Plantation school teachers trained in STEM by India
Over 2,000 teachers have benefited from a three-month long teachertraining programme in STEM subjects under Indian grant assistance for schools in the plantation regions of Sri Lanka. The closing ceremony of the programme was held last week at the Ministry of Environment, Wildlife, Forest Resources, Water Supply, Plantation and Community Infrastructure. The programme was conducted at nearly 40 centres across the Central, Uva, Sabaragamuwa and Western Provinces, and teachers benefitted from the training imparted by the Indian teacher-trainers.
The event was attended by the High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Santosh Jha, Secretary, Ministry of Education and Science and Technology J M Thilaka Jayasundara and senior ministry officials. The programme was designed at the request of the Sri Lanka Government, aimed to train teachers in plantation schools in STEM subjects (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English and Biology). It was organised under the multisectoral Indian grant assistance of INR 750 million announced last year to mark 200 years since the arrival of the Malayaga community to Sri Lanka.
Under the aegis of the programme, 19 Indian teachers specialised in imparting STEM training arrived in Sri Lanka in July. After attending a structured orientation module organised by the National Institute of Education, the teachers were deployed in schools in the plantation regions to commence the teachertraining programme. During the closing ceremony on October 18, Secretary, Ministry of Education and Science and Technology highlighted that the programme was found to be significantly productive and of very high utility by the trained teachers and the schools, who called for repeating the programme in the near future.
She thanked the Government of India for the initiative. The 19 teacher-trainers from India were specially felicitated by the Government of Sri Lanka on the occasion. The High Commissioner of India said the successful teacher-training programme is yet another initiative that would contribute to further strengthening the unique people-topeople bonds shared by India and Sri Lanka.
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