AICTE - Certificate Distribution Ceremony
23rd October 2018
AICTE organized a "Certificate Distribution Ceremony" at the AICTE headquarters, New Delhi on 23rd October, 2018. Ms. Shiva (Assistant Professor, English) represented Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurgaon at the ceremony.
477 applications were received from AICTE approved institutes all over India out of which 30 teachers were shortlisted based on merit and invited to attend the blended learning programme followed by the TKT Module 3 examination at the AICTE headquarters in Delhi. After training these teachers for 4 days, a Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) was also conducted by the Cambridge University Press (CUP) to assess the language proficiency of these teachers. All 30 teachers successfully completed the test. So, this certificate distribution ceremony was organized to acknowledge the same.
Apart from these 30 teachers, representatives of other AICTE approved institutes were also in attendance. Chairman and Vice Chairman of AICTE were on hand to open the ceremony. After a brief address highlighting the gap in English teaching in technical institutions, the speakers distributed the certificates to the teachers.
Post the distribution ceremony, a detailed presentation was given by the Cambridge Assessment English (CAE) to improve the pedagogy skills for the teaching of English language. According to the data presented by the CAE, in case of students of technical institutes, 80 percent of the language acquisition takes place via non-English teachers. Therefore, the CAE plans to include the non-English teachers in its programme.
An MoU was signed between the AICTE and CAE to implement the programme for the wider group of eligible teachers in AICTE affiliated institutes across India. This will help create a talent pool of English language teachers, who will then cater to the needs of students studying in technical and management institutions in a more effective way.
Apart from this, CAE will also review and map the English language curriculum of technical undergraduate courses with that of Cambridge English business certificate, and offer blended learning assistance to the students to enhance their language skills and appear for Cambridge English business certifications. To create a larger impact across the institutions, Cambridge English, along with its authorized exam partners will offer exam related workshops for all the teachers who will be preparing candidates for Cambridge exams. These exams will be conducted on the global dates.