About NTSC

National Teacher’s Science Congress (NTSC) is fulfilling an important and long standing need for a forum to bring teacher’ educators, innovators, scientists & technologists together to share their research studies, experience and reflect on their professional practices and concerns.

Objective

• Preparation of concept paper for the focal theme for 9th NTSC
• Drafting of information materials pertaining to 9th NTSC.
• Drafting of the advertisement materials for the 9th NTSC.
• Organization of Regional Teachers’ sensitization workshop (six) and coordination of the programme.
• To provide a platform for sharing of innovative ideas and critical review of existing state of science, education and intervention at the national level to strengthen and enrich science education and in the school system.
• To identify and support local initiatives, experiments in teaching, development of alternate pedagogy thus transforming the process of teaching / learning at the institutional level.
• To promote research and development in science education/communication.
• To disseminate resource material and programme information to the state and districts.
• To promote debate/dialogue on science and society interface in the backdrop of new economic scenario, relating knowledge with quality of life of the common people.

NTSC Background

The National Teachers Since Congress (NTSC) was initiated by NCSTC-DST and the first meet was held at Bhopal in 2003. The 2nd NTSC was organized in Ujjain in 2004 and 3rd was held at R.I.E. Mysore on the focal theme “Innovations in Teaching Physical Science” hosted by K.R.V.P. Bangalore.

NCSTC took up the programme for 3rd NTSC organized by KRVP. Bangaluru and the 4th NTSC 2007 was held at Dehradun on the focal theme “Environment Education for better Life” hosted by PAHAL, Uttarakhand.

In 2009 the 5th NTSC was held at Bhubaneswar, Organized by BJGVS, Orissa and co-hosted by R.I.E. Bhubaneswar on the focal theme “Understanding Planet Earth”. In 2011 the VI NTSC was organized of focal theme “Trends and challenges in science education”.

While 07th NTSC was held at Faridabad (Haryana), organized by Science and Kainat Society, Delhi and co-hosted by Al-Fala School of Engineering and Technology, Dhouj, Faridabad, Haryana.

Justification

Innovation in teaching and learning is localized and set gets exposure NTSC provides a platform to exchange ideas and share experience in school Science and math teaching. There is need to equip our teachers with innovative, simple, scientific, research & development and effective methods in teaching to groom young minds into enlightened citizens to serve the society.

Out come From NTSC

Innovative ideas presented by the teacher participants will be shared and could be replicated in other places. The recommendations of the Workshop will be useful for development of science education in schools. It is further proposed that some outstanding works of the participants will be identified and those participants will be given further incentives to improve their work. These participants may be used as Resource Parsons in their respective fields of work. Thereby a new group of resource persons and think tank in education may be founded.

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