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Workshop for teachers in ‘modern Sanskrit teaching methods' at IIT Roorkee
Roorkee: To promote Sanskrit at the school level, a 12-day workshop aimed at training teachers in innovative and communicative methods of teaching the ancient language is underway at IIT Roorkee.
Over 70 teachers from schools across the Roorkee block are participating in the workshop, which is designed to make Sanskrit instruction simpler, more engaging, and practical for students. The programme, which began earlier this week, will continue until Aug 29.
The 'Training of Teachers' (TOT) workshop is a collaborative effort between the NGO Samskrita Bharati and the IIT-Roorkee Sanskrit Club. Organisers emphasised that the goal is to help learners connect with Sanskrit beyond traditional rote learning, fostering a deeper appreciation of the language.
The event was inaugurated on Monday by IIT-R director prof KK Pant and Dr Anand Bhardwaj, director of Uttarakhand Sanskrit Education, at the Department of Management Studies (DoMS) of the institute.
In addition to Sanskrit educators, the workshop includes teachers from Hindi, mathematics, and science disciplines, as well as BEd students and research scholars from the region.
"The aim of this workshop is to equip in-service teachers with a simple, communicative, and practical approach to Sanskrit teaching, thereby inspiring students and instilling a sense of pride in India's rich linguistic and knowledge traditions," said Dr Bharti Sharma, faculty member at the local girls' degree college and president of the Roorkee unit of Samskrita Bharati.
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