Engage Me Workshop in GSSS Gohana, Haryana
New Delhi, October 10th, 2016: CEMCA conducted a 3-day intensive training workshop for vocational trainers at GSSS, Gohana from October 5th to October 7th 2016. As part of the workshop the trainers conducted various activities focusing on imparting Generic Employability skills to the school children of the Govt. Senior Secondary School in Gohana, Haryana. More than 100 students benefitted out of the workshop conducted and the trainers were trained in the technique that have been developed by Worktree, an education charity based in Milton Keynes, UK, since 1992.
This is the second of a series of 26 workshops planned as a second level intervention for implementing the ABLE-CEMCA model of getting the vocational trainers integrate Activity Based Learning in their regular teaching-learning style. This programme is aimed at Building Capacity of vocational trainers who impart training to school children in the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade of government schools, in collaboration with Indian Institute of Skill Development (IISD) in Gurgaon.
The Principal of the school Mr. Anand Sharma highly appreciated the initiative and participated actively in the workshop. Some of the government school teachers also expressed interest in being trained in the technique. This workshop served as a tool for mainstreaming Vocational Training in regular school education and brought about a sense of unity and pride amongst the students, trainers and teachers of the Govt. School. The event was covered by Jagaran and was highly appreciated by school teachers and participants. The workshop on day 1 was conducted by Ms Sanjogita Mishra, Programme Officer, Skills CEMCA assisted by formerly trained Mr. Amandeep Vats as an expert resource person. On day 2 and 3 of the workshop, Mr Amandeep, along with Ms Anupriya Khare, assisted as expert resource persons, while the sessions were conducted by the trainers undergoing the training. There was a systematic feedback process followed in order to make the trainers expert in the technique.
The participating trainers are now all set to run the Engage Me workshop in other GSSS in Haryana. There are currently ten more workshops scheduled to happen in the months of October, November and December, 2016.
