Innovative Practices Adopted in Senior Secondary Schools by P.G.Ts in South Sikkim

Education

Innovative practices are purposefully organised and risk taking changes introduced into any school system to ensure efficiency and increased productivity. It is the introduction of new ideas, methods, strategies and techniques for doing things into the school system for the purpose of improving both internal and external efficiency of the system. The present study is an attempt to examine the innovative practices adopted in various Senior Secondary Schools in South district of Sikkim. For this purpose 5 Government Sen. Sec. Schools (2 from urban and 3 from rural areas) were selected as representation of the population. Further, Heads of the schools and teachers teaching Arts, Commerce and Science subjects were selected to collected data from. This study found that different kinds of innovative practices were adopted by schools such as ICT, group learning, teacher guardian concept, simulated library, special tutorials for slow learners in primary sections, subject base quiz in morning assembly, assembly reading, remedial classes, project work, field trips, model preparation and dramas and elocution. Further it was found that teachers do undertake training organised by SCERT, DIET, Education Department of the state government and ZIIEI, Delhi.

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