QMC in the press 2009
Have a question? | The Hindu | Madurai
IIM-A alumni is holding a unique contest for teachers
When, what, where and how … Perhaps, these words stimulate the grey cells. In a nutshell, good questions help and contribute in developing thinking individuals. Therefore designing a good question is both an art and a science. Thinking on these lines, Educational Initiatives (EI), Ahmedabad, is organising an all-India question-making competition for school teachers.
EI introduced a Question Making Competition (QMC) for teachers all over India. This is a unique competition to recognise and reward the best in the teaching profession. The teachers will have to send at least three to six questions in one or more subjects — English, Hindi, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies.
The competition, being held for the third year, is to prove the importance of good questions in making learning interesting. It is open to teachers of English medium schools. Questions can be made from standard III to standard IX subjects. It should be multiple-choice questions.
In Madurai, more than 37 teachers from Jeevana School, Maruthu Rukmani Matriculation School, Lakshmi School, Vikaasa School, Akshara Matriculation Higher Secondary School, TVS Matriculation Higher Secondary School and K.A.C.A. Arunachalam Higher Secondary School have already registered for the competition. So far, 4019 teachers from 625 schools across the country have registered for the competition.
A panel will assess the questions and prizes will be given to the best questions. The competition began on August 4 and will be on till September 4. Registrations can be done online through the website www.ei-india.com or can be e-mailed to asset-qmc@ei-india.com.
Five teachers will be selected in each subject as first prize winners. They will be sent to Singapore on an educational tour. The other prizes are: laptops for Best Performance School Awards at National and Zonal levels, DVDs for Special recognition to 15 teachers on question quality and digicam for Best Participating Awards to five schools.
EI is an effort by a group of alumni from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
SSK
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A Good Teacher is an ASSET | The Hindu | Karnataka
Staff Reporter
Entries invited for national question-making competition. Teachers of English-medium schools can send in three to six questions in one or more subjects. Schools that are interested in taking part must register before July 31
Bangalore: It is always the teacher who tests the abilities of students? How about testing teachers’ abilities for a change?
This is exactly what Educational Initiatives (EI), a group set up by the alumni of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, aims to do by holding the ASSET National Question-Making Competition 2009.
Teachers of English-medium schools can send in three to six questions in one or more subjects: English, Hindi, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies. A panel of experienced teachers will evaluate and rate the questions and adjudge the winner.
The questions must be set keeping in mind children in classes three to nine and they have to be multiple-choice questions.
Educational trip
The five best teachers in each subject will be sent on an educational trip to Singapore.
Schools that are interested in taking part must register before July 31. Nineteen schools from Bangalore have registered.
The competition will get under way on August 4. Teachers can send in questions till September 4. Registration can be done online on www.ei-india.com.
The award ceremony will be held in November.
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Question-making contest for school teachers in coimbatore
COIMBATORE: Educational Initiatives (EI), Ahmedabad, is organising an all-India question-making competition for school teachers. This is to recognise and reward the best in the teaching profession. EI is an effort by a group of alumni from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Teachers will have to send in at least three to six questions in one or more subjects like English, Hindi, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies. A panel will assess the questions and prizes will be given to the best questions.
The competition, being held for the third year, is to prove the importance of good questions in making learning interesting. It is open to teachers of English medium schools. Questions can be made from standard III to standard IX subjects. It should be multiple-choice questions.
Registrations have begun from July 1 and will close on July 31. The competition will begin on August 4 and the question entries can be sent till September 4.
More than 50 teachers from schools in Coimbatore have already registered for the competition. They are from Vasavi Vidyalaya Matriculation School, VC Shishu Vidhyodaya Matriculation School, PSG CBSE School, National Model Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chinmaya International Residential School, GKD Matriculation Higher Secondary School and GD Matriculation Higher Secondary School.
Registrations can be done online through the website www.ei-india.com or can be e-mailed to asset-qmc@ei-india.com. Five teachers will be selected in each subject to be sent to Singapore on an educational tour.