International Seminar and XV Annual Convention of CTE Kerala (educ@tse-17) - Updated Brochure

Report of III Prephase meeting of International Seminar (26 November, 2016)

REPORT OF THE III PRE-PHASE MEETING

Venue: Government College of Teacher Education, Thiruvananthapuram

Date: 26 November 2016

The third Pre-phase Meeting of the International Seminar was convened  on 26^thNovember 2016(Saturday)in GCTE at 10 ampresided over by Dr.C.P.Sreekantan Nair. The meeting commenced with a silent prayer followed by Welcome Address by the Principal. TheChairman read out the Agenda for the day’s meeting and subjected the same for approval by members present.

Agenda for the Meeting

1.    Presentation of the Report of the meeting held on 28^th October 2016.

2.    To equip the Sub-committees for the Seminar

3.    Updation of the Address list of CTE members

4.    Finalization of the format for the Certificates

5.    Any other matter as per the decision of the Chairman

The meeting was attended by the following members.

Dr.C.P.Sreekantan Nair

Prof.K.Jacob Mathew

Dr.B.H.Helen Joy

Dr.T.K. Mathew

Dr.Grace Annie Mathews

Dr.Bindu R.L

Dr.V.M.Sasikumar

Dr.JayaJaise

Dr.G.Valsala

Dr.Rajeshwari.K

Dr.T.Sundaresan Nair

Dr.C.Praveen

Prof.A.AbdulVahab

Dr.Sajith C. Raj

Dr.K.Anvar

Dr.GibyGeevarghese

Dr.S.Sulaiman

Mr.Pramod .D

Ms.HimaSreekantan

Mr.Harishkumar

Ms.Anila Chacko

Ms.NishaChandran

Ms.Asha Sindhu

Ms.Vidhya R.R

Ms.Anila V.S

Ms.Seemakarthikeyan

Ms.Helenhepsy R.C

Mr.JohnWalsakom.L.B

Prof.(Dr)V.Reghu,Dr.M.S.Geetha and Dr.Theresa Susan.A, Dr.B.Krishna Prasad and Dr.A.K.Raveendranath informed their inconvenience in attending the meeting.

MINUTES OF THE MEETING

Agenda 1 –Presentation of the Report of the Meeting held on 28^th October 2016

 The Co-ordinator of the Seminar Ms.NishaChandran read out the minutes of the meeting held on 28^th October 2016.

Agenda 2- To equip the Sub committees for the Seminar

Chairperson/Chairman and Convenors of various committees were read out by the Principal and the lists were handed over to each  group for finalising the tasks and the date  by which the task has to be completed. As per the general consensus , Documentation and Reporting have been clubbed together .

Agenda-3 –Updation of Addresses of CTE Members.

Many of the life members of CTE were either placed elsewhere or had change of address. Hence Principal requested members present to counter check the list and include changes on addresses of teachers known to them.

Agenda-4–Finalisation of the format for theCertificates.

The list of Awards/Honours instituted by CTE was read out by the Principal. Based on the general consensus, following changes were made:

·         The newly instituted Award instituted by Dr.G.Sarath Chandra Raj has been titled as the Best Innovative Paper Presenter Award.

·         Dr.T.K.Mathew, Principal Titus II Teachers’ College announced the decision to constitute a new award titled Teacher as a Social Engineer. The same when subjected to discussion, suggestions were put forward to rename the title as the Most Committed Teacher Educator  for Extension Work.

·         The Chairman suggestedthat  if possible Citation can be provided instead of  Certificates for all the awardees but it was decided to continue the existing practise for the time being and  if possible, citation can be provided for all awards from the next Annual Convention onwards.

·         It was reiterated that Ph. D Awardees to be given memento alone but has to ensure that all Awardees for the year must register for the Seminar.

·         Dr.Bindu R.L. remarked that the Cash Awardsand the Certificates for the various Honours would be provided by the CTE.

Agenda -5 -Any other matter as per the decision of the Chairman

·         It was decided to invite Governor to inaugurate the International Seminar and the Minister for Education to deliver the Keynote Address, if conditions work out conducively.

·         The suggestion regarding inviting the following dignitaries –Mr.T.P.Sreenivasan, Dr.D.Babu Paul, Dr.AlexanderJacob,Dr.AchuthSankar and Mr. Jayakumar IAS (Rtd)  based on the sub-themes of the Seminar were made by Prof.K. Jacob Mathew .

·         Jacob Mathew Sir who had taken up the initiative in setting up the brochure, briefed on the same for the benefit of the gathering.

·         The inclusion of State Resource Centre as a Collaborating Agency was announced by the Principal and their willingnessto sponsor lunch for a day was whole heartedly accepted with applause.

·         Early Bird Registration amount from those present was invited by the Chairman.

·         The following members extended their financial support by contributing the Registration Fee

ü  Dr.Grace Annie Mathews

ü  Dr.JayaJaise

ü  Dr.T.K.Mathew

ü  Dr.S.Sulaiman

ü  Dr.C.Praveen

ü  Ms. Anila Chacko

ü  Ms. Nisha Chandran

ü  Ms. Vidhya.R.R

ü  Ms. Asha Sindhu.S.S

ü  Ms. Seema Karthikeyan

ü  Ms.Anila.V.S   

ü  Ms.HelenHepsy .R.C

and the same was acknowledged with a temporary receipt provided by the College.

·         Reflecting the spirit of camaraderieamong the CTE members,Principal, Titus II Teachers College announced that the next Annual Convention of CTE will be hosted by them as part of their Jubilee Celebrations.

·         The meeting culminated with a sad note with Dr.V.M.Sasikumar announcing the untimely demise of Adv.Jayakumar (husband of Dr.A.R.Supriya’s,CTE Life member) and a minutes silence was observed by the members present.

·         The Seminar Co-ordinator Ms.NishaChandran thanked all the members for their presence and valuable suggestions for the International Seminar.

Dr.C.P. Sreekantan Nair

Chairman,  CTE- Kerala

Report of the Organizational Committee Meeting - 28 October 2016

REPORT OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETING

Venue: St.Thomas Training College

Date: 28 October 2016

An Organizational Committee Meeting of the International Seminar was convened at 1.30 pm in the College Library on 28 October 2016 (Friday) presided over by Dr. C. P. Sreekantan Nair. The meeting was the second initiative to discuss upon metamorphosing the International Seminar to a successful reality. The meeting started with an invocation to Almighty by Dr. Resmi.R.Chandran (Asst. Prof.KUCTE,Kumarapuram, Tvpm) which was followed by the words of welcome by the Principal. The Chairman read out the Agenda for the day’s meeting and subjected the same for approval by members present.

Agenda for the Meeting

·         Presentation of the Report of the meeting held on 7^th October 2016

·         Follow up of the meeting

·         Approval of the Brochure

·         Formation of Organizational Committee for the Seminar

·         Any other matter  as per the decision of the Chairman

The Meeting was attended by following members

·         Dr. C.P Sreekantan Nair (Chairman, CTE)

·         Dr. V. M. Sasikumar (National Vice President, South Zone, CTE)

·         Dr.Rajan Varghese (Secretary, Mar Thoma Church Educational Society, Tvpm & Former HoD, Dept of Commerce, Mar Ivanios College , Tvpm)

·         Prof.K.Jacob Mathew, Vice-Chairman, CTE (Former Principal, GCTE, Tvpm)

·         Prof.(Dr.)V.Reghu, Vice Chairman, CCEAM (Former Dean and Controller of  Examintions, RGNIYD, Sriperumbadur, Tamil Nadu)

·         Dr.M.S. Geetha, Vice Chairperson, CTE & Chairperson AIRIO (Former Dean Faculty of  Education, Univ.of Kerala  and  Former Principal, GCTE, Tvpm)

·          Dr.K.Y.Benedict,State Co-ordinator, CTE (Principal, Mar Theophilus Training College,Tvpm)

·         Dr.Rajeswari.K, Treasurer, CTE (Asst.Prof.,GCTE, Tvpm)

·         Dr.K.Anvar Secretary,CTE(Principal,M G Univ.College of Tr  Edn,  Nedumgandam)

·         Dr. T. Sundaresan Nair, Executive Member, CTE (Former Director, SRC, Kerala)

·         Mr.Pramod.D, Executive Member,CTE(Asst.Professor,CSI College of Teacher Education, Parassala)

·         Ms.Sobha.S (Principal, St.Jacob’s Training College, Menamkulam, Tvpm)

·         Dr. Resmi.R. Chandran (Asst. Prof. KUCTE,  Kumarapuram, Tvpm)

·         Ms. Seenu.G (Asst.Prof., KUCTE, Kumarapuram, Tvpm)

·         Mr.Sebastian.T.Joseph, (Principal, St.Thomas Central School, Tvpm)

·         Mrs.Annamma Cherian(Principal,St.Thomas Hr. Sec. School, Tvpm)

and the  following faculty of STTC

·         Ms. Anila Chacko (Principal & Asst.Prof. in English)

·         Ms.Nisha Chandran(Asst.Prof.of Gen.Edn)- Seminar Co-ordinator

·         Ms.Vidhya.R.R(Asst. Prof. of Mathematics) – Seminar Co-ordinator

·         Ms. Seema Karthikeyan (Asst. Prof. of General Education)

·         Ms.Asha Sindhu.S.S (Asst.Prof of Natural Science)

·         Ms.Anila .V.S (Asst.Prof of Physical Science)

·         Ms. Helen Hepsy.R.C (Asst.Prof. of Social Science)

The following members informed their inconvenience to attend the meeting.

·         Dr. Bindu R. L. General  Secretary, CTE (Assoc. Prof. Dept of  Edn,Tvpm)

·         Dr. Theresa Susan.A (HoD, Dept. of Education, Univ.of Kerala)

·         Dr.G.Valsala,Advisory Board Member,CTE(Former Principal, Govt. IASE, Thrissur)

·         Dr.Giby Geevarughese (Asst.Prof.Mar Theophilus Training College)

·         Dr.M. VijayakumariAmma (Principal, KUCTE, Kumarapuram)

·         Dr.T.K.Mathew (Principal, Titus II  Teachers College, Thiruvalla)

·         Dr.Jaya Jaise (Director, School of Pedagogical Sciences, Kottayam)

·         Dr.UshaKumari.K (Principal, S.N. Training College , Nedumganda)

·         Dr. Sobha.S. (Principal, NVKSD College of Education, Attoor)

·         Dr.Sajith Raj (Principal, CSI College of Education, Parassala)

·         Ms.Hima Sreekantan(Principal,Christ Nagar College of Edn, Thiruvallom)

MINUTES OF THE MEETING

Agenda 1

v  Presentation of the Report of the meeting held on 7^th October 2016

The minutes of the previous meeting (7 October, 2016) was read out by the Seminar Co-ordinator Ms.Nisha Chandran.

Agenda 2

v  Follow up of the Meeting

Ø  The Main Theme and the sub-themes which were modified by Dr.A. Sukumaran Nair (Former VC, MG University) were distributed to the members present.

Theme: EDUCATION AT CROSS ROADS: TILTING SOCIAL EQUATIONS

Sub Themes

·         Futurology of Teacher Education: Looking to the Third Decade of the 21^st Century

·         Life Long Learning for the Emerging New Social Order

·         Development of Teacher Education in Indian States since Independence

·         Convergence of Technologies for Global Learning Environment

·         English Language Education for the New Global Order

·         Reconceiving Educational Research for the demands of the Knowledge Society

·         Developing Teacher Education as an Independent sub-discipline of Education

·         Augmenting Pedagogic Competence: The New Role for Teacher Educators

·         Developing a National Curriculum for Teaching Pedagogic Competence in Teacher Education Courses

·         Impact of Internationalization in Teacher Education

·         Accrediting Teacher Education Institution in India: Need for Creating Specialized Accreditation Agencies

·         Inclusive Education as a full-fledged New Area for Study in Advanced Courses in Education

·         Partnering Distance Education and e-learning

·         New Educational Approaches using New Management Principles

·         Teacher Empowerment for System Empowerment

·         Compensatory Education for Correcting Inadequate Learner Society Interaction

·         Environmental Consciousness as a New Challenge for Education

·         Role of Education in Developing Movement towards Women’s Rights

Ø  The registration dates for the Early Bird and Late Bird Entry were discussed upon and finalized as follows.

Category	Early Bird (upto 10 Dec.2016)	Late Bird (upto 5 Jan.2017)	Spot Registration
Members of CTE	Rs.1200/-	Rs.1300/-	Rs.1500/-
Non Members of CTE	Rs.1500/-	Rs.1600/-	Rs.1800/-
M.Ed/M.Phil/P.G students	Rs.500/-	Rs.600/-	Rs.700/-
Research Scholars	Rs.800/-	Rs.900/-	Rs.1000/-
Foreign Delegates	$ 100	$ 125	$ 150

·         As decided in the previous meeting (7 October) Chairman inaugurated the Registration Fee of the Seminar under the Early Bird category by handing over Rs.1200/- to the Principal. The following members also ensured their contribution and a temporary receipt was provided for the same from the College.

ü  Dr. V. M. Sasikumar

ü  Prof.K.Jacob Mathew

ü  Prof.(Dr.)V.Reghu

ü  Dr.M.S. Geetha

ü  Dr.Rajeswari.K

ü  Dr. T. Sundaresan  Nair

ü  Dr.K. Anvar

ü  Mr.Pramod.D

ü  Dr.Bindu R.L

ü  Dr.G.Valsala

ü  Dr.M.Vijayakumai Amma

Ø  Preparation of Letter Head

·         Suggestions were put forward by Dr.V.Reghu to include the following dignitaries as Patrons in the Letter Head by extending a personal invitation.

                             Governor

                             Minister for Education

                             Secretary, Higher Education Council

                             Vice Chancellor, University of Kerala

·         It was decided to prepare the Letter Head in duplicate.

(i)                  With the names of the Chairmen, Organizing Secretary and      Convenors of various   committees.

(ii)                With the inclusion of the names of all the Patrons, after finalizing on   the same.

·         Dr. V. Reghu has agreed to offer all support with needed guidelines  for inviting the dignitaries who would not only popularize the meet, but will also pave way for financial support.

Agenda 3

v  Approval of the Brochure

Minor changes in the Brochure have been mentioned by the members present.

·         Prof. K Jacob Mathew has offered to shoulder the responsibility of printing the Brochure (Rs. 10,000/-) for the Seminar.

·         Dr.B.Krishnaprasad has agreed to print the Certificates (Rs.3000/-)

·         SPFERD, AIRIO & CCEAM have also extended their financial support for refreshment on the first and second day.The decisions were whole heartedly welcomed by all.

Agenda 4

v  Formation of Organizational Committee for the Seminar

·          Principal read out the names of the Chairman & Convenors of various Committees.

·         It was decided to conduct the next meeting at Govt. College of Teacher Education, Tvpm, wherein the Conveners of all committees are to chart out the various activities to be planned and implemented at the earliest as a pre phase preparation. Dr. Rajeshwari.K, Treasurer CTE, (Asst.Prof.,GCTE) was asked to make the arrangements for the same.

Agenda 5

v  Any other matter  as per the decision of the Chairman

·         It was suggested that cultural programmes if included would be a fruitful effort but at no extra cost preferably an hour’s programme (between 5.30pm –6.30p.m), utilizing the services of the students.

·         With regard to accommodation, it was decided that tariff rates of the nearby hotels need to be provided and any clarifications needed can be extended.

·         Based on general consensus it was decided that instead of both abstract and compendium, it would be sufficient to release the Compendium.

·         Secretary, MTCES, Dr. Rajan Varghese, who graced the occasion with his presence, was warmly welcomed by Dr.C.P.Sreekantan Nair, who thanked the Management for their support as well as requested involvement with the same vigour to transform the Seminar to a successful reality. Secretary too extended all needed support from the part of the Management wishing all success for the endeavour.

·         The presence of the Principals of the sister concerns Mr. Sebastian T. Joseph (Principal St. Thomas Central School) and Mrs. Annamma Cherian (Principal St. Thomas Hr. Sec. School) reflected on their support to make the Seminar successful.

Striking at the right chords for still greater enduring results in the ensuing discussions, the meeting culminated with a word of thanks by the Seminar

Co-ordinator Ms.Nisha Chandran at 3.45p.m.