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 7th 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 7th 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 21st 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.
