CBSE awards its A-plus teachers
Thirty-four teachers from schools across the country were given the CBSE Teachers Award 2018-2019 by HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Thursday. Twelve of the teachers are from Delhi schools. From trying to make math less intimidating and creating opportunities in fashion to encouraging social work, here are some of those whose contributions were recognised.As a teacher of fashion studies to students of classes XI and XII, Malhotra has had many an issue to address — motivating students, convincing parents of the value of fashion studies and teaching students that fashion is hard work. Fashion studies is a vocational subject in the CBSE and is offered in Malhotra’s school as an alternative to mathematics.“A lot of my students are not very strong academically; it’s for me to show them that this is a skill that can help them grow… I also have to counsel parents to convince them that their kids will not become tailors and can, instead, run MSMEs which can provide opportunities for many people…,” she said.
A math teacher for the last 22 years, Makan has found ways to integrate teaching with dance, cooking, sport and tribal art to make the subject more interesting.For instance, students are roped in to perform Bharatanatyam to teach Euclid’s geometry through mudras and patterns. “Through making chapatis, I teach them about conversion of solids — the shape changes but volume remains the same. I integrate probability and pythagoras theorem with sport — by throwing a volleyball and studying its trajectory,” she said.As a math teacher for classes XI and XII, Sofat’s emphasis is on making the subject less intimidating. “There is a rat-race for high grades in schools but there has to be a transformation in the way we teach the subject. We need to move away from rote learning and towards conceptual understanding — the phobia will go if we can engage their creativity,” he said.
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