The British Council was established in India in 1948. The British Council is recognised across India for its network of 9 libraries and cultural centres. It offers a range of specialised projects in arts, education, exams, English language and society to audiences across India and more than 100,000 members. It also provide access to English language training and learning for both students and teachers, offers UK qualifications in India and enable opportunities to study in the UK.
It is a UK charity governed by Royal Charter. Council works in more than 100 countries with 7,000 staff including 2,000 teachers work with thousands of professionals and policy makers and millions of young people every year by teaching English, sharing the arts and delivering education and society programmes.
In it's latest initiative, the British Council launched 'Core Skills,' a new programme under its Connecting Classrooms initiative earlier this month in Chennai. Connecting Classrooms is a global education programme designed to build the capacity of teachers worldwide and help young people become globally aware and competitive. More than 100 Head Teachers and Teachers from across South India attended the core skills programme.
The British Council’s work with school systems aims to improve learning outcomes for young people in this area. Core skills will enable teachers to create great learning experiences that support and nurture the development of core skills and helps young students become skilled and globally competitive.
The programme aims at benefiting the teachers; and will allow them to draw upon a wide range of resources to nurture core skills in their learners. The programme launched in South India will be held across the country where the teachers and principals will be trained.
According to it's officials, British Council consulted a range of stakeholders, drew upon research on the deep pedagogies framework and UNESCO’s transversal skills and then decided to focus on supporting teachers develop their pedagogy in the following six core skills and competencies.
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Communication and Collaboration
Creativity and Imagination
Citizenship
Digital Literacy
Student Leadership and Personal Development
The outcomes of the programme will be that the teachers will be able to create experiences that support the development of core skills as well as academic curriculum content through a wide range of resources. Another benefit of the programme will be that the heads of schools will be able to foster innovation and teaching strategies in their schools, thus enhancing the quality of teaching and learning.
The new programme, running from 2015-2018, will build the capacity of 45,000 teachers, 12,000 school leaders and policy makers worldwide to support them in integrating a range of core skills into the curriculum.
It is a UK charity governed by Royal Charter. Council works in more than 100 countries with 7,000 staff including 2,000 teachers work with thousands of professionals and policy makers and millions of young people every year by teaching English, sharing the arts and delivering education and society programmes.
In it's latest initiative, the British Council launched 'Core Skills,' a new programme under its Connecting Classrooms initiative earlier this month in Chennai. Connecting Classrooms is a global education programme designed to build the capacity of teachers worldwide and help young people become globally aware and competitive. More than 100 Head Teachers and Teachers from across South India attended the core skills programme.
The British Council’s work with school systems aims to improve learning outcomes for young people in this area. Core skills will enable teachers to create great learning experiences that support and nurture the development of core skills and helps young students become skilled and globally competitive.
The programme aims at benefiting the teachers; and will allow them to draw upon a wide range of resources to nurture core skills in their learners. The programme launched in South India will be held across the country where the teachers and principals will be trained.
According to it's officials, British Council consulted a range of stakeholders, drew upon research on the deep pedagogies framework and UNESCO’s transversal skills and then decided to focus on supporting teachers develop their pedagogy in the following six core skills and competencies.
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Communication and Collaboration
Creativity and Imagination
Citizenship
Digital Literacy
Student Leadership and Personal Development
The outcomes of the programme will be that the teachers will be able to create experiences that support the development of core skills as well as academic curriculum content through a wide range of resources. Another benefit of the programme will be that the heads of schools will be able to foster innovation and teaching strategies in their schools, thus enhancing the quality of teaching and learning.
The new programme, running from 2015-2018, will build the capacity of 45,000 teachers, 12,000 school leaders and policy makers worldwide to support them in integrating a range of core skills into the curriculum.
