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Teachers urged to motivate children to like Maths

21st Sep 2018 09:09:PM State

ITANAGAR, Sep 21: A one day workshop cum training on Mathematics for teachers organized by Arunachal Pradesh State Council for Science & Technology (APSCS&T), Department of Science & Technology was held today at Arunachal Pradesh Science Centre, IG Park, Itanagar.

Inaugurating the day long programme, Joint Director APSCS&T Dr. Debajit Mahanta said the present age is an era of skill-development and innovations, so mathematics will assist the students to reach the unreached. ‘Mathematics offers rationality to our thoughts and is a tool in our hands to make our life simpler and easier,' he added.

Addressing the gathering, Deputy Director APSCS&T, P Lombi elaborated the motto of the workshop and urged the teachers to get together and try to find out various ways to motivate the students to love mathematics as any other subject.

A child can learn things if it feels that it is interesting, added Lombi.

Associate Professor of Tezpur University, Assam Dr. Bhim Prasad Sarmah attended the workshop as Resource Person. Atleast 25 participants from 16 Schools (11 Government Schools and 5 private schools) attended the workshop.

Among others Arunachal Pradesh Science Centre Itanagar Curator Dr. Vivek Kumar, Education Assistant Gem Peri also spoke and participated in the day long workshop cum training.

Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
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