15th Annual Convention of CTE Kerala State Chapter and International Seminar- Preliminary Planning Meeting, St. Thomas Training College, Mannanthala, Thiruvananthapuram - October 7, 2016

REPORT OF THE PRELIMINARY MEETING OF CTE ANNUAL CONFERENCE

A Prephase meeting of the 15^th Annual Conference of Council for Teacher Education (CTE)was held at St.ThomasTraining College (STTC), Mukkolakkal, Thiruvananthapuram on 7th October 2016 at 1.30 pm in the College Library. St.Thomas Training College has extended their willingness to host the 15^th International Seminar of CTE in collaboration with Common Wealth Council for Educational Administration &Management (CCEAM) and Association of International Researchers of Indian Origin(AIRIO),Kerala Chapters.

Agenda for the Meeting

·         Finalization of the Topic for the International Seminar

·         Discussion and finalization regarding the Brochure

·         Letter Head for further communication regarding the international Seminar

·         Any other matter with the permission of the Chairman

The meeting was attended by

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

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

   Dr.  K .Y. Benedict (State Co-Ordinator, CTE &Principal, Mar Theophilus Training College,Thiruvananthapuram)

   Dr. Bindu R. L. (Gen. Sec., CTE & Assoc. Prof., Dept of  Education, Thiruvananthapuram)

   Dr. T. Sundaresan Nair,  (Former Director, SRC, Kerala)

and the  following faculty of STTC

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

Ms. NishaChandran(Asst.prof. in General Education) - Convenor

Ms.Vidhya.R.R(Asst. Prof. in Mathematics) - Convenor

Ms. Seema Karthikeyan (Asst. Prof. in General Education)

Ms.AshaSindhu.S.S (Asst.Prof in Natural Science)

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

The following members informed their inconvenience to attend the meeting .

·         Prof. A. Abdul Vahab, President, Advisory Board, CTE (Former Principal, Iqbal College, Peringammala)

·         Prof.(Dr.) V.Reghu, Vice President, Advisory Board, CTE (Former Dean & Controller of Exminations, RGNIYD, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu)

·         Dr. Theresa Susan, HoD, Department of Education, University of Kerala

·         Dr. M.S. Geetha, Vice Chairperson, CTE, Kerala (Former Principal, GCTE & Former Dean of Education, University of Kerala)

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

·         Dr. K. Anvar, Secretary, CTE, Kerala (Principal, Mahatma Gandhi University College of Teacher

·         Education, Nedumgandam)

·         Dr. C.Praveen, Secretary, CTE, Kerala (Asst. Professor, GCTE, Thiruvananthapuram)

·         Dr. P.M. Malini, Regional Co-ordinator, CTE, Kerala(Assoc. Professor, NSS Training College,

·         Pandalam)

·         Dr. S. Sulaiman, Executive Member, CTE, Kerala (Asst. Professor, DIET, Thiruvananthapuram)

·         Dr. K. Rajeswari, Treasurer, CTE, Kerala (Asst. Professor, GCTE, Kerala) and

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

·         Parassala)

Minutes of the Meeting

·         The meeting presidedover  byDr.C.P.Sreekantan Nair, Chairman, CTE commenced with a silent prayer followed by a moments silence in remembrance of the untimely demise of Ms.Sheeja.R, Asst. Professor, Peet Memorial Training College, Mavelikkara who is a life member of CTE.

·         Chairman in his introductory remark mentioned the judicious planning and meticulous preparation required for the smooth conduct of the Seminar.

·         Principal conveyed the change in  the proposed  date for the Seminar as  2,3 and 4 February, 2017, as against the earlier decided date ( 4, 5 & 6^th January,2017).

Agenda 1

Finalization of the Topic for the International Seminar

·         The title and sub themes for the Seminar prepared by the College were subjected to discussion. Modification in the same was decided to be finalized by 14^th October seeking the opinion of a Committee comprising of Dr. K. Y. Benedict, Dr. Bindu R.L, Dr. K.Rajeshweri, MsAnila Chacko and the  Seminar Convenors.

Agenda 2

Discussion and finalization regarding the Brochure

·         It was decided to finalise the draft of the brochure with basic details to reach the interested to enable them to prepare for the Seminar.

Agenda 3  

     Letter Head for further communication regarding the Seminar

·         The format of  Letter Head through which communication for the Seminar is to be send was prepared by the College. Changes in the same were suggested.

·         A separate e-mail id to be created to which all communications regarding the Seminar has to be send& received.

 Agenda 4

 Any other matter with the permission of the Chairman

Decided to explore the financial support of

i) Higher Education Council, Kerala,

ii)State Resource Centre(SRC), Kerala ,
iii)Child Development Centre(CDC), Medical College and                                 
iv)ICSSR.

·
         Abstract and Compendium – necessity and requirements for the same was suggested.

The meeting ended  at 4 pm on a positive note, with all officials of CTE extending all support for the conduct of the Seminar.