DIRECTORATE OF PROJECT PLANNING &

IN-SERVICE EDUCATION, DAVCMC.

ANNUAL REPORT - 2008-09

Directorate of Project Planning & In-service (DPPI), the in-service

training wing of the DAV College Managing Committee is proactively
engaged in training, networking and educational research. In the year
2008-09 DPPI conducted 34 in-service courses for the DAV Heads of
Schools and teachers, training 15481 DAV personnel. DPPI courses are
conducted not only at Delhi but also at different locations all over India
depending upon the density of DAV schools in the region.

The programme-wise table given below indicates participation of DAV personnel in the
training programmes conducted in 2008-09.
S.No. Date / Venue Name of the Programme No. of No. of
Programme Participant
s s
1. MAY 16 TO 22, 2008 ORIENTATION PROGRAMME 1 27
Hansraj College, Delhi FOR THE HEADS OF DAV
GRANTS-IN-AID SCHOOLS
2. May 19 to 25 , 2008
th th Master Trainer – Mathematics 1 36
Gurgaon
3. MAY 24 TO 30, 2008 INDUCTION PROGRAMME - 1 41
Hansraj College, Delhi VIII
FOR NEWLY APPOINTED
HEADS OF DAV SCHOOLS
4. June 06 to 12, 2008 Master Trainer – ENGLISH 1 44
DAV P School, Hehal
Ranchi
5. June 07 to 13, 2008 Master Trainer – Mathematics 1 80
DAV P School, Hehal
Ranchi
6. June 23rd to 29th, 2008 Master Trainer – ENGLISH 1 27
DAV P School,
Lashkar Rd. Haridwar
7. July 7th to 13th, 2008 Master Trainer – ENGLISH 1 37
Police DAV PS
Jalandhar Cantt.
 8. July 9th to 14th, 2008 Master Trainer – Mathematics 1 45
DAV PS Jalandhar.
9. Sept 2nd - Oct 1st, 2008 Performance Enhancement 23 14000
IGNOU, Delhi Programme (PEP)
Tele- Conferencing through
EDUSAT
10. Nov. 28th – 30th, 2008 English Workshop 1 37
Bhatgaon (CG)
11. March 23-24, 2009 Follow up of Master Trainer 1 440
IGNOU, Delhi Programme – Maths
Tele- Conferencing through
EDUSAT
12. March 25-27, 2009 Follow up of Master Trainer 1 667
IGNOU, Delhi Programme – English
Tele- Conferencing through
EDUSAT
13. March 17, 2009 Advocacy Programme for 2 200
March 30, 2009 Prevention of Drug-Abuse in
Adolescents
14. March 17, 2009 Interactive Workshops with 2 200
March 30, 2009 Adolescents for Prevention of
Drug-Abuse
TOTAL 38 15881

A. Innovation in Education: In-service Education of DAV Teachers

through EDUSAT:
The department of in-service education of DAV educators, the DPPI
is making use of innovative methods to reach teacher training
regularly at the doorsteps of DAV Schools located all over India with
a view to enhance the quality of teaching and learning. In our
constant endeavour to empower our teachers with latest information
and competencies we continue to innovate and devise new strategies.
DPPI’s latest initiative has used the highly sophisticated EDUSAT,
the first and only dedicated educational satellite of Ministry of
Human Resource Development (MHRD) to reach in-service education
to thousands of DAV teachers located at the DAV Schools in different
corners of India.
 The programme received Presidential blessings by Sh. GP Chopra,
President DAV College Managing Committee which were
broadcast daily at the commencement of the programme for every
new set of teachers to listen and imbibe.
 The programme targeted the teachers of board-bound classes VIII,
X and XII. All the DAV schools affiliated with Central Board of
Secondary Education (CBSE) and DAV Education Board (DAVEB)
participated in the interactive Performance Enhancement
Programme.
 Apex educational bodies NCERT and CBSE were apprised of the
programme objectives and academic support was sought to
conduct this humongous nation-wide initiative involving more
than 400 schools.
 The selection of the subject-experts was crucial to the success of
this interactive programme. The teacher educators associated
with apex bodies as members Committee of Courses and Subject
Committees and had contributed in designing the syllabus,
textual materials and pattern of evaluation for all the subjects of
the board - bound classes were identified and the most articulate
of the lot were invited to address and interact with our teachers.
 Besides these, best teachers from schools all over Delhi were
identified and invited to be the part of the expert panel to share
innovative practices and their insights to resolve the problems
pertaining to transaction of the curriculum. Nearly 70 (seventy)
resource persons provided quality academic inputs in the
programme.
 The learning outcome of the training programmes were:
o The teachers became updated on the changes in syllabus and
pattern of evaluation made by the Apex educational bodies.
o Teachers understanding of the course content and textual
materials.
o Teachers gathered suggestions regarding modification of
appropriate teaching methods and strategies for teaching
difficult topics.
 Besides the conventional text-books, additional sources of
knowledge were recommended to enrich their interactions with
learners. Being an interactive-programme the teachers were
 encouraged to discuss their doubts and difficulties vis-à-vis the
topics to be taught in the class-room.
 Approximately 14,000 DAV teachers teaching classes VIII to XII
benefited from this programme. On an average 180-200 queries
were dealt in each of the twenty-two workshops to facilitate
teachers understanding and grasp of the curriculum transacted by
them.

Feedback
1. The programme was widely appreciated by the President, Office-
bearers, Regional Directors and Principals of DAV Schools.
2. The formal feedback from the zones repeatedly marveled at the
convenience of this medium and has suggested that more
programmes be conducted through this mode.
3. The faculty from the Apex bodies CBSE & NCERT also expressed
their deep appreciation for DPPI’s regular initiatives to think of
creative ways of professional development of DAV educators first
through Video-conferencing (2007) and now through tele-
conferencing via EDUSAT (2008).

B. Leadership Courses
1. Forty-one newly appointed Heads of DAV Schools attended
weeklong Induction Programme organised by DPPI at the Hansraj
College, Mallka Ganj Delhi University. The programme that was
organised from May 24-30, 2008 and was inaugurated by Prof Ved
Prakash, Vice-Chancellor NUEPA and was presided over by Dr.
RP Singhal Vice President DAVCMC. Induction Programme (IP)
an annual feature of DPPI Training Calendar that aims to
enlighten the newly appointed Heads of DAV Schools with the
vision, mission and working of the DAVCMC. The newly
appointed Heads of Schools were acquainted with the
administrative norms and financial procedures established by the
DAVCMC for the DAV Public Schools besides understanding the
functioning of various departments at the head office.
2. The first ever exclusive Leadership Course for the Heads of
Grants-in-Aid Schools was organised by DPPI from May16-22,
2008. Dr. AK Sharma former Director NCERT inaugurated the
programme and Dr. RP Singhal Vice President DAVCMC
presided over a glittering ceremony that was attended by a
number of illustrious dignitaries. The theme of the week long
course was Effective Institutional Management Programme
(EIMP) which aimed at capacity building of the Principals to help
them manage transition from traditional to modern learning
environments. Twenty–seven (27) Heads of Schools
enthusiastically participated in the activities, discussions and
activities planned for them during this weeklong training
programme. The leaders of these schools who work under
extremely challenging circumstances expressed a new vigor and
enthusiasm for their job as a Principal during the Valedictory
ceremony.
C . Master Trainer Programmes –English & Mathematics
DPPI conducted six (6) Master Trainer Programmes for low-
performing schools in English and Mathematics in the summer of
2008 and created a cadre of nearly 250 Master Trainers. These
Master Trainer’s were trained to establish a teacher-support
system in the school by becoming peer-mentors. In order to ensure
that Peer-Mentoring Program is properly implemented DPPI
faculty undertook a number of measures such as:
 Sending a detailed report of training to the School Principal.
 Developing Action-Plans for Mentors.
 Visiting five DAV Public Schools to monitor the progress of the
Mentoring Programme.
 Sharing finding of Monitoring with all other schools to facilitate
implementation of the Peer- Mentoring.
 Preparing Subject-wise Instructional Materials and sending it to
the schools.
 Phoning all the schools to motivate the Heads of Schools and
Teachers to continue with the programme.
 Corresponding with schools regularly through e-mail.
 Providing timely feedback on the lesson-plans sent by the schools
 Roping in Heads of schools to initiate staff meetings and observe
the classes to take note of the improvement in teaching strategies.
 Inviting regular reports from the Mentors on the progress of the
peer-mentoring
 Conducting Sensitization Meeting for the absentee schools.
Follow Up through EDUSAT:
Based on the needs collected from the Schools that are a part of the
Peer-Mentoring Programme two programme were conducted by DPPI
on the following dates
 Follow Up Programme for Math Peer-Mentors – March 25-26,
2009
 Follow Up Programme for English Peer-Mentors- March 2-5, 2009.
Through intensive ground work done for months before the programmes
DPPI faculty collected hundreds of difficulty areas and queries from the
teachers of pre-primary and primary classes (LKG to V) in Mathematics
and secondary classes (VI-VIII) in English Language. Besides this a
number of queries were also received at the New Delhi studios of
EDUSAT from where the DPPI faculty and Resource Persons were
addressing the teachers of DAV Public Schools.

The follow –up programmes were in the form of interactions between

the teachers and subject-experts, authors, editors of the DAV textbooks
to address the difficulties faced by the teachers in curriculum
transaction. During the teleconferencing programmes teachers
difficulty areas in curriculum and text-books related queries were
answered. In mathematics programme 440 queries and in English 667
queries of the teachers were answered.

The queries, observations and feedback of the teachers vis-à-vis the

textual materials taught by them was passed on to the DAV Education
Board for their considerations during text-book revision.

4. Implementation of UNODC Project – School Drug Abuse

Prevention Programme
UNODC (United Nations Office for Drugs & Crime) School-based Drugs
Abuse Prevention programme was implemented in 40 DAV Public
Schools of Delhi & Jharkhand. The said programme sensitized
important stakeholders and key designates along with the
neighborhood school community regarding threat of drug abuse among
the adolescent students. The programme also addresses the students
through specially designed modules for the teachers to use with classes
VI-XII. These modules aimed at creating awareness among adolescent
students regarding the threat of drug-abuse. The following activities
have been conducted at the schools for implementing the School-based
programme.
1. Half Day Sensitization Programme for the important stakeholders
and key designates in the school such as Principal, members PTA,
School Committee, School Administration, Teachers and local
dignitaries.
2. Allocation of one period every month to execute the student’s
modules for classes VI-XII. Adopting the activity based approach
for communicating the message indirectly to the students.
3. Getting the Pre-training Proforma filled by the students before
conducting the activities.
4. Observing specific Days in the schools such as June 26,
International Day against Drug Abuse; December 1, World Aids
Day or any other event as deemed fit by the school.
5. Assessing the impact of the awareness programme through
discussion of case-studies, informal talks and interviews.
2. Special Initiatives for Grants-in-Aid Schools: The same
programme was also implemented in all the grants-in-aid schools to
counter the risk of drug-abuse among the students. Two (2) one day
Advocacy Programmes were conducted by DPPI at Chandigarh and
New Delhi, where altogether 200 principals, teachers and management
personnel were addressed regarding the need for these programmes.
Besides these two programmes, interactive workshops were conducted
with 200 students of classes VI-IX to develop the ability of critical
thinking and assertiveness skills to handle peer-pressure.

RASHMI S. CHARI
ASST. DIRECTOR – DPPI - DAVCMC