Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan
Teachers' Growth Prog.
1. PAPER READING SEMINAR :
A paper reading seminar is held for the teachers every year. It is a competition. Prizes are given to the best performance.
Some of the areas suggested for paper reading are :
Information technology and its effect on education, population, competency – based teaching, effective evaluation, literacy & education, qualitative aspect of textbooks, educational administration, education for public welfare curriculum development .
2. RESEARCH PROJECTS :
For developing interest in action research projects, training is imparted to the teachers who submit research project proposals. Financial aid is given to the teachers whose project proposals are approved. The orientation programmes related to research project proposals prove useful to the teachers. They redesign and improve their project proposals in light of the suggestions of the research experts.
Some suggested areas for education research projects are as follows :
1. Curriculum of the secondary education
2. Evaluation
3. Enrolment in schools
4. Teacher education
5. Education for the disabled children/gifted children
6. Classroom teaching in schools
7. Educational innovations
8. Co-curricular activities.
3. TEACHING COMPETITIONS :
Every year a teaching competition is held for the teachers of various subjects. Prizes are given to the best teachers who prove their teaching competence on the basis of the evaluation of their planned lessons delivered in a competitive way.
4. ESSAY COMPETITION FOR TEACHERS :
An essay competition is held for the teachers at the district level and at the state level. Prizes are given to the winners.
5. ANALYSIS OF QUESTION PAPERS ;
Every year the question papers of the Board examinations are analysed on the basis of item analysis in cohesion with the weightage to objectives, coverage of curriculum, difficulty – level and marking scheme.
6. TRAINING OF PAPER SETTERS :
Every year, training programmes are organized for paper setters in various subjects to cater to the professional growth of teachers.
7. ANALYSIS OF EXAMINERS' REPORTS :
The reports submitted by the examiners after evaluation of the answer-books are studied and analysed by the experts. Fruitful conclusions are drawn and decisions are taken for further improvement of the examination system.
8. PREPARATION OF SAMPLE QUESTION PAPERS :
Sample question papers of various subjects are set by the subject specialists to serve as models for the teachers/students and others.
9. DEVELOPMENT OF QUESTION BANKS ;
We have planned to prepare question banks related to various subjects. They will serve the in-service teachers who can use them for making their teaching efforts more effective & result oriented. At the same time, they will be useful for students to a great extent in preparing for exams.
10. SUBJECT BASED LEARNING MATERIAL :
In order to extend help to the practicing school teachers the Board gets subject based learning material prepared by the experts.
11. TEACHER'S GUIDES :
Various teacher guides have been written by the subject specialists. They are useful for service school teachers of various subjects.