Process of teaching should be joyful: Fernandes NT News Service Margao, Feb 27: The deputy director of education, Mr L M T Fernandes while highlighting the role of teachers in society said that process of teaching should be joyful, satisfying and creative and it should not be based on authoritarian instructions.
Mr Fernandes was addressing a gathering of teachers at Canacona. The aim of the ‘school complexes’ constituted in South Goa and other places is to help teachers in proper planning and preparing them for teaching work and to ensure implementation of minimum programme at school level. Keeping this in mind some school complexes from South Goa organised workshops, symposia for teachers on educational management and administration at Fatorda, Margao, Canacona, Quepem and other places. In education, Mr Fernandes said that learning was important than teaching and added,“children like activity and through activities, learning becomes easier.” Mr Fernandes advised the teachers to take into consideration the needs, abilities and aspirations of children while transacting curriculum. He also pointed out to teachers that merely mentioning a particular fact was not teaching. “The objective in teaching is to bring out more and more from students,” he said. Urging teachers to make all lessons interesting and attractive so the children can easily understand the subject, Mr Fernandes said that education takes place at different life ‘spaces’ like home, school, community and media, each playing by itself a very important role in total development of an individual or student. “The role of teachers as a facilitator to bring about the development of character, mind and body of the student is unique,” he emphasised. While laying emphasis on child-centered education, Mr Fernandes said that education has to be enjoyable, child-centered and practical. After the symposium, there was a question-answer session in which several teachers participated and sought the clarification from Mr Fernandes. The symposium was attended by principals, teachers, headmasters, clerks, officers from the education department and others.
