Teacher Training in Kolkata

Young Learners Teachers Training Program

Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal and the cultural capital of India has several parallel system of education. Kolkata schools are either run by private organizations or the state government and most of them have an affiliation either to the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education or the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE)or the Central Board of Secondary Education(CBSE) or the National institute of Open Schools (NIOS) and the A Level (British curriculum). There are almost 93 reputed schools in the city with the number growing each year. This offers great prospect for aspiring teachers as teaching jobs are on the rise for teachers who have undergone a Teachers' Training Course. The increasing number of schools make teaching jobs lucrative as there is a great demand for teachers who are qualified with a Teachers Training Course Certification.

Some of the established schools that find their names among the top schools in Kolkata are as follows:

St. Xavier's Collegiate school
Loreto School
St. James' School
La Martiniere for Girls
La Martiniere for Boys
Modern High School for Girls
Don Bosco School, Park Circus.
Some of the schools that have made their names in recent times are
Delhi Public School
The Heritage

Though the traditional and the new age schools are trying to evolve an eclectic system of education, yet it is noticed that the students are often unable to meet the needs of the modern times. They fall short in language fluency as well as proper application of language in appropriate situation.

Even though the schools in Kolkata insist upon a required educational qualification for its teachers , the general opinion is that most of the Nursery Teachers' training or the Montessori Teachers' training or the TTC programs do not equip the teachers with enough practical experience to handle real life classroom situations .

The Pre and Primary Teachers' training course with Specialization in teaching English at ATI researched on the problem areas where the teachers are finding it difficult to teach and the students are unable to reach the effective learning outcome. The course focuses on both the Pre and Primary areas, unlike the existing Montessori School or the NTT or TTC. The candidates enrolling for this course are given and hands on experience of handling the Montessori equipments in a real classroom. Even though the course gives weight age to the different theories and methodologies, it is not confined to lecture method that is usually prevalent in most courses . We bring in the innovative methods, the current ideas that are used and make the teaching application based and real enough to carry it back to the classroom and use it effectively and interestingly.

ATI offers different modes for the Pre and Primary Teachers' Training Course with specialization in teaching English tailor-made to suit the specific needs of the candidates so that they can complete the course at their own convenience.

The Pre and Primary Teachers' Training Course with specialization in teaching English is available in

Full time in-class mode
Part time in-class mode
Distance Mode
On –Line mode.

The ATI Pre and Primary Teachers' Training Course with specialization in teaching English is promising as it opens avenues for teaching jobs in the Pre-primary as well as the Primary section in schools ,equipping a candidate with confidence as well as experience to manage classrooms efficiently.