More than 800 delegates have gathered from all parts of the country in the city to discuss strategies that need to be incorporated in schools to Ignite Young Minds’
Participating in the 51st All Principal’s Conference of Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) Board since November 26, these principals, observers and visitors enriched their learning through deliberations and paper presentations. The three-day long annual gathering has been convened by Seventh Day Adventist Higher Secondary School, Ahmedabad.
Day 1 was a delight for all participants as former president APJ Abdul Kalam explained to them the role of teachers in igniting minds. On second day, Education Initiatives director Sudhir Ghodke enlightened the elite gathering with his talk on continuous school improvement’. He outlined five factors that play a significant role in enterprising education. These included Hungry for change’, Being innovative beyond child’s imagination, Globally connected’, Disruptive by nature’ and Genuine and not generous’.
Talking to TOI, council’s chairman Neil O’Brien said, “It is an opportunity for principals to clear their doubts about rules and regulations of the board. They covered a huge gamut of questions, including those on subject combination, marking, time-table among others.” Recalling 50-year-long journey of the council, he said, “We have come a long way, but lot remains to be done.” Talking about his future programmes, he said, “We soon plan to start management training programme for teachers in association with IIM (Kolkata).”
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