June 2016 we have conducted five such workshops for them. Each workshops was for two days.

Apart from conducting workshops for 160 Govt. teachers from 140 different Govt. schools, we have conducted workshops for the following organizations on-demand since June 2016.

Sl. No.	Organization/School	Place	No. of teachers
1	Sri Rama Vidyakula	Yelavala, Mysore	20
2	Suprema Public School	Kalidasanagara, Mysore	25
3	Azim Premji foundation	Mandya	35
4	Azim Premji foundation	Malavalli	32
5	Azim Premji foundation	Madduru	38
6	Azim Premji foundation	Pandavapura	30
7	Azim Premji foundation	Nagamangala	23
8	Trained Graduate Teachers, DIET	Chamarajanagar block	30
9	Sri Ramakrishna Samagra Shikshana Kendra	Bangalore	10
10	Govt. Higher Primary School	Kerehalli, Chamarajanagar	16
11	Govt. Higher Primary School	Devangapete, Kollegal	20
12	Govt. Higher Primary School	Gundlupete block	35

Conclusion :

During these teachers training workshops, Deenabandhu not only enables teachers to prepare their own teaching learning materials (TLMs) but also guides them, how TLMs can be used in the classrooms with respect to the syllabus. This approach makes Deenabandhu teacher training workshops innovative, practical and helps teachers to make children experience concepts of Science and Mathematics. Hence these workshops are successful and Deenabandhu is conduction workshops for various organizations including Azim Premji Foundation.