Teachers urged to focus on conceptual learning

Provincial Minister for Higher Education Syed Raza Ali Gilani spoke at the inaugural ceremony of PHEC

LAHORE: Teachers must focus on the conceptual learning of students and discourage rote memorisation which erodes the critical ability and productivity of our education system.

This was said by Provincial Minister for Higher Education Syed Raza Ali Gilani as he spoke at the inaugural ceremony of the first batch of new college teachers under PHEC's Induction Training of Colleges programme.  The ceremony which was held at state of the art Faculty Development Academy and attended by PHEC Chairperson Professor Dr Mohammad Nizamuddin and other officials.

While emphasising the need for teachers’ training, Gilani said that the modern trends of learning around the world were rapidly changing and teachers should acquire the knowledge and skills to match current global trends. “We need to enable our teachers to effectively share knowledge and skills with our students.”

Published in The Express Tribune, April 24^th, 2018.