English training of first batch completed

LAHORE: The first batch of over 30,000 teachers, enrolled in a two-day English language course, has completed its training, while the Punjab School Education Department (SED) has issued the schedule of the next batches.

The training of 30,918 educators was conducted by the Quaid-e-Azam Academy for Educational Development (QAED) where 773 trainers trained schoolteachers on June 22 and 23. The training was held in different centres of the QAED across Punjab. The programme was organised under the Punjab Education and English Language Initiative (PEELI). The aim of the PEELI programme is to enhance the quality of teaching and equip teachers with skills and knowledge.



Meanwhile, the SED has also notified the schedule for other batches. According to it, another two-day training session would be held for 11,000 first batch teachers who missed out on the initial exercise. It will be organised between July 30 and 31, while a three-day training of another 30,000 teachers had been scheduled between August 1 and 3. For the second batch, a three-day training session had been scheduled for 50,000 public schoolteachers of the province.

For the purpose, the QAED assigned district heads to ensure participation of the selected teachers. A notification in this regard earlier stated: "It is proposed that district QAED head concerned may inform the participants and ensure their participation in the subject training as per schedule mentioned above." The QAED also said that the training centres would be the same for teachers as assigned during their Induction Training Programme-2017. Only qualified PEELI master trainers shall be deputed in training, the QAED further instructed.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 26^th, 2018.