Coimbatore: District administration has launched a plan to help around 1,000 school teachers improve the skills of English spoken by utilizing the school closing period.
Officials say students will be inspired to master the language when their teachers speak English fluently.
In a tweet on his official handle, the district collector G SS SECEERAN has been looking for volunteers to help teachers become fluent in English.
“Change the life of thousands of children in government schools, by building their teacher competencies in oral English.
If you can volunteer two hours a week for 10 weeks on the phone, to help a government school teacher in Coimbatore improve the English language used, us Hope to hear from you, “said a district administrative official said the volunteers would be given orientation.
and curriculum for sessions.
“There will be 10 sessions of each two hours.
Volunteers must come from the district because sessions will be carried out by telephone.
This initiative will be launched through the Department of School Education with the help of NGOs.” The official said they would provide a week for volunteers to register for alone .
“More than 100 volunteers have advanced within a few hours after tweets.
We need as much volunteers as possible, because they will be allocated by each teacher.
If they can manage more than a teacher, they will be allowed to do it.
There will be a session orient to volunteers next week .
sessions for teachers will begin in two weeks.
while the focus is teacher of English, those who handle other subjects may also take part.
“He said while it was optional for teachers to attend the session, they all will be urged to take part because They have free time because schools are closed.
“The results of the program will be assessed from time to time.
After successfully covering government school participants, this can be expanded to the public to help them expand their work prospects,” the official said.