Maximise focus on physical and emotional development

Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, November 9

A multidisciplinary international seminar on ‘Emerging challanges and concerns in education’ was organised under the leadership of Surinder Singh Bhullewal Rathan in SBHSM Khalsa College of Education, Mahilpur, recently on in online and offline mode in collaboration with Global Teacher Educators Association (GTEA).

The purpose of the seminar was to bring researchers, academicians and stakeholders on a common platform to exchange knowledge, experience and research innovations for the betterment of educational ventures to provide an interdisciplinary forum for delegates to discuss the emerging challenges and concerns in multi-level education with reference to NEP and Covid-19 pandemic.

The seminar was inaugurated with the lighting of lamps by the chief guest Dr. Dinesh Kumar Singh, Clinical Psychologist, Nutritionist and Orthotist prosthetist, Paolo International Hospital, Bangkok. Dr. Rohtash, Principal, Sant Baba Hari Singh Memorial Khalsa College of Education, welcomed the chief guest. Dr. Dinesh advised the students and researchers of India to maximise focus on physical, emotional, and intellectual development.

They need to inculcate creativity in the self and should have enough courage to face the challenges in the present and future and for that they need to develop patience and quality of entrepreneurship in the self. GETA representative Dr. Umender Malik focused on the quality of teacher education. NCTE representative Dr. Surender Kumar Sharma discussed the issues of teacher education programmes in India. Sandeep From CIE and Ajit Kumar from CIE, New Delhi, Ajit Kumar Bohet from JMI, Delhi, Prof JD Malik elaborated the NEP 2020 issues and challenges of Covid 19.

In the technical sessions various resource persons from India and outside presented the worldwide view of challenges of online education and Covid-19 impact on the educational entrepreneurship and how the stakeholders are affecting in the emerging scenario. In online mode Dr. Jatinder Grover, Prof. Emam A. Alam-,Egypt, Prof. T. Thanraj-Srilanka, Terasa- USA and Prof. BP Phardwaj NCERT, New Delhi India said that massive closures of educational institutes have created a challenge to the world especially in education and forced for a backup system of educational entrepreneur but again an economic challenge who afford it.

According to UNESCO, over 320 million students in Indian schools and colleges are currently impacted. New Education Policy establishes the determination to re-energize the entire education system in India. In the valedictory session Dr. Jaspal Singh, Principal, SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur, concluded the seminar and reflected the main points of the theme of the seminar.

Motive of the seminar

The purpose of the seminar was to bring researchers, academicians and stakeholders on a common platform to exchange knowledge, experience and research innovations for the betterment of educational ventures to provide an interdisciplinary forum for delegates to discuss the emerging challenges and concerns in multi-level education with reference to NEP and Covid-19 pandemic.