JEMEITHANG, Jul 8: Tawang Deputy Commissioner Namgyal Angmo on Wednesday emphasized the need to equip students with future-ready skills while attending the valedictory session of the three-day K–10 Future Skills Lab Teacher Training Programme at Govt Secondary School, Jemeithang.
Addressing the participants, the Deputy Commissioner appreciated the enthusiasm displayed by the teachers and urged them to make optimum use of the Future Skills Lab infrastructure. She encouraged educators to integrate AI, robotics, coding, astronomy and activity-based pedagogy into regular classroom teaching to make learning more engaging, innovative and relevant for the 21st century.
Lungla ADC Tashi Dhondup and DDSE Hridar Phuntsok, who accompanied the DC, also encouraged teachers to effectively utilise the modern facilities provided under the programme and inspire students to develop creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving abilities and a scientific temper.
The intensive capacity-building programme, conducted by resource persons from Stempedia, brought together nine teachers from schools under the Jemeithang cluster. The training focused on enabling teachers to integrate emerging technologies and activity-based learning into classroom teaching.
The final day of the programme featured sessions on programming, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and experiential learning. Teachers also received hands-on training on the Hand Pose Classifier in PictoBlox and its integration with the Quarky robotics controller to create gesture-controlled robotics projects.
Participants were further introduced to Science and Mathematics Kits through practical experiments and to the Astronomy Zone, where they explored educational resources and demonstrations designed to promote scientific curiosity among students.
The three-day training concluded successfully with participating teachers demonstrating enhanced confidence and competence in using Future Skills Lab resources to create technology-enabled and experiential learning environments.
Later, the DC inspected ongoing Education Department infrastructure projects in the Jemeithang area and visited Govt Upper Primary School, Gispu, to review the progress of the construction of the academic block and teachers' quarters. (DIPRO)