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SCERT - SIKKIM

“Empowering Society Through Education”

Annual Report 2017-18

State Council of Educational Research and Training

Human Resource Development Department

Government of Sikkim

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Vision of SCERT

“Sikkim with excellent educational institutes as centres of learning,

innovation and knowledge creation that empowers society through

education.”

And its Mission is -

“To facilitate transformation of schools in Sikkim” by -

Enabling an environment of collaborative and high performance culture.

Enhancing experiential learning through contextualized curriculum.

Enhancing life skills and values through appropriately developed curriculum.

Providing interactive forums for the teaching community.

Building capacity of teachers through trainings/orientations/workshops.

Developing leadership skills of school heads and teachers.

Creating an awareness to build strong community participation in education.

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FOREWORD

When we look back at any year, a number of key events and themes seem to stand out

and define it. For SCERT/ Sikkim, the year 2017-18 has been eventful, lots of hard work, and

a glorious year with learning and sharing with Heads of Schools, Educators, as well as the

students of the state.

I think, SCERT/ Sikkim has immensely lived up to its designate as ‘academic authority’

of the state. State Educators Conference has become a regular feature and is in its third year

of progress, where in the teacher educators of the state meet to freely share in their vivid

experiences, methodologies, and findings with the participants. Renowned experts from

various fields are also invited to SCERT to share their expertise with faculty in the form of in

house seminars. Besides this, Team SCERT also moves out of its comfort zone and visits

the remotest corners of the state to share with the educators the latest in pedagogy and

content of all the subjects in the form of research and training. The students are also made

partners of innovative learning by SCERT, by going to their respective districts and giving

them a platform for showcasing their talents in Science Seminar, Role Play and Folk Dance

Competition, State Level Science Math and Environment Exhibition (SLSMEE), to name a

few. The selected students after rigorous screening represent the state in the national level.

The heads of schools are also made partners of innovative practices and were invited

to SCERT for a month long ‘Leadership Course’. The programme was to build the leadership

capacities of school heads with the aim to transform the schools as, centres of excellence.

The programme was conducted by the State Resource Group (SRG) comprising of faculty

and officers from SCERT, HRDD and various other Departments, adhering to the resource

book prepared by National Centre for School Leadership (NCSL) and NUEPA.

The mammoth and daunting task SCERT undertook in 2017-18 was to bring out new

textbooks for the students of the state. The need was felt that our students are getting very

less exposure in their old textbooks, to the changes in the modern world and burning issues

that require immediate attention and ratification. Hence, the need. SCERT discussed this issue

with higher authorities of the state which was gladly accepted. SCERT then collaborated with

UNESCO – MGIEP (Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace), New Delhi and Ajim

Premji University, Bengaluru, and started this new venture and is progressing rapidly to give

its students new textbooks of classes I, II and III. These textbooks will have SDG (Sustainable

Development Goals) a concept, used only by Sikkim in the entire country and probably the

world!

As days turn into weeks, weeks into months, SCERT works on tirelessly to live up to the

expectations of its clientele i.e mainly the diverse teaching community. Every hour some new

pedagogy is evolving and the old one is being overhauled or completely discarded and if we

are not constantly fine tuning ourselves, our teaching might become ‘obsolete’. Hence, SCERT

pledges its unanimous and unflinching academic support to all its fraternity in all their

endeavours of guiding the students from darkness to light!

- Dr. Rabin Chhetri

Director, SCERT

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LIST OF SCERT OFFICERS, FACULTY AND SUPPORTING STAFF

OFFICERS

Sl. No. Name Designation

1. Dr. Rabin Kumar Chhetri Director

2. Ms. Surki Bhutia Joint Director

3. Ms. Malati Rai Deputy Director

4. Dr. Shanti Ram Adhikari Deputy Director

5. Ms. Rupa Devi Sharma Under Secretary

FACULTY

Sl.No. Name Designation 1. Mr. Suraj Bir Singh Coordinator (Math)

2. Mr. Paritosh Pathak Resource Person (English)

3. Ms. Larissa Lepcha Resource Person (English)

4. Mr. Rajiv Philip Lecturer (Math)

5. Dr. Pema Subba Lecturer (Soc. Sc.)

6. Mr. Sekhar Chandra Chettri Resource Person (Math)

7. Ms. Anjali Rasaily Lecturer (Sociology)

8. Ms. Ranju Pradhan Faculty (English)

9. Dr. Genevive Syangbo Asstt. Professor

10. Mr. Parijit Sutradhar Faculty (Physics)

SUPPORT STAFF

Sl. No. Name Designation 1. Ms. Sangita Subba Office Superintendant 2. Ms. Tsewang Choden Bhutia Head Assistant 3. Ms. Januka Dhakal Head Assistant 4. Ms. Nim Phuti Lepcha Head Assistant 5. Mr. Nima Wangchuk Bhutia Junior Accountant 6. Mr. Arnold Tshering Simic Accounts Clerk 7. Ms. Sarda Pakhrin LDC 8. Ms. Sonamit Lepcha LDC 9. Mr. Manoj Subba Computer Operator 10. Ms. Sancha Maya subba Peon 11. Mr. Prakash Rai Peon 12. Ms. Norkit Bhutia Peon 13. Mr. Gnawang Tashi Sherpa Driver 14. Namgyal Tshering Bhutia Driver 15. Mr. Ma Tshering Lepcha Driver 16. Mr. Mon Hang Subba Safai Karmachari

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ABBREVIATION AND ACRONYMS USED

B.Ed. Bachelor of Education

CCE Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation

CCRT Center for Cultural Resource and Training

CSSTE Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Teacher Education

DCE District Center for English

D.El.Ed. Diploma in Elementary Education

DIET District Institute of Education and Training

DRC District Resource Centre

ECCE Early Childhood Care and Education

EFLU English and Foreign Language University

ELP Early Literacy Programme

ERC Eastern Regional Committee

EQUIP Educational Quality Improvement Programme

GT Graduate Teacher

GVK Gram Vikas Kendra

HRDD Human Resource Development Department

IGNOU Indira Gandhi National Open University

KRP Key Resource Person

LKG Lower Kindergarten

MDM Mid Day Meal

MGIEP Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace& Sustainable Development

MRP Master Resource Person

MHRD Ministry of Human Resource Department

NAS National Achievement Survey

NCF National Curriculum Framework

NIC National Informatics Centre

NCSM National Council of Science Museum

NCERT National Council of Educational Research and Training

NCFTE National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education

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NCTE National Council of Teacher Education

NERIE North East Regional Institute of Education

NPEP National Population Education Project

NUEPA National University of Educational Planning and Administration

PGT Post Graduate Teacher

RMSA Rashtriya Madhyamik Siksha Abhiyan

RTE Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009

SSA Sarva Siksha Abhyan

SDG Sustainable Development Goals

SIE State Institute of Education

SPSC State Public Service Commission

SLAS State Level Achievement Survey

SPD State Project Director

SPO State Project Office

STET State Teacher Eligibility Test

SUPW Socially Useful Productive Work

SCERT State Council of Educational Research and Training

SSTRB Sikkim State Teachers Recruitment Board

TTI Teacher Training Institute

QMT Quality Monitoring Tool

UKG Upper Kindergarten

UNESCO United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation

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CONTENTS

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Chapter – 1 1-6

Text Book, Curriculum Development and Publication

1.1 Review of School Term Books

1.2 SCERT News letter - “REFLECTIONS”-Series II

1.3 Resource Material for D.El.Ed. Curriculum

1.4 Teen Tribune – Annual Newsletter on Adolescence Education

1.5 Development of State Textbooks for the Primary Level

1.5 Compendium

Chapter – 2 7-14

Programmes for Professional Development of Teachers, Teacher Educators and Administrators of HRDD

2.2 Programmes for In-Service Teachers

2.3 Training Programs for Teacher Educators of the State

2.4 Programme for Officials of HRDD

2.5 Performance Indicators (PINDICS) for Elementary School Teachers of

Junior High School, Secondary Schools and Senior Secondary Schools

Chapter – 3

Conferences and In-House Seminars 15-29

3.1 In house Seminar

3.2 Two Days National Seminar on “Emerging Trends and

Innovations in Teacher Education”

3.3 Science Seminar

3.3.1 District Level Science Seminar

3.3.2 State Level Science Seminar 2017

3.4 State Level Science, Mathematics and Environment Exhibition

3.4.1 Eastern India Science Fair

3.5 State Teacher Educators’ Conference

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Chapter 4

Educational Research conducted by SCERT 30

4.1 Research activities of SCERT

Chapter 5

Participation of SCERT in Programmes Organized by

National Institutes, MHRD and other organizations within the state of Sikkim 31-39

5.1 SCERT’s Participation in National Programmes

5.2 SCERT’s Participation within the State Programmes

Chapter 6

Academic Support to Different Sections of HRDD and Other Institutions 40-48

6.1 Academic Support to other Institutions

6.2 Academic support of SCERT during Evaluation, Examination and

Recruitment process conducted by different sections of HRDD

6.3 Academic Support to SSA for Implementation of National Achievement Survey

6.4 Implementation of Learning Outcome in the State

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SCERT as Nodal Agency for various National Programmes and Institutes 49-59

7.1 School Leadership Academy

7.1.1 One Month Certificate Course on School Leadership and Management

7.2 National Population Education Project (NPEP)

7.2.1 District Level Role play and Folk Dance Competition under

National Population Education Project, NCERT, New Delhi

7.2.2 State Level Role Play and Folk Dance Competition

7.2.3 National Level Role Play and Folk dance Competition

7.2.4 Question Box Activity, Poster Making and Creative Writing

7.2.5 Sensitization on Adolescence Education for Community Mobilization

7.3 SRI SATYA SAI VIDYA VAHINI PROJECT IN COLLABORATION WITH SCERT, SIKKIM

8. State Coordination Meeting of NERIE

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Programmes and Activities

of

SCERT-Sikkim

during 2017-18

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Chapter - 1

Text Book, Curriculum Development and Publication

1.1 Review of School Term Books

State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) - Sikkim has been developing

text books for the government schools of Sikkim since 1983 for classes I to V. English Text

books for classes VI to VIII have been developed since 1993. The government schools of

Sikkim use text-books published by National Council of Educational Research and Training

(NCERT) for other subjects for classes VI to XII. Since its first publication the state designed

textbooks have been revised and modified by SCERT as and when needed. However, for

publication of new edition of these Term Books, the text book development committee

comprising of faculty members from SCERT and District Institute of Education and Training

(DIET)-Gangtok reviewed and did minor modifications starting November 2017 to January

2018. English text books for classes VI to VIII was also edited and reviewed during the same

period by the English department of SCERT. All the subject textbooks have also been realigned

to the Learning Outcome prescribed by NCERT.

1.2 SCERT Newsletter - “REFLECTIONS”-Series II

A newsletter is essential for successful institutional operations and is a "picture" of an

institution and reflects on its operations. With this aim in mind, SCERT Sikkim launched its

own newsletter on August 2016 and christened it as “REFLECTIONS”(As human life is all

about reflections!)

The newsletter comes out quarterly and carries on its cover page National Curriculum

Framework (NCF)-2005 in chapters, to appraise the readers regarding its significance in the

present educational set up. This is followed by SCERT round up of activities. Various cells of

HRDD also contribute and the prominent ones are Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan

(RMSA) and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA). Renowned educationists of the state and schools

with innovative practices are also shared with the readers to give them hope and confidence

that with the prevalent limitations some are still excelling and their feat is to be- emulated.

Educators and students also share their reflections and priority wise their write- ups are

definitely given a place in the newsletter.

After the job of printing, the newsletter are delivered to all the concerned officials of the

Department and also sent to respective Joint Director (JD) offices of the four districts of the

state for circulation in all the schools.

During 2017-18, four issues of Reflections have been published by SCERT.

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SCERT-SIKKIM quarterly newsletter

1.3 Resource Material for D.El.Ed. Curriculum

The curriculum for Diploma in Elementary Education (Dl.El.Ed.) was modified as per the

December-2014 regulations of National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE) by SCERT and

DIETs in collaboration with Ajim Premji University, Bengaluru, in 2015-16.

During 2016-17, SCERT decided to prepare resource materials for each subject included in the

new curriculum. The coordinators for preparation of the study materials – Ms. Anjali Rasaily

and Ms. Ranju Pradhan -faculty SCERT took the responsibility and thus started the ground

work. A one day meeting of large group members was organized to develop the material on

17. 10. 2016 - subject wise core group members were formed and the faculty of DIETs and

Teacher Training Institute (TTI) Carmel took the responsibilities to prepare material for all

four semesters. On 29.10.2017 the coordinators and the core group members attended another

one day work shop under the guidance of Azim Premji University Bengaluru at Palzor

Namgyal Girls (PNG) School, Gangtok.

The prepared materials were then sent to the experts from Ajim Premji University and

accordingly the materials were modified as per their suggestions and feed- back. It was again

forwarded to them for further recommendation. Thereafter, the materials in its final stage

concluded with the following workshops-

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Table 1

Sl.No Name of the Programme Date and Venue

1. One Day Workshop on Review of D. El. Ed. Reading

Material

18th September 2017,

SCERT, Gangtok

2. Four Day Workshop on Review and Finalization of

D. El. Ed. Reading Material Resource Persons from

Azim Premji University

Bijoy Das

Nivedita Bedadur

Nimrat Kaur

Chandni Khanduja

Anupama SM

6th -9th November

2017, SCERT, Gangtok

The reading material were printed under the supervision of the coordinators and has been

submitted to SCERT. The same will be distributed to the respective DIETs and TTI Carmel for

their use.

Four Day Workshop on Review and Finalization of D. El. Ed. Reading Material

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Resource Material for D.El.Ed. Curriculum

1.4 Teen Tribune – Annual Newsletter on Adolescence Education

The maiden publication of newsletter on Adolescence Education was launched by Hon’ble

Minister for HRDD Shri R. B. Subba on the occasion of Teacher Educators’ Conference on

26th April, 2017. The newsletter for the year 2017 has also been prepared and printed for

circulation. The major objectives in publishing the newsletter is to-

reach out to as many schools with the Adolescence Education Programme

give space to the voice of the adolescents

document and record the various activities conducted under the project.

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1.5. Development of State Text books for the Primary Level

SCERT has undertaken the task to design and develop text books for the primary level in all

subjects - English, Environmental Studies and Mathematics for the academic year 2020. With

a view to also develop a team of core textbook writers for the state, SCERT is working in

collaboration with APU, Bengaluru and UNESCO – MGIEP (Mahatma Gandhi Institute of

Education for Peace), New Delhi as academic partners. While APU with its prior experience

of working with the curriculum of other state governments will offer capacity development

programmes on the perspectives and technicalities of textbook writing in different subjects,

UNESCO – MGIEP will be working on the embedment of Sustainable Development Goals

(SDG). It aims to guide the state in the embedding of the concepts of peace, global citizenship

and SDGs in the state textbooks for all subjects at the primary level. Thus, also playing a key

role in supporting the states’ effort to achieve Education for Sustainable Development.

The Partnership Agreement for this project was signed by MGIEP- UNESCO-and HRDD,

Govt. of Sikkim on 18th Feb 2018. In accordance with the agreement this is to be a one year

project wherein a series of workshops is to be conducted by APU and MGIEP-UNESCO during

the year 2018. Resource Persons from APU and UNESCO will provide assistance and guidance

to the textbook writers of the state in the development of the new textbooks and subject resource

persons from both the organization will be working with state subject groups during the course

of the year. The mode of work will include – face to face workshops along with post workshop

online support via Skype and email. APU will be working with the participants mostly on a

face-to-face workshop mode.

A total number of 45 subject writers including PGTs, TGTs, PRTs, DIET and SCERT faculty

members have been nominated to form the state textbook writers’ team. The first workshop on

“Review and Development of Textbooks” of 10 days was held from 12th February to 21st

February 2018. The workshop was conducted in 2 phases –the first phase, a 7 day introductory

session in whole group conducted by APU and the 2nd phase, a 3 day session conducted by

MGIEP-UNESCO within different subject groups. There will be a monthly workshop for the

textbook writing members till October 2018.

The last phase of this project will include piloting of the textbooks. Some schools will be

selected for pilot study. The said schools will be provided with the set of text books. Pilot

school teachers will be oriented for these new textbooks. On the basis of feedback and

recommendations changes will be made for the final roll out.

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1.5 Compendium

Teacher Educator’s Conference was organized by SCERT in April 2017. With the theme on

Teacher Education, several papers were presented by teacher educators from the varied

institutes across the state. A compendium was prepared and published by SCERT in March

2018. Dr. Genevieve Syangbo was entrusted with the task of compiling and its publication.

First workshop on Review and Development of Textbooks

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Chapter - 2

Programs for Professional Development of Teachers, Teacher Educators

and Administrators of HRDD

SCERT regularly conducts various academic programmes and activities for professional

development of in-service teachers and teacher educators of the state. Subject specific training

programmes are organised on regular basis for in-service teachers teaching at different levels.

Key resource persons (KRPs) are also prepared from amongst teachers of government schools

who will take the responsibility of conducting training at the district and block level.

In addition to capacity building training and workshop programs, SCERT also conducted the

second phase of self-assessment programme for teachers called PINDICS for the professional

development of the teachers. The tool developed for this purpose by NCERT was

contextualized for the state of Sikkim during the first phase and was administered through

Block Resource Centre (BRC) Coordinators.

2.1 Programmes conducted to prepare KRPs and MRPs of the state

During 2017-18, SCERT conducted four programs for training KRPs in various subjects in

which 84 KRPS were trained. The details of these programs conducted by SCERT to prepare

KRPs is given below-

Table 2

Sl.

No

Name of the

Programme Organization

Date (s)

and

Venue

Resource Persons

No of

Participants

1. Five Days

Training of Key

Resource Persons

in English and

Social Science

Organized by

SCERT-

Sikkim in

collaboration

with RMSA,

HRDD, Govt

of Sikkim.

9th -13th

October

2017,

SCERT,

Gangtok.

Mr. Paritosh Pathak –

English

Ms. Larissa Lepcha- English

Ms. Ranju Pradhan- English

Ms. Anjali Rasaily – Social

Science

Dr. Pema Subba – Social

Science

Dr. Genevive Syangbo-

Social Science

Post Graduate

Teachers – 28

Graduate

Teachers - 19

2. Training

Programme for

Key Resource

Persons in

developing oral

skills in English at

the Primary Level

for the state of

Sikkim

Organized by

NERIE,

Umiam, and

Meghalaya in

collaboration

with SCERT,

HRDD, Govt.

of Sikkim.

9th -13th

October

2017,

SCERT,

Gangtok.

Dr. Satarupa Palit -NERIE

Prof T.K. Bomanand

Dr. Jayati Chatterjee– EFLU,

Shillong

Dr. Parvinder Kaur-Sikkim

University

Ms. Ranju Pradhan-SCERT

Primary

Teacher- 29

Graduate

Teachers- 01

DIET (East ) – 1

Headmasters- 06

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2.2 Programmes for In-Service Teachers

During 2017-18, SCERT conducted five training programs for in-service teachers in various

topics in which teachers were trained. The details of these programs conducted by SCERT is

given in the next page.

Glimpses of the Five Days SRG Training for KRPs and MRPs

Training Programme for Key Resource Persons in developing oral skills in English at the

Primary Level for the state of Sikkim

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Table 3

Sl.

No Name of the

Programme Organization

Date(s)

and Venue

Resource Persons from

SCERT No of Participants

1.

6 Days Training

on English and

Social Science

Organized by

SCERT- Sikkim

in collaboration

with Social

Justice,

Empowerment

and Welfare

Department,

Govt. of

Sikkim.

13th -18th

November

2017,

SCERT,

Gangtok,

Ms. Larissa Lepcha-

English

Ms. Ranju Pradhan -

English

Dr. Pema Subba - Social

Science

Ms. Anjali Rasaily –

Social Science

Dr. Genevive Syangbo -

Learning Outcome.

6 teachers from EMRS

Gangyap

6 teachers from EMRS

Swayam

5 teachers from Padma

Odzer Choeling

School Chongay

2 teachers from DPCA

Pelling

2. 2 days programme

on Teaching of

Social Science for

graduate teachers

under Martam

BAC

SCERT,Gangtok. 26th -27th

Feb 2018,

Martam

Yangthang

JHS,

Martam

BAC,

Gangtok.

Dr. Genevive Syangbo

Dr. Pema Subba

Mr. Tshering W. Bhutia –

DIET (East)

Graduate Teacher

(Arts) -30

3.

3 days programme

on teaching of

science for

elementary

teachers under

Ranka BAC

SCERT,

Gangtok.

27th Feb –

1st March

2018,

Mr. Parijit Sutradhar

Mr. Tshering W. Bhutia –

DIET (East)

Graduate teachers–

Science and

Maths - 13

4. 2 days programme

on Guidance and

Counselling for

teachers under

Temi BAC

SCERT,

Gangtok.

28thFeb – 1st

March 2018,

Temi BAC,

South

Sikkim.

Dr. Genevive Syangbo

Dr. Pema Subba

Mr. Ganesh Sharma

2 teaches each from

JHS, SS and SSS - 30

5. 2 Days Training

on Constructivist

Approach to

Teaching of Social

Science for

Elementary

Teachers

SCERT,

Gangtok.

12th-13th

March 2018,

Duga BAC,

East Sikkim.

Mr. Parijit Sutradhar –

SCERT

Mr. Bimal Pradhan –

PGT, Central Pandam

Senior Sec School

Graduate Teachers-

Science - 15

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6 Days Training on English and Social Science

3 days programme on teaching of science for elementary teachers under Ranka BAC

2 Days Training on Constructivist Approach to Teaching of Social Science for Elementary Teachers

2 days programme on Guidance and Counselling for teachers under Temi BAC

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2.3 Training Programs for Teacher Educators of the State

During 2017-18, SCERT organized one workshop to train Teachers Educators of the state. The

details of the program conducted by SCERT for Teacher Educators is given below-

Table 4

Sl.No Name of the

Programme

Organized

by

Date (s)

and Venue

Resource

Persons from

NEIPA

No of

Participants

1. Orientation on

Planning and

Designing Research

Projects for faculty

of SCERT and

DIETs of Sikkim.

NEIPA, New

Delhi in

collaboration

with SCERT,

Gangtok.

29thJanuary –

2nd February

2018,

Hotel Sikkim

Retreat,

Gangtok.

Prof.S.M.I.A Zaidi

Prof.K.Biswal

Dr. N. K. Mohanty

Prof. N.K. Paswan

Dr. Suman Negi

SCERT- 9

DIET (East)-12

DIE (South)-8

DIET(West) -3

Some Glimpses of the Training

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2.4 Programme for Officials of HRDD

During 2017-18 SCERT in collaboration with NEIPA, New Delhi conducted a programme on

School Leadership Development for System Level Administrators for officials of HRDD. In

this program, 37 officials representing all 31 blocks and 3 from head office -HRDD were

trained. Besides the participants, Dr Rabin Chhetri – Director, Mr. Sekhar Chettri and Dr.

Genevive Syangbo from SCERT also participated. The details of the programme is given below

- Table 5

Sl.No. Name of the

Programme Organized by

Date(s) and

Venue

No of

Participants 1. Six Days Residential

Workshop on School

Leadership Development

for System Level

Administrators

Organized by

SCERT in

collaboration

with NEIPA,

New Delhi.

15th- 20th March

2018,

Eco Paradise

Resort, Rangpo,

East Sikkim.

East – 10

West – 10

North – 8

South – 9

Head Office-3

SCERT-3

Total – 43

Mr. Rajiv Philip and Mr Suraj Bir Singh from SCERT also gave presentation in the above

mentioned programme. The details are given below-

Table 6

Sl.No Name of the Paper Name of

Presenter Date and Venue

1. Analysis of quality monitoring

tools to identify training needs and

learner assessment in Sikkim in

the year 2016-17

Mr. Rajiv Philip 17th March 2018, Eco Paradise Resort,

Rangpo,

East Sikkim.

2. District Report Card NAS -2017-

18 for classes III, V and VIII Mr.Suraj Bir Singh 17thMarch 2018,

Eco Paradise Resort,

Rangpo, East Sikkim.

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2.5 Performance Indicators (PINDICS) for Elementary School Teachers of

Junior High School, Secondary Schools and Senior Secondary Schools

Teacher self-assessment is a mechanism for enabling professional growth of the teacher. It is

an efficient technique for higher achievement and enhancing performance of the teachers. In

this context Performance Indicators (PINDICS) developed by NCERT is a form of self-

assessment which highlights teacher efficacy and efforts in their teaching practices.

PINDICS, a self-assessment tool for elementary teachers developed by NCERT, New Delhi

has been implemented in the state of Sikkim by SCERT in coordination with Sarva Siksha

Abhiyan, HRDD, Govt. of Sikkim. In the first phase, PINDICS was implemented in 2016 to

1139 elementary school teachers in the category of Primary (PRT), Graduate Teacher Arts and

Graduate Teacher Science and mathematics.

In the second phase, SCERT organized a one day orientation for 99 officials /school heads (two

school heads/ teachers from each block and to all the 31 BRC Coordinators of the state to make

them understand the guidelines and instructions. The orientation programme was conducted on

30th November, 2017 for east, west and north districts and for south district on 1st December,

2017 SCERT faculty members. The details are as below-

District wise distribution of teachers and schools for PINDICS, 2017-18

Table 6

District Total

teachers Total schools District

Total

teachers

Total

schools

East 2252 124 North 559 33

West 1413 95 South 1396 109

Table 7

District Date Faculty Incharge Total Participants

EAST 30th Nov, 2017 Ms. Malati Rai

Ms. Larissa Lepcha

School heads - 22

BRCC- 10 = 32

WEST 30th Nov, 2017 Mr. Paritosh Pathak

Ms. Anjali Rasaily

School heads - 19

BRCC- 9 = 28

NORTH 30th Nov, 2017 Ms. Ranju Pradhan School heads - 8

BRCC- 4 = 12

SOUTH 1st Dec, 2017 Mr. Parijit Sutradhar

Dr.Genevive Syangbo

School heads - 19

BRCC- 8 = 27

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The oriented school heads/ teachers further administered the PINDICS tool to all elementary

teachers teaching in all JHS, SS and SSS in their respective blocks. The administration of the

tool is completed at the school level. The same has been compiled by BRC Coordinators at

their respective blocks and submitted to SCERT for data entry and analysis. The analysis of

the tool is in the final stage of completion. The compilation of final report of the study will be

done and submitted by end of March, 2018.

Glimpse of the Orientation of BRC & CRC

Coordinators for Administration of PINDICS

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Chapter – 3

Conferences and In-House Seminars

3.1 In-House Seminars

SCERT has started organizing series of in-house seminars from 2015 for the academic growth

and capacity building of SCERT and DIET faculty along with its officials. In this program

lectures/presentations are given by in house members or invited guest from other institutes on

contemporary issues related to education. Each presentation is followed by interaction.

The list of in-house seminars organized during the year 2017-18 is given in table below-

Table 8

Sl.No. Topic Name of the Presenter Date(s) and

Venue

1. Introduction to the use of IBM

SPSS Software

Dr Krishna Murari,

Assist Professor,

Sikkim University.

11th May 2017

SCERT,

Gangtok.

2. Setting Goals for SCERT Dr Rabin Chettri,

Director,

SCERT.

22ndMay 2017

SCERT,

Gangtok.

3. Need- Based Assessment of

Summative Assessment –II as

per Quality Monitoring Tools -

2015

Mr Rajiv Philip,

SCERT.

30th May 2017

SCERT,

Gangtok.

4. Finnish Education System Dr Shanti Ram Adhikari – SCERT

Dr Genivive Syangbo- SCERT

Ms Komal Chamling - EQUIP

7th June 2017

SCERT,

Gangtok.

5. Zero Waste- Concepts and

Principles

Ms Priya Shrestha,

World Wide Fund (WWF),

Gangtok.

16th June 2017

SCERT,

Gangtok.

6. Video Conferencing with

UNESCO – To work

collaboratively to review and

re-write textbooks for the state

of Sikkim

Representative from UNESCO -

Mr Shankar

Representatives from SCERT-

Dr Rabin Chettri, Ms Surki Bhutia,

Ms Malati Rai, Dr Shanti Ram

Adhikari and Ms Larrisa Lepcha

4th October 2017

SCERT,

Gangtok.

7. The First Group Learning

Session for SCERT officials

and faculty

Ms Bidisha and Ms Madhu –

Createnet Education, New Delhi.

7th October 2017

SCERT,

Gangtok.

8. PINDICS- Self Assessment of

Teachers

Dr Pema Subba

Dr Genivive Syangbo

23rd November

2017,

SCERT,

Gangtok.

9. Action Research Prof P.K. Gupta (Retd),

Ex Dean School of Education,

North Eastern Hill University,

Shillong, Meghalaya

21st March 2018,

SCERT,

Gangtok.

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Glimpses of the In-House Seminar

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3.2 Two Days National Seminar on “Emerging Trends and Innovations in

Teacher Education”

Since 2015 SCERT has been conducting educational research in the state. This year the

Department of Education, School of Professional Studies, Sikkim University – Gangtok

organized “A two day National Seminar on Emerging Trends and Innovations in Teacher

Education”. Research papers submitted by two faculty from SCERT were selected by the

University for Presentation held on 22nd and 23rd March 2018. The details are as below-

Table 9

Date and Venue Name of the presenter

from SCERT Name of the Research Paper

23rd March 2018,

Cauvery Hall, 5th Mile,

Gangtok

Dr. Genevive Syangbo

Self- Assessment of In-Service Teachers for

Planning their Continuous Professional

Development

23rd March 2018,

Meeting Hall, 5th Mile,

Gangtok

Dr. Pema Subba

Role of Teacher Education Institutes in

Strengthening Early Childhood Care and

Education

Two Days National Seminar on “Emerging Trends and Innovations

in Teacher Education”

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3.3 Science Seminar

3.3.1 District level Science Seminar Competition

National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) has been organizing nationwide science seminar for

students every year on the topics of current scientific and technological relevance. Similarly SCERT,

Sikkim organised district level inter school science seminar on 21st July 2017 for north, west and south

and on 29th July in east. This topic of the seminar competition was “SWACHH BHARAT: ROLE OF

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROMISES AND CHALLENGES”.

The details of the seminar organized at the district level is given below-

Table 10 (District: South)

Name of organizer from

SCERT Date and Venue Name of Judges

Mr.P. Sutradhar

Mr. Sekhar Chettri

21st July 2017

Govt. Sr. Sec.School,

Namchi.

Ms. Zebanoor Ansari,

NGO-Drishtri

Mr. Bimal Chandra Rai – Sub-Divisional

Magistrate, Namchi

Mr. Rajiv Rai – Assistant Municipal

Commissioner, Namchi Municipal

Corporation

Table 11

Selected Schools for the Science Seminar

Namchi Boys Senior Secondary School Phong Secondary School

Namchi Girls Senior Secondary School Melli Bazar Secondary School

Maniram Secondary School Omchu Secondary School

Kewzing Senior Secondary School Jorethang Senior Secondary School

Temi Senior Secondary School Lingmoo Senior Secondary School

BermiokTokalSenior Secondary School Yangang Senior Secondary School

Namchi New Secondary School Kamrang Secondary School

Table 12 (District: West)

Name of organizer from

SCERT Date and Venue Name of Judges

Mr. Rajiv Philip

Mr. Paritosh Pathak

21st July 2017

Govt.Sr.Sec.School,

Soreng.

Mr.Amir Pradhan, Asstt Prof – Govt. Science

College Chakung

Mr. K.L.Singh, Asstt. Prof –Govt. B.Ed.

College Soreng

Mr. P.C. Rai, Asstt. Prof – Govt. Science

College Chakung

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Table 13

Selected Schools for the Science Seminar

Tashiding Senior Secondary School Chakung Senior Secondary School

Kyongsa Girls Senior Secondary School Sakyong Senior Secondary School

Hee- Yangthang Senior Secondary School Bongten Secondary School

Mangalbaria Senior Secondary School Zoom Secondary School

Tharpu Senior Secondary School Deythang Secondary School

Soreng Senior Secondary School Buriakhop Senior Secondary School

Table 14 (District: North)

Name of organizer from

SCERT Date and Venue Name of Judges

Dr. Shanti Ram Adhikari

Mr. Suraj Bir Singh

21st July 2017

Govt.Sr. Sec. School,

Mangan.

Mr. Thupden Tshering Bhutia –

Microbiologist, Health Dept.

Mr. Sonam Palden Bhutia – Bazar

Inspector, UDHD

Mr. Naresh Kumar Singh – Under

Secretary, HRDD

Table 15

Selected Schools for the Science Seminar

Mangan Senior Secondary School Singhik Secondary School

Kalzang Gyatso Senior Sec School Passingdong Secondary School

Phodong Senior Sec School Sonam Choda Lepcha Memorial Secondary

School

Tingchim Secondary School Manul Secondary School

Table 16 (District: East)

Name of organizer from

SCERT Date and Venue Name of Judges

Ms Malati Rai 29th July 2017

SCERT, Gangtok. Dr. SaritaLama, Director, Health Dept.

Mr. Karma W Chingapa - Assistant Municipal

Commissioner – Gangtok Municipal

Corporation

Ms. LakTsheden – Assistant Landscape

Coordinator - World Wide Fund

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Table 17

Selected Schools for the Science Seminar

Rangpo Senior Secondary School Lower Syari Secondary School

Enchey Senior Secondary School West Point Senior Secondary School

Deorali Girls Senior Secondary School Sir Tashi Namgyal Senior Secondary

School

Tadong Senior Secondary School Ranipool Senior Secondary School

Penlong Secondary School Lingtam Secondary School

Sang Tsalamthang Secondary School Modern Senior Secondary School

Samdong Senior Secondary School Sonamati Khamdong Senior Secondary

School

Luing Secondary School Bojoghari Senior Secondary School

Singtam Senior Secondary School Chujachen Senior Secondary School

Sudunglakha Secondary School

The list of winners of the district level competition is given below-

Table 18

Name of District Name of School

North Singhik Secondary School

Mangan Senior Secondary School

Sonam Choda Lepcha M. Secondary School

South Namchi Senior Secondary School

Jorethang Senior Secondary School

Melli Bazar Secondary School

West Tharpu Senior Secondary School

HeeYangthang Senior Secondary School

Buriakhop Senior Secondary School

East West Point Senior Secondary School

Deorali Girls Senior Secondary School

Rongpo Senior Secondary School

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3.3.2 State Level Science Seminar 2017

SCERT - Sikkim organised State Level Science Seminar Competition 2017 at Modern Senior

Secondary School on10thAugust 2017. The topic of the seminar was “Swachh Bharat: Role of

Science and Technology Promises and Challenges”. Twelve student participants - three from

each of the four districts, made their presentation before a large gathering of students, teachers

and officials from HRD Department. The participants of the seminar were: Priya Chhetri from

Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Tharpu, Kaeshikka Chhetri from Hee Yangthang Sr. Sec. School, Sagar

Chhetri from Bariakhop Sr. Sec. School, Simran Kumari from Singhik Sec. School, Tarmit

Lepcha from Mangan Sr. Sec. School, Sonam Palzor Lepcha from SonamChoda Memorial

Secondary School, Dzongu, Umang Pradhan from Namchi Sr. Sec. School, Vivek Singh from

Melli Bazar Sec. School, Pretisha Tamang of West point Sr. Sec. School, Chetuk Lepcha from

North District

South District

West District East District

North District

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Govt Girls’ Sr. Sec. School Deorali and Stuti Pradhan from Rangpo Sr. Sec. School. The 12

participating students were winners from the district level seminar held at Soreng, Mangan.

Namchi and Gangtok last month.

Director, SCERT Dr. Rabin Chhetri in his welcome address highlighted the significance and

importance which the nation and various national organisation attach to the mission of Swachh

Bharat. Additional Chief Secretary, HRD Department Shri G.P. Upadhyaya who was present

as the Guest of Honour, in his address made notable suggestions to the winner on improving

her presentation for the event at the national level. Hon’ble Minister, HRD Department, Shri

R.B. Subba, who was the Chief Guest of the function highly, appreciated the level of

competence and confidence exhibited by all student presenters. He also praised the hard work

of escort teachers for their support and guidance. In his address, the Minister also expressed

happiness on the fact that Sikkim was successful in getting more than seventy percent of the

“Atal Tinkering Lab” sanctioned to North Eastern States.

Miss Pretisha Tamang of West Point Sr. Sec. School was adjudged the best speaker securing

1st position while Chetuk Lepcha from Govt Girls’ Sr. Sec. School, Deorali and Priya Chhetri

from Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Tharpu were adjudged 2nd and 3rd best speakers respectively. The

winners represented the state at the National level Science Seminar held on 9th November 2017

at Birla Industrial and Technological Museum (BITM), Kolkata.

Judges for the seminar were –Mr. Satyen Pradhan, Deputy Secretary RMD Department;

Ms. Lak Tsheden Theengh, Associate Landscape Co-ordinator, World Wide Fund and

Mr. Sonam Chopel Bhutia, Deputy Municipal Commissioner, Gangtok Municipal Corporation.

The programme was co-ordinated by Mr. Parijit Sutradhar, faculty member SCERT and

conducted by Dr. Shanti Ram Adhikari, Deputy Director SCERT.

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3.4 State Level Science, Mathematics and Environment Exhibition

In order to stimulate creativity, inventiveness and the attitude for innovations in science and

mathematics, SCERT, Sikkim in collaboration with NCERT, New Delhi organized a three days

STATE LEVEL SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS AND ENVIORNMENT EXHIBITION

FOR CHILDREN- 2017-18 (SLSMEE) from 26.10.17- 28.10.17 at Sir TNSSS, Gangtok.

The event was inaugurated by Additional Chief Secretary, HRDD, and Shri. G.P. Upadhaya,

the Chief Guest of the day and graced by various Section Heads of the HRDD Department. In

his address the Chief Guest informed the gathering of teachers and children to have in them

curiosity, creativity and innovation which will lead to inventions and discoveries for a better

world. A mobile app, SLSMEE-2017, designed by SCERT was also launched for the event.

The programme was coordinated by Mr Rajiv Philip.

SCERT, Sikkim received a tremendous response and a total of 53 Secondary and Senior

Secondary schools of the state participated -East District -20; West- 11; North- 06 & South-

16). Two students’ and their escort teacher from school with their diligent prepared model and

displayed their exhibits in the stalls allotted to them. The themes for preparations were sent to

schools well in advance and were “Innovations for Sustainable Development” and the six

sub themes.

As it was a competition, the displays of 53 schools were judged by experts in their fields. The

judges doing the tough jobs were-

Dr. D. Purohit Associate Prof. Sikkim Govt. College, Dr. L.P. Sharma Sr. Technical Director

NIC, Dr. Indira Chettri, Health& Family Welfare, Dr. Ashish Yadav, Senior Scientist

ICAR,Ms. Priyadarshini Shrestha, Team Leader, WWF-Sikkim Unit.

The top 10 teams to win by unanimous decision of the judges are as below-

Table 19

Name of Schools Position Name of Schools Position

Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Rangpo 1st Sir Tashi Namgyal Senior Secondary

School 2nd

Deorali Girls Senior

Secondary School 3rd Namchi Boys Senior Secondary School 4th

Darap Senior Secondary

School 5th Lingee Senior Secondary School 6th

Modern Senior Secondary

School 7th Singtam Senior Secondary School 8th

Tadong Senior Secondary

School 9th Sadam Senior Secondary School 10th

The 10 schools represented the state in the Eastern India Science Fair at Birla Institute of Technological

Museum (BITM) Kolkata.

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Glimpses of the State Level Science, Mathematics & Environment

Exhibition for Children 2017-18 (SLSMEE)

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3.4.1 Eastern India Science Fair

The winners of State Level Science, Mathematics and Environment exhibition 2017-18were

selected to participate at the Eastern India Science Fair, organised by Birla Institute of

technological Museum, Kolkata from 9thto 13th January 2018.

A team comprising of 20 students, 3 escort teachers Ms. Namita Pradhan, Ms. Phurba Lhamu

Sherpa and Mr. Shyam Kumar Pradhan and 2 faculty – Mr. Rajiv Philip and Mr. Parijit Sutradhar

from SCERT were invited to participate. Deorali Girls Govt. Senior Secondary bagged the best

exhibit award in the state category. The exhibition had 13 states participating from the Eastern

Zone. The exhibition was a big exposure for our students as they had a first-hand experience

to interact with some renowned Scientist and students from other states. The children had the

privilege to visit Science City in Kolkata and other places of interest. Given below is the list of

participants –

Table 20

Name of Student Name of School Name of Student Name of School

Chetan Kumar Prasad

Pravesh Basnett Govt. SSS, Rangpo

Allen Tshering Lepcha

Rupen Rai Govt. SSS, Linkee

Satan Prasad Saha

Anil Dhakal

Govt. SSS, Singtam BhimBdr. Chettri

Mithlesh Shah Govt. SSS, Darap

AvhinabChhetri

Biswadeep Sharma

Govt. SSS,

TashiNamgyal

Anil Basnet

Denika Rai Govt. SSS, Sadam

Vishal Sharma

Divyanand Rai

Govt. SSS, Tadong Subhagya Limboo

Sagun Tiwari

Govt. SSS, Namchi

Boys

Pranita Sharma

Sushmita Sharma

Govt. SSS, Deorali

Girls

Deepak Sharma

Raju Sharma Govt. SSS, Modern

Glimpses of the Eastern India Science Fair, Kolkata

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3.5 State Teacher Educators’ Conference

Teacher Educators’ Conference was organised by SCERT on 25th and 26th of April 2017 at

Hotel Mount Siniolchu, Gangtok. The objective of the conference was to bring together teacher

educators of the state to present and share their research study on various contemporary

educational issues. The diverse themes covered in the conference included Training; Inclusive

Education; Pedagogy and Innovative Practices of schools in Sikkim. A total of 17 Research

papers were presented during the 2 day conference by participants from different educational

institutes– DIETs, SCERT, Harka Maya College of Education, Sikkim University, Loyola

College and Siliguri Pragati College of Education.

Day 1 of the conference was attended by the Honorable Minister of HRDD, Shri R.B. Subba

the Chief Guest for the day. The Minister in his address commended SCERT for creating an

opportunity for teacher educators to develop a shared understanding of the way forward

towards quality education. He also emphasized on the need to revolutionise primary education

by working with the Heads and providing suitable support in the teaching of Math and Science.

Other guests on the day included -Director RMSA and School Education; Director, Exams and

Textbooks; Joint Director SSA and Joint Director, Language. A Newsletter on ‘Population and

Adolescent Education’ was also launched by the Honorable minister.

The conference concluded on Day 2 in the afternoon. Dr. Rabin Chhetri, Director SCERT in

his concluding note thanked the participants for their contribution and stressed on the need to

work collaboratively. He also remarked on the importance of research in making policy

decisions while encouraging the teacher educators to continue doing meaningful research.

Guest speakers for the sessions included Dr. Basansy Kharlukhi from North East Regional

Institute of Education- NCERT, Shillong and Ms. Nimrat Khandpur from Azim Premji

Foundation who also chaired the technical sessions.

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Chapter 4

Educational Research conducted by SCERT

Conducting Educational Research for helping the state to frame appropriate policies and plan

the process of Education in the state is one of the most important works of SCERT. In 2017-

18, SCERT conducted several research studies on areas of education and teacher education.

4.1 Research activities of SCERT

During the year 2017-18, six research projects were conducted by different faculty members

of SCERT in various topics. The reports of these researches have already been submitted to

HRDD and can also be seen in SCERT library and website.

A list of research work undertaken by SCERT during 2017- 2018 is given below - .

Table 21

Sl.No Name of the Research Programme Name of faculty

1. Analysis of quality monitoring tools to identify training

needs and learner assessment in Sikkim in the year 2016-17 Mr. Rajiv Philip

2. Report Status of Pre –Primary in 31 Pilot Schools in Sikkim

Dr. Pema Subba

Dr. Genevive Syangbo

3. Self-assessment of teachers: PINDICS as a tool for

enhancing performance

Mr. Rajiv Philip

Dr. Genevive Syangbo

4. Result Analysis of STET- 2017 in Sikkim

Mr.Shekar Chettri

5. Impact study on question box activity conducted in

government schools of Sikkim

Dr. Genevive Syangbo

Ms. Ranju Pradhan

6.`

Impact study of Role Play and Folk Dance Competition

based on Adolescence Education themes conducted in

government schools of Sikkim

Dr. Genevive Syangbo

Ms. Ranju Pradhan

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Chapter 5

Participation of SCERT in Programmes

Organized by National Institutes, MHRD and

other organizations within the state of Sikkim

SCERT Sikkim, works as a nodal agency for many national programme(s) and also

collaborates with various reputed national institutes. SCERT also participates in programmes

organized by different directorates of HRDD, Gangtok and other organizations within the state

of Sikkim.

5.1 SCERT’s Participation in National Programmes

Table 22

Sl.

No Name of the Programme

Name of the

Organization Date(s) and Venue

SCERT

Representative

1.

Eastern Regional Committee

(ERC) Meeting

Eastern

Regional

Committee,

NCTE,

Bhubaneswar.

18th – 20th April 2017

NCTE,

Bhubaneswar.

Dr. Shanti Ram

Adhikari –

238thERC Meeting

29th April – 3rd May 2017

NCTE,

Bhubaneswar.

Dr. Rabin Chhetri

239thERC Meeting

19th – 20th May 2017

NCTE,

Bhubaneswar.

Dr. Shanti Ram

Adhikari –

240thERC Meeting

2.

Innovation in School

Education – (Navon Mesh) –

Organization of National

Conference on Innovative and

Best Practices in the States/

UTs

NCERT,

New Delhi.

18th – 20th April 2017

NCERT,

New Delhi.

Dr. Rabin Chettri

Ms. Larrisa Lepcha

Ms. Sonam Topden

– (SSA)

Ms. Kabita Moktan

– (RMSA)

3. Two Day Consultation Meet

on CCE

NCERT,

New Delhi

2nd- - 3rd May 2017

NCERT,

New Delhi.

Dr. Shanti Ram

Adhikari

4. Regional Conference of

MHRD, Govt. of India

MHRD,

Govt. of India.

4th- 7th May 2017

Guwahati. Dr. Rabin Chettri

5.

Workshop on Regional Plan

and Status of School

Education in Schools of North

East Region

North East

Development

&Finance

Corporation Ltd

(NEDFI),

Guwahati.

9th June 2017

NEDFI House,

Guwahati.

Dr. Shanti Ram

Adhikari

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6.

Orientation of KRPs of North

East on Social Inclusion at

Secondary Stage

NERIE,

Umiam,

Meghalaya.

12th-16th June 2017

NERIE,

Umiam,

Meghalaya.

Ms. Anjali Rasaily

Ms. Larrisa Lepcha

7.

Capacity Building Workshop

on National Achievement

Survey- 2017

NCERT,

New Delhi

17th – 18th July 2017,

NCERT,

New Delhi

Mr. Suraj Bir Singh

– SCERT

Mr. Tshering W

Bhutia – DIET

(East)

8.

Interactive meet on findings

of English at the primary level

at the state and plan of action

British Council,

Kolkata.

25th July 2017,

British Council,

Kolkata.

Dr. Rabin Chhetri

Mr. Paritosh Pathak

Ms. Larrisa Lepcha

Ms. RanjuPradhan

Ms. Komal

Chamling – EQUIP

9. First Consultative Meeting on

Strengthening of SCERT

NCERT,

New Delhi.

4th August 2017,

NCERT,

New Delhi.

Dr. Rabin Chhetri

10. Regional Workshop for SEQI

NITI Aayog,

New Delhi.

4th August 2017,

Guwahati. Mr. Suraj Bir Singh

11.

National Meet on Promoting

Universal Design for

Learning Based Study

Material

Dept. of

Education of

Groups with

Special Needs,

NCERT,

New Delhi.

17th- 18th August 2017,

NCERT,

New Delhi.

Ms. Anjali Rasaily

12. Discussion Meeting on

School Education

Raman

Research

Institute,

Bengaluru.

18th- 20th August 2017,

Raman Research

Institute, Bengaluru.

Mr. Sekhar Chettri

12.

2ndMeeting on preparation of

a comprehensive concept

paper on strengthening of

SCERT

NCERT,

New Delhi.

21st- 22ndAugust 2017,

NCERT,

New Delhi.

Dr. Rabin Chhetri

13.

National Consultation

workshop on the revision of

centrally-sponsored scheme

on teacher education

Indian Habitat

Centre,

New Delhi.

25th August 2017,

Indian Habitat Centre,

New Delhi.

Dr. Rabin Chhetri

14.

Interactive Workshop for

National Resource Person on

Population Education v

National

Population

Education Cell,

NCERT,

New Delhi.

4th – 8th September 2017,

NCERT,

New Delhi.

Ms. Ranju

Pradhan- SCERT

Ms. Paromita Rai -

DIET (South)

15.

Four Days National

Orientation Programme on

Implementation of

Environmental Education

NCERT,

New Delhi.

5th -8th September 2017,

NCERT,

New Delhi.

Mr. Parijit

Sutradhar

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16.

Orientation cum Refresher

Course for Teacher

Educators of SCERT and

DIETs

NCERT,

New Delhi.

11th–29th September

2017

Ms. Larrisa Lepcha

–SCERT

Dr. Genivive

Syangbo –SCERT

Dr. N.L Sharma –

DIET (S)

Ms. Babita

Pradhan–

(DIET(W)

Ms. Karma D.

Kaleon– DIET (E)

17.

Training of District

Coordinators for National

Achievement Survey – 2017

Implementation

Education

Survey

Division,

NCERT,

New Delhi.

12th- 13th September

2017,

Guwahati.

Mr. Suraj Bir Singh

– SCERT

Mr. Tshering W.

Bhutia – DIET (E)

18.

Consultative meet on

conceptualizing the idea of

Central University of Teacher

Education

MHRD,

GOI.

9th October 2017,

Howrah,

Kolkata.

Dr. Rabin Chhetri

19.

Workshop for Institutional

and Associate Institutional

Coordinators for NAS – Class

X- 2017-18

Education

Survey

Division,

NCERT,

New Delhi.

11th- 12th October 2017,

NCERT,

New Delhi.

Mr. Suraj Bir Singh

20. The National Seminar on

Sustainable Tourism

NCERT,

New Delhi.

23rd October 2017,

NCERT,

New Delhi.

Mr. Sekhar Chettri

21.

Development of Manual for

Training Needs Analysis for

the Conduct of In-service

Teacher Training Programme

RMSA Project

CELL,

NCERT,

New Delhi.

1st-3rd November 2017,

NCERT,

New Delhi.

Mr. Rajiv Philip

22.

Capacity Building of Teacher

Educators of NE States on

Using Training Module on

NCFTE-2009, JVC Report-

2012 and NCTE Regulation -

2014

NERIE,

Umiam,

Meghalaya.

13th-17th November

2017,

NERIE,

Umiam,

Meghalaya.

Mr. Rajiv Philip

Mr. Paritosh Pathak

Mr. Sekhar Chettri

Mr. Parijit

Sutradhar

23.

Sikkim Embedding Project

Meeting with UNESCO

Representatives from

UNESCO –

Yoko Mochizuki, Head,

Curriculum Programme

Shankar Musafir - Associate

Project Officer

UNESCO

MGIEP, New

Delhi.

16th-17th November

2017,

UNESCO MGIEP,

New Delhi

Dr. Rabin Chhetri

Ms. Malati Rai

Ms. Larrisa Lepcha

24.

Workshop on post NAS data

analysis (classes III, V and

VIII)

UNICEF and

NCERT, New

Delhi.

29th -30th

December2017,

Guwahati.

Mr. Suraj Bir Singh

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25. Workshop for Institutional

Coordinators

NCERT, New

Delhi.

15th -16th January 2018,

NCERT, New Delhi. Mr. Suraj Bir Singh

26.

Mid Term Review Meeting

and Monitoring of National

Population Education

Project

National

Population

Education

Project,

NCERT, New

Delhi.

21st -23rd January 2018,

Somnath, Gujarat. Ms. Ranju Pradhan

27.

Meeting with Jodogyan and

Creat Net for EQUIP scale

up

Jodogyan,

New Delhi.

19th -20th January 2-18,

New Delhi.

Dr. Rabin Chhetri

Mr. Rajiv Philip

28. Meeting at NEC Secretariat

for funding of EQUIP

NEC

Secretariat,

Shillong.

23rd January 2018,

NEC Secretariat,

Shillong.

Dr. Rabin Chhetri

29.

Regional consultation

workshop on post – NAS

Interventions

SCERT,

Manipur.

29th -30th January 2-18,

SCERT,

Manipur.

Mr. Bhim Thatal –

Director, SSA

Mr. Suraj Bir Singh

– SCERT

30. 251st ERC Meeting ERC, NCTE,

Bhubaneswar

28th February- 3rdMarch

2018 Ms. Surki Bhutia

31.

Workshop on Post National

Achievement Survey

Interventions and Utilization

of State Learning Reports

UNICEF and

NCERT, New

Delhi.

9th -10th March 2018,

NCERT,

New Delhi.

Mr. Suraj Bir Singh

32. 253rd ERC Meeting ERC, NCTE,

Bhubaneswar 19th March 2018 Ms. Surki Bhutia

33. Project Progress Review &

Monitoring Meeting 2018

National

Population

Education

Project,

NCERT, New

Delhi.

24th – 25th March 2018

Kochi, Kerala

Dr. Rabin Chhetri

Ms. Ranju Pradhan

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Orientation cum Refresher Course for Teacher Educators of SCERT and DIETs

Interactive Workshop for National Resource Person on Population Education

Training of District Coordinators for National Achievement Survey – 2017 Implementation

National Meet on Promoting Universal Design for Learning Based Study Material

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Four Days National Orientation Programme on Implementation of Environmental Education

Orientation of KRPs of North East on Social Inclusion at Secondary Stage

Regional Conference of MHRD, Govt of India

Workshop on Regional Plan and Status of School Education

in Schools of North East Region

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Capacity Building of Teacher Educators of

NE States on Using Training Module on NCFTE-2009, JVC Report-2012 and NCTE

Regulation -2014

5.2 SCERT’s Participation within the State Programmes

The names of the programs organized by various institutes and attended by SCERT

representatives within the state during 2017-2018 are given below-

Table 23

Sl.

No Name of the Programme

Name of the

Organization

Date(s) and

Venue

SCERT

Representative

1. Presentation on Finnish

Education System – By Her

Excellency, Ms Nina

Vaskunlahti, Ambassador of

Finland to India

HRDD,

Gangtok,

East Sikkim.

23rd May 2017,

Conference Hall,

HRDD.

Dr. Rabin Chhetri

Dr. Shanti Ram

Adhikari

Dr. Genevive

Syangbo

Dr. Pema Subba

2. Review Cum Orientation

Meeting of National

Commission for Protection

of Child Rights

Sarva Siksha

Abhiyan (SSA),

HRDD,

Gangtok.

25th May 2017,

Conference Hall,

HRDD.

Dr. Rabin Chhetri

Dr. Pema Subba

4. First Meeting on the State

Resource Group under

Inclusive Education

Sarva Siksha

Abhiyan (SSA),

HRDD,

Gangtok.

28th June 2017,

Conference Hall,

HRDD,

Gangtok.

Ms. Surki Bhutia

Ms. Malati Rai

Ms. Anjali Rasaily

5. Video Conference on

administering of National

Achievement Survey in

classes III, V and VIII –

2017 with MHRD, Govt of

India

Sarva Siksha

Abhiyan (SSA),

HRDD,

Gangtok.

26th July 2017,

Mr. Suraj Bir Singh

– SCERT

Mr. Tshering W

Bhutia – DIET (E)

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6. Drafting of Policy for

Children with Special Needs

(CWSN)

Sarva Siksha

Abhiyan (SSA),

HRDD,

Gangtok.

17th July 2017

Conference Hall,

HRDD,

Gangtok.

Ms. Surki Bhutia

7. Procurement and E-

Tendering of Term I and

Term II Text Books

Text Book

Section

HRDD,

Gangtok.

22nd July 2017,

Conference Hall,

HRDD,

Gangtok.

Ms. Surki Bhutia

8. Drafting of Policy for

Children with Special Needs

(CWSN)

Sarva Siksha

Abhiyan,

HRDD,

Gangtok.

7th August 2017,

Conference Hall,

HRDD,

Gangtok.

Ms. Surki Bhutia

Ms. Malati Rai

Ms. Anjali Rasaily

9. Meeting to discuss the

academic responsibilities of

SSA

State Project

office,

SSA,

HRDD,

Gangtok.

19th September

2017,

SSA,

HRDD,

Gangtok.

Dr. Shanti Ram

Adhikari

10. Presentation on Study of

Autonomy in Govt Schools

of Sikkim

Steering

Committee,

EQUIP,

Gangtok.

16th October 2017,

Conference Hall,

HRDD,

Gangtok.

Dr. Shanti Ram

Adhikari

11. Consultative Workshop on

Quality Education -

University of Helsinki,

Finland and HRDD, Govt of

Sikkim

HRDD,

Gangtok,

East Sikkim.

4th -5th December

2017,

Lemon Tree

Hotel,

Gangtok,

SCERT Faculty and

Officials

12. Building a shared vision and

planning for alignment

HRDD,

Gangtok,

East Sikkim.

8th December

2017,

Conference Hall,

HRDD,

Gangtok.

Dr. Rabin Chhetri

Ms. Malati Rai

Dr. Shanti Ram

Adhikari

Mr. Suraj Bir Singh

13. One Day orientation

programme for centre

Incharge and resource

persons for online D.El.Ed

programme

HRDD,

Gangtok.

27th January 2018,

Sir Tashi Namgyal

Senior Sec School,

Gangtok.

Dr. Shanti Ram

Adhikari

14. Accreditation of 100 schools

by Quality Council of India

Directorate of

School

Education,

HRDD,

Gangtok.

22nd February

2018,

HRDD, Gangtok.

Dr. Rabin Chhetri

Ms. Surki Bhutia

15 Presentation on status of

Remedial Teaching by

Bhoomi Consultancy ,New

Delhi

Directorate of

School

Education,

HRDD,

Gangtok.

9th March 2018,

HRDD, Gangtok.

Dr. S R Adhikari

Mr. Paritosh Pathak

Mr. P Sutradhar

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Drafting of Policy for Children with Special Needs (CWSN)

Presentation on Finnish Education System – By Her Excellency,

Ms Nina Vaskunlahti, Ambassador of Finland to India

Review-cum- Orientation Meeting of

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights

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Chapter 6

Academic Support to Different Sections of HRDD

and Other Institutions

6.1 Academic Support to other Institutions

The officials and faculty members of SCERT are invited by the various directorates of

HRDD and other institutes as resource persons during several programs organized by them.

The table below shows SCERTs participants as resource persons in such programs during

2017-18.

Table 24

Sl.No Name of the

Programme

Name of the

Organization Date(s) and Venue

Resource Persons

from SCERT

1. Roles and

Responsibilities of Block

Resource Center and

Cluster Resource Center

Coordinators

DIET –

(West),

Geyzing,

West Sikkim.

10th – 12th April

2017

DIET – (West)

Dr. Genevive Syangbo

12th April 2017

DIET – (West)

Dr. Rabin Chhetri –

Quality Concerns-

Primary Education

2. 21st Century Leadership

Skills- Headmasters of

Junior High Schools

DIET –

(West),

Geyzing,

West Sikkim.

17th – 22nd April

2017

DIET – (West)

Mr. Rajiv Philip

Mr. Sekhar Chettri

3. Roles and

Responsibilities of Block

Resource Center and

Cluster Resource Center

Coordinators

DIET –

(South),

Namchi,

South Sikkim.

1st – 3rd May 2017

DIET – (South)

Dr. Genevive Syangbo

4. Teachers’ In-Service

Training Programme

Army Public

School,

Libing Post,

Gangtok.

29th May 2017 Ms. Ranju Pradhan

31st May 2017 Dr. Shanti Ram

Adhikari-

CBSE Remodeled

Assessment Structure

5. Vocational Teachers’

Training Workshop for

CBSE affiliated schools

SIBIN Group,

Gangtok.

27th June 2017

Sir Tashi Namgyal

Senior Sec School,

Gangtok

Ms. Anjali Rasailly

Ms. Larrisa Lepcha

6. Orientation on Learning

Outcomes

RMSA,

HRDD,

Gangtok

19th August 2017

Lecture Hall,

Teacher

Recruitment Board,

Syari, Gangtok

Dr. Genevive Syangbo

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7. Examine the

Performance in AISSCE

(Class XII) Examination

2017 in selected schools

with a decline of 10% or

more in 2017 as in 2016

HRDD,

Gangtok.

Schools visited:

West Point Sr Sec

School – 18th

August 2017

Govt. Sr. Sec

School, Rumtek –

19th August 2017

Ms. Surki Bhutia

8. One day orientation for

all teachers teaching

mathematics

Tadong Sr

Sec School,

Gangtok.

11th October

2017,

Tadong Sr. Sec

School,

Gangtok.

Mr. Sekhar Chettri

9. Activity – based learning

in Mathematics and

Science for upper

primary teachers

SSA,

HRDD,

Gangtok.

30th -31st October

2017

Community Hall,

Pakyong,

East Sikkim.

Mr. Sekhar Chettri

Mr. Parijit Sutradhar

10. Activity – based learning

in Mathematics and

Science for upper

primary teachers

SSA,

HRDD,

Gangtok.

1st November 2017,

TNSS,

Gangtok.

Mr. Sekhar Chettri

Mr. Parijit Sutradhar

11. One day orientation in

Learning Outcome at the

Elementary Stage

Temi BAC,

South Sikkim.

6th November 2017,

Temi BAC,

South Sikkim.

Dr. Genevive Syangbo

Dr. Pema Subba

12. Coordination Meeting

with DIETs

SCERT,

Gangtok.

DIET- Geyzing –

21st November

2017

Dr. Rabin Chhetri

Ms. Surki Bhutia

Ms. Malati Rai

Ms. Tshering L Bhutia

Mr. T.B. Guragain

Dr. RanjaySinha

Ms. Lata Sharma

Dr. Genevive Syangbo

Ms. RanjuPradhan

DIET- Namchi –

22nd November

2017

Dr. Rabin Chettri

Ms. Surki Bhutia

Ms. Malati Rai

Ms. Tshering L Bhutia

Dr. RanjaySinha

Dr. Genevive Syangbo

Ms. RanjuPradhan

DIET- Gangtok –

28th November

2017

Dr. Rabin Chhetri

Ms. Surki Bhutia

Ms. Malati Rai

13. Training of Pre-Primary

Teachers on “Proficiency

of Teaching

Enhancement

Programme”

DIET- South,

Namchi.

5th – 10th March

2018

DIET- South

Namchi

Ms. Anjali Rasaily

Dr. Pema Subba

Ms. Dikila Lepcha –

DIET (E)

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Activity – based learning in Mathematics and Science for Upper Primary Teachers

Vocational Teachers’ Training Workshop for CBSE affiliated schools

Training of Pre-Primary Teachers on

“Proficiency of Teaching Enhancement Programme”

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Coordination Meeting with DIETs

Roles and Responsibilities of Block Resource Centre

and Cluster Resource Centre Coordinators

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6.2 Academic support of SCERT during Evaluation, Examination and

Recruitment process conducted by different sections of HRDD

SCERT is also entrusted to take up the academic part of the works which are undertaken by

other sections of HRDD. As in the past years, during 2017-18 also, SCERT did its part of

assigned job when Directorate of Examination & Scholarship and State Teacher Recruitment

Board (TRB) conducted several examinations – STET (February 2017 and October2017),

Hon’ble Chief Minister’s Merit Scholarship (HCMMS) Examination (December 2017),

National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) (September 2017). It also supported to conduct

final examination and entrance examination of D.El. Ed. Course conducted by DIETs (June-

2017). SCERT also provided support to STRB during the time of interview for science and

mathematics teachers and was represented by Dr. Shanti Ram Adhikari, Mr. Paritosh Pathak,

Mr. Parijt Sutradhar and Dr. Pema Subba were also nominated by SCERT to conduct classroom

demonstration for selection to the post of primary teachers for SSTRB.

Besides these routine annual programmes, SCERT being the academic authority of the state

was also given the responsibility by Examination and Scholarship section HRDD to revise the

State Teacher Eligibility Test (STET) syllabus. Two workshops were organized by SCERT on

6th May 2017 and 22nd May 2017 for the revision. In the first phase, SCERT worked on the

primary level syllabus. Previous question papers were reviewed to see the difficulty level,

repetition of questions, whether the syllabus were covered or not to name a few. Faculty from

DIET (East), SCERT participated in the revision of syllabus.

During the second phase, faculty from SCERT, DIET (East), Harka Maya College of Education

and Loyala College of Education were involved in the revision of the syllabus for graduate

level. Thus, keeping in mind the CTET syllabus, the syllabus for STET was revised as per the

provisions in NCTE guidelines and modifications made in the guidelines 2016.

Workshop on Revision of STET Syllabus

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6.3 Academic Support to SSA for Implementation of National Achievement

Survey

National Achievement Survey (NAS) under NCERT has been periodically conducted since

2001 to enable quality, equality and accountability in education system. NAS for the year 2017

was administered on 13th November, 2017 on nearly 2.5 million children from 120,000 schools

across all states and UTs in the country. For Sikkim state all four district participated with 403

selected sampled schools and nearly 11,733 students were administered the tests. The schools

were selected based on Population Proportionate to Size methodology adopted by NCERT.

SCERT was given the responsibility to organize workshops to train a total of 901 trainees from

teacher training institutes of DIET, TTI Carmel, B.Ed. Colleges and students from Degree Law

College who were appointed as Field Investigators (FI). Observers were also appointed on the

day of the administration of the test across the state who comprised of district and block

officials. Mr Suraj Bir Singh – SCERT and Tshering Wangdi Bhutia – Lecturer DIET – East

was entrusted with the task.

The details are given below-

Schedule for training of district wise Observers during NAS – 2017

Table 25

Sl.

No District Venue Date

1. South DIET, Namchi

31st October, 2017

2.

West DIET, Geyzing 7th Nov. 2017

Govt. B.Ed. College, Soreng 1stNov. 2017

3.

East Carmel TTI, Pakyong 31stOct. 2017

DIET, L. Burtuk, Gangtok 28thOct. 2017

4. North DIET, L. Burtuk, Gangtok 1st Nov. 2017

Schedule for training of Field Investigators -NAS – 2017

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Table 26

Date Participants/

Institute Venue Experts

25th& 26th Oct.

2017

B.Ed. and M.Ed.

students of H. M.

College of

Education, Gangtok

H. M. College of

Education, Gangtok

Mr. Suraj Bir Singh

Mr. Tshering W. Bhutia

30th& 31st Oct.

2017

B.Ed. students of

Loyola College of

Education, Namchi

Loyola College of

Education, Namchi

Mr. Suraj Bir Singh

Mr. Tshering W. Bhutia

31stOct. &1stNov.

2017

D.El.Ed. students of

Carmel TTI,

Pakyong

Carmel TTI,

Pakyong Mr. Tshering W. Bhutia

1st& 2nd Nov.

2017

D.El.Ed. students of

DIET, Gangtok

DIET, Gangtok Mr. Tshering W. Bhutia

1st&2nd Nov. 2017

B.Ed. students of

Govt. B.Ed. College,

Soreng

Govt. B.Ed. College,

Soreng Mr. Suraj Bir Singh

6th&7th Nov. 2017

D.El.Ed. students of

DIET, Geyzing

DIET, Geyzing Mr. Tshering W. Bhutia

6th&7th Nov. 2017

D.El.Ed. students of

DIET, Namchi

DIET, Namchi Mr. Suraj Bir Singh

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6.4 Implementation of Learning Outcome in the State

NCERT had organized a three day workshop on Learning Outcomes (LO) for five states of

north east comprising of Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Meghalaya, Sikkim and the host state,

Assam. The workshop was held at SCERT Guwahati, Assam from 4th July 2017 to 6th July

2017.The participants from the five states were from their respective SCERTs and DIETs. The

Sikkim team lead by Director- SCERT comprised of the following members-

Table 27

Sl.No Name Name of Institution Subject

1. Ms. Anjali Rasailly SCERT EVS

2. Ms. Roshni Sharma DIET (E) EVS

3. Mr. Tshering W Bhutia DIET (E) Science

4. Mr. Parijit Sutradhar SCERT Science

5. Mr. Paritosh Phatak SCERT English

6. Ms. RanjuPradhan SCERT English

7. Mr. Surj Bir Singh SCERT Mathematics

8. Mr. Kuldeep Sharma DIET (W) Mathematics

9. Dr. Genivive Syangbo SCERT Social Science

10. Dr. Pema Subba SCERT Social Science

In today’s learning in schools especially in primary and upper primary the focus has shifted

from increasing access to ensuring quality learning. In this context, NCERT after several

exercise developed LOs for elementary level. The below mentioned statements have also been

kept in mind which lead to its development.

NCF – 2005 reiterates learning is not linear and that it takes place in a continuum.

Right to Education Act (RTE-2009) recommends development of class –wise learning

outcomes.

NAS result show majority of students are not at class appropriate levels.

Therefore, the workshop in its fourth phase was conducted by NCERT to orient the five states

of north east on LOs and their implementation in classrooms to get desired benefits. The

workshop was followed by the state action-plan where participants from each of the five states

had to discuss and plan the implementation of the activities in their respective states within the

time frame provided by NCERT. The action plan for Sikkim was discussed at length facilitated

by Director- SCERT and Dr. Sima Saigal- State Coordinator with active participation of the

participants.

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Three day workshop on Learning Outcomes (LO)

LO at the elementary level has been implemented in the state of Sikkim by SCERT in

coordination with Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, HRDD, Govt. of Sikkim. A number of programmes

were organized by SCERT for its implementation. The textbooks writers from Directorate of

Language, HRDD was also oriented for incorporation of LO in the textbooks. The details are

as below –

Table 28

Sl.

No

Name of the

Programme Organizer

Date (s)

and Venue Resource Persons from SCERT

No of

Participants

1. One day

orientation to

key resource

person on

Learning

Outcome

Organized by

SCERT-

Sikkim in

collaboration

with SSA,

HRDD, Govt.

of Sikkim.

28th August

2017,

SCERT,

Gangtok.

Mr. Suraj Bir Singh

Mr. Paritosh Pathak

Mr. Parijit Sutradhar

Ms. Anjali Rasaily

Ms. Ranju Pradhan

Ms. Roshni Sharma DIET (E)

Mr. Tshering W Bhutia, DIET (E)

Mr. Kuldeep Sharma DIET (W)

Dr. Genevive Syangbo

Dr. Pema Subba

Two heads of

school from

each block

62 heads.

2. One day

orientation on

Learning

Outcome on

language

Organized by Directorate of

Language,

HRDD.

1st August

2017,

Conference

Hall,

HRDD,

Gangtok.

Mr. Paritosh Phatak

Dr. Genevive Syangbo

Ms. Ranju Pradhan

Dr. PemaSubba

Language

Teachers and

Textbook

Division

Officials

3. One day review

workshop on

Learning

Outcome on

language

Organized by Directorate of

Language,

HRDD.

7th August

2017,

HRDD,

Gangtok.

Dr. Genevive Syangbo

Ms. Ranju Pradhan

Dr. Pema Subba

Language

Teachers and

Textbook

Division

Officials

4. One day review

Workshop on

Learning

Outcome on

Language

Organized by Directorate of

Language,

HRDD.

11th

December

2017,

Conference

Hall,

HRDD,

Gangtok.

Ms. Ranju Pradhan

Dr. Pema Subba

Language

Teachers and

Textbook

Division

Officials

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Chapter-7

SCERT as Nodal Agency for various National Programmes

and Institutes

7.1 School Leadership Academy

National Centre for School Leadership (NCSL) established at the National Institute of

Education Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New Delhi under the aegis of MHRD, Govt.

of India has been continuously working to produce new generation leaders. Their main

objective is to implement school leadership development as a continuous professional

development activity for school heads in the country. As part of its agenda of institutionalizing

the programme in the states, Leadership Academies has been established at the state level.

Thus, SCERT has been identified as School Leadership Academy for the state of Sikkim. The

academy is expected to carry out school leadership activities in the state to build the leadership

capacities of school heads. The School Leadership Development is seen as a significant stride

towards strengthening leadership capabilities of school leaders. NCSL has developed the

Curriculum Framework for School Leadership and Resource Book as a guide for conducting

capacity building programmes for school heads. The Academy will have resource persons who

will facilitate the delivery of the programme in the states.

In this context, SCERT in collaboration with NUEPA has conducted 10 days workshop on

“Capacity Building of State Resource Group” from 10th to 19th July 2017. The workshop was

coordinated by Ms. Malati Rai and Mr Rajiv Philip from SCERT and with Dr. N. Mythilli as

resource person from NUEPA. The role of State Resource Group will be to build the capacities

of School Heads to enable them to become school leaders. The group comprised of the

following –

Table 29

District Principals of

Senior Sec Schools

Representatives

from Block DIET SCERT Total

East 10 5 I – Principal

2 – Faculty 10 28

North 1 - - - 1

West 1 - 2 - 3

South 2 - 1 - 3

Total 35

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7.1.1 One Month Certificate Course on School Leadership and Management

SCERT being the State leadership Academy of the state conducted “A One Month Certificate

Course on School Leadership and Management” from 17th August 2017 to 16th September

2017. A total of 30 heads of schools participated in the programme – There were 08

participants form east, 06 from west, 07 from north and 09 from south. The sessions were

facilitated by the State Resource Group (SRG) who comprised of SCERT officials and faculty,

senior principals, DIET faculty, HRDD officials and guest speakers from other departments.

The programme was to build the leadership capacities of school heads with the aim to transform

the schools to centres of Excellence. The heads have also prepared School Development Plan

which is to be carried out as practicum in their respective schools. SCERT will also organize

review and feedback workshop at various intervals along with on-site academic support by the

SRG as and when needed.

NEIPA in collaboration with NCERT organized a regional workshop for further strengthening

of School Leadership Development (SLD) with the objective to -

provide a platform for exchange of best leadership practices

build alignment within SCERTs and DIETs for SLD

share guidelines and identify champion states of SLD

identify challenges if any

Glimpses of One Month Certificate Course on School Leadership and

Management

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The details of the programme is provided below-

Table 30

Sl.

No

Name of the

Programme

Name of the

Organization Date(s) and Venue

SCERT

Representative

1. Roadmap of School

Transformation:

Regional Workshop

on School Leadership

Development and

Teacher Development

NCSL-

NEIPA,

New Delhi.

11th -13th December

2017.

NUEPA,

New Delhi.

Dr. Rabin Chhetri

Ms. Malati Rai

Mr. Thupden Bhutia –

DEO, East

Ms. Kabita Moktan –

Deputy Director-

RMSA,

Mr. Ugen T. Kaleon-

Deputy Director, SSA

Ms. Tshering L. Bhutia

– Pirincipal, DIET (E)

Another workshop was also organized by NCSL- NIEPA for strengthening of SRG to conduct

School Leadership Development in the coming days. The detail is provided below-

Table 31

Sl.

No

Name of the

Programme

Name of the

Organization Date(s) and Venue

SCERT

Representative

1. Workshop for

Resource Persons to

Facilitate the Conduct

of One Month

Certificate Course on

School Leadership

Management

NCSL –

NIEPA,

New Delhi.

19th- 24th March

2018,

NCSL – NIEPA,

New Delhi.

Mr. Rajiv Philip –

SCERT

Mr. Purna Bdr.

Chettri- Principal,

Daramdin SSS,

Mr. Rajesh Thapa-

Headmaster, Langlang

SS,

Ms. Archana Gurung-

Principal- Jorethang

SSS,

Ms. Saroja Pradhan-

Principal Dikchu SSS.

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Workshop for Resource Persons to Facilitate the Conduct of One Month Certificate Course on

School Leadership Management

7.2 National Population Education Project (NPEP)

SCERT Sikkim (erstwhile SIE) has Population Education Cell as part of National Population

Education Project (NPEP) since April 1986. The programs conducted by this cell seeks

empower adolescents to deal with risky situations, prevent HIV infections, reduce vulnerability

to the infection and substance dependence and influence positive behaviour development and

develop life skills.

A range of activities - Role Play, Folkdance Competition, Painting/Poster making and Slogan

writing is organised by Population Education Cell, SCERT. The main objective of these

programs is to educate the students and members of community about matters related to

Adolescence education. These programs are conducted in District, State and National Level.

7.2.1 District Level Role play and Folk Dance Competition under National

Population Education Project, NCERT, New Delhi -

Life skill development in Adolescence Education among learners is the most important

component under National Population Education Project. Different experiential learning,

curricular activities focused on crucial population education themes and adolescence education

concerns are being organised by SCERT at District level. Theme based Role Play and Folk

Dance competition were organised by Adolescence Population Cell of SCERT, Sikkim.

District coordinators were appointed from each DIET to ease organizational part of the event

at their respective district. The themes for the competition were as follows:

(1) Protection of Environment (2) Equal opportunity for boys and girls: removal of female

foeticide (3) Charms and challenges of adolescence (4) Drug Abuse (5) Respect and care for

elders

The programme was organized by Mr Shekhar Chettri-SCERT and Ms Parumita Rai- DIET

(S) for south, Mr. Parijit Sutradhar-SCERT and Ms. Aroona Pradha-DIET (W) for west ,Ms.

Ranju Pradhan –SCERT for North and Mr. Tshering W.Bhutia - DIET (E) and Ms Ranju

Pradhan-SCERT for east. The details of the Role Play and Folk Dance Competition organized

at the District Level is given in the next page.

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Table 32 (District South and West)

Date and

Venue Name of Judges Selected schools for Role Play Competition

4th August,

2017

New Sec.

School,

Namchi,

South Sikkim.

1. Dr. Ranjay Sinha, Principal,

DIET, Namchi.

2. Mr. Mingma Dorjee Lepcha,

Play and Dance Icon.

3. ShriD.K.Rai, Retd. Deputy

Director, HRDD.

VCGL Ravangla Senior Secondary School

Namchi Boys Sr. Sec School

Temi Senior Secondary School

Sadam Sr. Sec School

Lingee Sr. Sec School

Rateypani Sr. Sec School

Nandugaon Sec School

Perbing Sec School

4thAugust,2017

DIET,

Geyzing,

West Sikkim.

1. Mr. T.B Chhetri, Principal,

DIET, Gyalshing.

2. Mr. O.P Ghatani, District

Coordinator, Nehru Yuva

Kendra, Gyalshing

3. Mr. Ashish Kr. Pradhan,

PGT (His), Govt. Girls’ Sr. Sec.

School, Kyongsa. Gyalshing.

Dentam Senior Secondary School

Lingchom Sr.Sec Sec

Yuksam Senior Secondary School

Sombaria Secondary School

Rinchenpong Sec Secondary School

Dodak Secondary School

Chumbong Sec Secondary School

KGBV Secondary School

Table 33 (District North and East)

Date and

Venue

Name of Judges Selected schools for district level Folk dance

competition

4th August,

Govt.Sr.Sec.

School,

Mangan.

Mr. Anand Pradhan

– coordinator HRDD, North

Sikkim

Mr. Pem Singi Bhutia HRDD,

North Sikkim

Mr. Namgyal Lepcha,

Department of Horticulture

Mangan Senior Secondary School

Singhik Secondary School

Phodong Senior Sec School

Ringhim Sec School Secondary School

Gor Sec. School

Hee-Gyathang SSS

Tasa Tangey SSS

Mangshila SSS

23rd August,

Modern Sr.

Sec School,

Gangtok.

Dr. Kulzong Lama Health Dept

Ms. Durga Shrestha, lecturer,

DIET (E)

Ms. Banita Lagun, Department

of Culture and Heritage,

Gangtok

Lower Syari Secondary School

Enchey Senior Secondary School

Modern Senior Secondary School

Ralap Sr.Sec Shool

Singtam Senior Secondary School

Ranka Sr.Sec School

Dikling Sr. Sec School

Namcheybong Sec School

Table 34 (Winner School at District Level)

North South West East

Mangan Senior

Secondary School

Singhik Sec School

Sadam Senior

Secondary School

Temi Senior

Secondary School

Sombaria Senior

Secondary School

Yuksam Senior

Secondary School

Modern Senior Secondary

School

Singtam Senior Secondary

School

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7.2.2 State Level Role West District

Play and Folk Dance Competition

SCERT, Sikkim organized a theme based State Level Role Play and Folk Dance Competition

on 30th August, 2017 at Modern Sr. sec School with the sole aim of creating awareness and

develop positive attitude towards population and development issues leading to responsible

behaviour among students, teachers, parents and community at large .Member of Parliament,

Shri. P.D. Rai graced the event as the Chief Guest and blessed the students with his pearls of

wisdom. Director SCERT, Dr. Rabin Chhetri, officials from various sections of HRDD,

officials from SCERT and DIET, teachers and students were present in the event. Yuksam Sr.

Sec School bagged the first position in the Role Play followed by Temi Sr. Sec School and

SadamSr. Sec School second and third respectively. The Folk dance category was taken by

Modern Sr. Sec School followed by Mangan Sr. Sec School and Singtam Sr. Sec School in the

second and third position. Modern SSS and Yuksam SSS would be representing the state at

national at NCERT, New Delhi

East District South District

West DistrictNorth District

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Brochure on Adolescence Population Education was also launched by the chief guest in the

event. Further, the district coordinators were felicitated during the event for organizing the

district level competition successfully.

7.2.3 National Level Role Play and Folk dance Competition

The state level winners of Folk Dance and Role Play participated in the national level at

NCERT, New Delhi. Yuksom Senior Secondary School and Modern Senior Secondary School

participated for Role Play and Folk Dance respectively from 5th to 8thDecember 2017. Although

the two schools were not able to secure any position, their experience in the national level has

made a difference.

Glimpses of the National Level Role Play and Folk dance Competition

Glimpses of the State Level Role Play and Folk Dance Competition

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7.2.4 Question Box Activity, Poster Making and Creative Writing

Theme based poster making and theme based creative writing competition along with question

box activity was also organized across the state. Six schools from north, eight schools from

east, four schools from west and four schools from south took part.

Glimpses of the Activity

7.2.5 Sensitization on Adolescence Education for Community Mobilization

A day long sensitization program on community mobilization was organized by Population

Education Cell of SCERT in collaboration with BACs of north and east districts. The main

objective of the program was to bring awareness and educate the community on adolescence

issues. The program also highlighted the important role of community for restricting minor

access to tobacco, alcohol, drugs and other narcotic items. The participants during the

programme included District/BAC HRDD officials, Health Education Officers, police

personnel, Zilla and gram Panchayat members, SMC members, senior citizens, parents and

shopkeepers. The details of the programme are given below –

Table 35

Sl.

No Date and Venue Name of Resource Persons

1. 13th March, 2018,

BAC Mangan,

North Sikkim

Ms. Ranju Pradhan, SCERT

Dr. Kuljan Lama, School Adolescence Health, STNM Hospital

Mr. Sonam Gyaltsen, District Health Education Officer,

Singtam Hospital

2. 15th March, 2018,

BAC Pakyong,

East Sikkim

Ms. Ranju Pradhan, SCERT

Dr. Kuljan Lama, School Adolescence Health, STNM Hospital

Mr. Sonam Gyaltsen, District Health Education Officer,

Singtam Hospital

3. 16th March, 2018,

BAC Regu, East

Sikkim

Ms. Ranju Pradhan, SCERT

Dr. Kuljan Lama, School Adolescence Health, STNM Hospital

Mr. Sonam Gyaltsen, District Health Education Officer,

Singtam Hospital

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Glimpses of Sensitization on Adolescence Education for Community Mobilization

7.3 SRI SATYA SAI VIDYA VAHINI PROJECT IN COLLABORATION

WITH SCERT, SIKKIM

Sri Satya Sai Vidya Vahini (SSSVV) and SCERT- Sikkim has been working together for the

past one year to implement integral education by providing teachers with the content, training,

technology, infrastructure and teaching/learning aids. A mid- term review meeting was held on

20th September, 2017 in presence of Dr. Rabin Chhetri, Director SCERT, officials, faculty

members, SSSVV State team and heads along with some teachers of the pilot schools to

understand the status of the project. The heads of the five schools – Aho Kissan Govt Sec

School, Rongli Junior High School (JHS), Adampul JHS, Nandok JHS and Lumsey JHS

presented their report on the various activities being organized and the academic support being

extended to their respective schools.

The schools expressed their satisfaction and gratitude on receiving this opportunity of

implementing SSSVV program and also having received sufficient support from the academic

team. They also thanked the team for making provision of additional IT-support from various

agencies. The seven deliverables have been successfully implemented in all the schools. The

schools required IT support for the successful implementation of the project for which SSSVV

team and SCERT jointly approached Member of Parliament and Pharmaceutical Company to

support the schools. The details are as below-

Table 36

Sl.

No

Name of the

school Items provided Supporting agencies

1. Nandok JHS 3 Desktop computers, 1 laptop, 1 projector, 1

projector screen (worth Rs 2,5 lakhs)

Honorable Member of

Parliament (Lok Sabha)

through MP LAD fund.

2. Rongli JHS 2 Desktop computers, 1color inkjet printer, 1

projector with stand, 1 laptop (worth Rs. 2.1 lakh)

Zydus pharmaceuticals

Company

3. Lumsey JHS 1 laptop, 1 desktop computer, 1 color inkjet

printer (Worth Rs 80 thousand)

Zydus Pharmaceuticals

Company

4. Adampul

JHS

1 laptop, 1 desktop computer, 3 green boards-

(worth Rs. 80 thousand)

Zydus Pharmaceuticals

Company.

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As the financial year came to an end, SCERT organized an End-term Report Meet on 19th of

March, 2018 to understand the impact of the program in five government schools (names

mentioned earlier) adopted under SSSVV project. The heads of the schools presented their

status report on the programs and activities organized in schools by SCERT and SSSVV Team.

The schools during the academic session 2017-18 was supported through numerous huddles on

different pedagogical areas, club activities, communication skills, IT skills and other various

children oriented activities.

The way forward to the project was discussed at large in the meeting and the schools have

assured to sustain the project at their own capacity. Handholding from SCERT and SSSVV

team has also been assured for any kind of assistance and support in future. The schools also

received five sets of Deloitte material for Science Math and English on the same day.

8. State Coordination Meeting of NERIE

On behalf of NERIE, Umiam Meghalaya, and SCERT – Sikkim organized a “State

Coordination Committee Meeting” at the Conference hall of HRDD on 28th November 2017.

The meeting was held to understand the educational needs of the state. As per the need,

programme will be framed by NERIE, for the state of Sikkim during next financial year. Prof

End – Term Review Meeting

Mid – Term Report Meeting

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B. Barthakur Principal NERIE and Dr. Sima Saigal State Coordinator for the state of Sikkim

were present as representatives from NEIRE. The meeting was chaired by Mr MT Sherpa,

special secretary cum Director, School Education and was also attended by Directors of various

sections and other officials of HRDD. Principal DIET (E) with two faculty were also present

in the meeting. Representation from SCERT included Director, JOINT Director, Deputy

Directors and two faculty.

State Coordination Meeting of NERIE