Continuing its programme of quality education and training of teachers, Private Schools Association of Jammu and Kashmir (PSAJK) held a series of workshops with veteran mathematics scientist Dr Safdar Quddus.
The Math Teachers workshope were held at Green Valley Educational Institute, Ellahibagh, SRM Welkin Educational Institute Sopore and International Delhi Public School Shopian.
Dr Safdar Quddus is SERB‑Research Scientist at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. He has done his PhD in Mathematics from Washington University,USA . His research papers have been published in many International Magazines, and is a Research speaker at International Maths Conferences.
He had a fruitful discussion with staff members about challengers in teaching mathematics to students. He suggested the teachers to introduce math by relating it to what surrounds students. Terming Mathematics as one of the vital subjects, he gave tips on how help develop interest of students in this subject.
He said that abstract concepts should be illustrated by examples while sharpened and tested by problems. While explaining an example, he suggested to maximize the number of steps, each catering to new/recent topic. “Habituate students to understand the problem and then reaching out for the answer. A complete understanding to the problem is almost the solution,” he said during his address.
The Association said that it aims to utilise the winter months to best prepare the faculty of schools to deal with new challenges of education. “To impart quality education to our students, we need to have quality faculty. Inviting the renowned Mathematic scientist like Dr Safdar Quddus is part of the same programme. Such training workshops will help bring our faculty at par with world standards, which in turn will ensure that our students get quality education and be prepared for new challenges of life and academics,” said a spokesperson of PSAJK.
The Association said that it has lined more such interactive programmes with world renowned experts which will further help our school education and groom the abundant talent in our schools.
