Teacher and Student Behaviour in Primary Schools After the D.P.E.P. Phase II Teacher Training Inputs in Sidharth Nagar District in Uttar Pradesh (Part of the main invesigation titled "A Feedback study on Teacher Training Inputs Under DPEP Phase II in U.P.")

Abstract

The District Primary Education Programme (DPEP), Phase II, was taken up in eighteen selected districts of Uttar Pradesh (U.P.), including Sidharth Nagar district, in 1997 to improve quality of primary education. The Programme aimed at increasing student enrolment and retention, and improvement in learning achievements. As a part of the DPEP inputs, primary school teachers were provided pedagogical training in two rounds of training; the first round of 10-day training was motivational in nature to sensitize teachers to adopt new pedagogical practices (which are based on extensive studies) and the second round of 8-day training was focused on the specific pedagogical practices (based on the principles of child-centered learning). Special training packages were developed for these training programmes. The training of primary teachers was organized at the block level. The trainers included Co-ordinators of Block Resource Centres (BRCs) and Cluster Resource Centers (CRCs), and selected senior primary teachers who had characteristics of a trainer. The trainers were trained by the District Resource Persons who had been trained at the state level by the State Resource Group in the State Project Office.