HOPE’s School Teachers’ Training

Teachers are more than individuals that tell students what’s written in books, they are artists, bent on improving the characters of the new generations, constantly trying to bring forth a sculpted version of talents and skills to benefit the world of tomorrow.

On the 28^th of February Dawood Public School hosted a Teacher’s training festival where the teachers were given activities and sessions to improve their learning and teaching capabilities. HOPE- an educational NGO in Pakistan, always eager to avail such opportunities to improve its quality of education and to deliver best of knowledge to its students under the leadership of Dr. Mubina Agboatwalla child specialist in Karachi. Therefore, HOPE’s schools teachers enthusiastically participated in this festival.

The purpose of these sessions was to give the participating teachers tips and techniques to improve their teaching skills. To help the teachers deliver conceptual messages with such an effect that those lessons can easily be implemented by the students in real life. This included activity based learning techniques, tips on retention, speech deliverance techniques and use of modern technology to improve the teaching matter and lessons.

These sessions also emphasized on the actual role of teachers in society, how teachers are the reasons students are molded into champions and role models of the future, it emphasized the significance on student-teacher bonds and communication in order to deliver the messages in class. These sessions also stressed on the need for teachers to teach about proper morals and ethics to the students and stressed the need that it should be implemented for society to take a turn for the better.

The sessions were concluded after three days with a certificate ceremony where the HOPE Zia and Home School teachers achieved certificates on active participation. The teachers not only took tokens of appreciation back to their school but also gained knowledge that they will implement on their lessons for the days to come.