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Urdu Academy
Centre for Professional Development of Urdu Teachers
(URDU ACADEMY)
The project to establish a “Centre for
Professional Development of Urdu Teachers”, submitted by Aligarh Muslim
University on 8th October 2006 was approved by University
Grants Commission vide letter No.F.49-3/2004(CU) dated October 2006.
The project submitted by University
envisage that the “purpose of conducting in-service education programmes
is to professionally empower all teachers of Urdu Medium Schools – in
their respective subjects areas, skill in translation and understanding
the society and the students”.
For this objective, the other centre will
conduct
1.
Refresher Course for
Primary School to Higher Secondary level, Urdu Medium School teachers at
regular basis.
2.
Prepare teaching material
for various levels of teaching in Urdu Medium School.
3.
Translate relevant
material from English and other languages into Urdu.
University Grants Commission approved the
project with reasonable financial assistance alongwith positions for the
centre.
Faculty positions approved were:
One Professor / Director
One Reader / Deputy Director
Two lecturers
One – translator
Alongwith supporting staff for the office.
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As sum of 325.00 lacks were
granted for the construction of building including hostel, furniture and
furnishing.
Apart from construction cost, a grant of
55 lacks for equipment, books and journals and rupees 20 lack as
programme cost were also provided to the centre /Urdu Academy.
Academy started functioning in the month
of October 2006, itself.
In the year 2007-2008 the following
programmes were organized.
1.
Centre has conducted three
refresher courses for Urdu Medium School Teachers.
Fourth refresher course for fifty school
teachers is in progress in which teachers of Aligarh District are
participating.
2.
Eminent scholars were
invited for lectures on various aspects of Urdu Language and Literature.
3.
Conference of All India
level were organized to discuss the programmes and academic activities
of the centre.
4.
A workshop on “analysis of
text” was organized in collaboration with Urdu Department.
The paper presented in this workshop are
being published.
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Syllabus for ‘Certificate
Course in Computer Tying’ for in-service teachers is ready and has
been approved by Board of Studies.
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‘Model Lesson Plans
for every level of school teaching’ is being prepared. The first plan to
teach literary text at primary school level is ready for publication.
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A course in Spoken Urdu
is also being prepared for in-service Urdu School teachers to hone-up
their skills in spoken Urdu.
A rich library of almost three thousand
five hundred books worth Rs.8,00,000/- has came-up in the Centre
/Academy which include books on Education and Urdu Language and
Literature.
Building of the Centre/Academy is under
construction. C.P.W.D. has been entrusted with the construction work.
Future plan of the Centre / Academy
includes translation of relevant teaching material from English and
other languages into Urdu.
A teachers training course for Primary
School Teachers level at B.T.C. pattern is being prepared.
This syllabus will be sent to National
Council of Teachers Education (N.C.T.E.) for approval.
In the last one year and four months,
academy has taken care of the objectives set for the centre.
Growing interest of Urdu teachers of
schools in the working of academy and large attendance at various
functions of the academy is very encouraging.
In the years to come academy will organize
such refresher courses in other cities of U.P., Bihar and West Bengal.
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