This course is meant for capacity building of school teachers to provide them necessary knowledge, skills and competencies for playing the role of the ‘Teacher Counselor’ in schools. The course is developed in Assamese language which will greatly motivate the school teachers of Assam to participate in the course with confidence and language of their comfort. In this way, the course may prove to be instrumental to fill the gap of professional counselors in government schools by producing ‘Teacher Counsellor’ through this course. The online course includes Twelve Modules with two/three units under each module. A total of thirty-four units. Pedagogy: Learning material will be in the form of e-text, PPTs, Audio-Video Lectures, tutorials. Discussion Forum, 10 MCQs as Self-Assessment Questions per Module.
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1) Dr. Pranab Saikia is presently working as Associate Professor in Education in Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University, Guwahati, Assam. Presently he is the Director (i/c), Indira Miri School of Education & Director (i/c), Internal Quality Assurance Cell of the University. After graduating with honours in Education from the North Lakhimpur College under Dibrugarh University, he obtained his Masters degree, M,Phil and Ph.D all in the field of Education. Dr. Saikia also did his B.Ed degree under IGNOU. He started his teaching career as a Lecturer in Post Graduate Teachers’ Training College, Lakhimpur, Assam from 1st August, 2006. He has a vast experience of working as a teacher in higher education across the north-eastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura and Assam. He has the diverse academic and administrative experience of working as Nodal Officer of UGC Community College, Coordinator of KKHSOU Study Centre, Nodal Officer of All India Survey of Higher Education, Editor of a peer-reviewed journal, Principal Coordinator of the D.El.Ed. Programme and the Project Implementing Officer of Assamese Children’s Literature Project, sponsored by Govt. of Assam. He conducted many national seminars/workshops funded by UGC, New Delhi, ICSSR, New Delhi and NCW, New Delhi. He conducted many programmes on life skills, legal awareness for girls and gender equity programmes for college students in collaboration with RGNIYD, Tamil Nadu and NCW, New Delhi. He conducted major research projects which were funded by ICSSR, New Delhi and CEMCA, New Delhi. Presently, he is a member of the Academic Council, Research Council and many other important bodies of the University. Dr. Saikia has also been nominated by Govt. of Assam as a Member of the State Focus Group (Alternative Schooling) for the development of State Curriculum Framework as per NEP 2020.
2) Dr. Indrani kalita is serving as an Assistant Professor in Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University, Guwahati, Assam since January 1, 2015. She also served as an Academic Consultant in KKHSOU from March 1, 2013 to December 31, 2014. Prior to joining KKHSOU, she served as a Lecturer in Anita Baruah Sarmah College of Education and Lecturer in R. J Degree College. She was awarded the Ph.D. Degree by Gauhati University in 2019 for the thesis entitled “A Study on Learning Difficulties in Mathematics Among the Students of Upper Primary Government Schools of Kamrup Metro Area of Assam. She authored four books for B.Ed. Course under Gauhati University and Bodoland University entitled “Educational Psychology and Guidance and Counseling”, “Foundations of Education”, Teacher Education and Environmental Education (in Assamese) published by Mani Manik Prakash, Panbazar Guwahati in 2013, 2019 and 2020 respectively. In addition to these she has published a number of articles in regional, national and international Journals, edited volumes, seminar proceedings etc.
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