Single Session School Workshop

Number of sessions on single session schooling has been conducted in various schools of South Province during the last 5 days. These sessions are part of the program organized by Education Unit to improve the education in the schools where they have single session. The main target of these sessions were to create awareness on what a holistic education is and motivate the teachers and parents on implementing a holistic educational program in their schools. The principal of B. Maalhohu School, Abdul Azeez Yousuf along with S. TRC coordinator Aishath Shibana facilitated most of the sessions. The principal of Gn. AEC Abdullah Rasheed also facilitated one session. Hulhudhoo School, Seenu Atoll School, Fuah Mulak School and Gn. AEC participated in this program. It was decided to start implementing the new ideas in the coming semester in all the schools except Gn. AEC, where they are practicing a holistic educational program.

PD session in Seenu Atoll School

On 27th February Seenu Atoll School conducted a PD session on Assessment and Evaluation which was facilitated by Ahmed Ali, and Ibrahim Nadheem. All the teachers and leading teachers attended the session.

Irushadhiyya School - First PD

Irushadhiyya School held their first Professional Development Programme for this year on 27^th January 2011. The Programme was based on types of analysis of teaching. The sessions were facilitated by the School Principal, Mr Mohamed Nasir, Mr Ajith Kumar(Maths HoD), Mrs Gloria Paul (Eng HoD), Mr Yesudasan Xavier ( Commerce HoD) and Junaina Ismail (PD Coordinator).

A session on Differentiated Instruction

Feydhoo School had a 2 hour PD session on 27th January 2011. The session was on differentiated instruction which was based on the need analysis of the teachers.It was facilitated by the school principal Mr.Ahmed Ali. Teachers who have requested this topic attended the session. It was arranged by the school PD coordinator, Sheenaz.

A school self Assessment was done in shamsudheen School

A School Self Assessment was done by Shamsudheen School on 28th January 2011. This was part of their Professional development. Teaching and Learning dimension from the Barabaru School Indicator was taken to assess. Teachers were very cooperative and worked as a team in this activity.

Parents, students and other stakeholders were interviewed on certain aspects of teaching and learning to find out where the school stands in this dimension. Finally a school improvement plan was done based on the findings. All the staff participated in this workshop which continued for 10 hrs. The sessions were facilitated by S.TRC coordinator Aishath Shibana. It was organized by the PD coordinator Mariyam Zameera.