Glossophobia Questionnaire adiministered

As part of DE program, a new initiative to identify students with fear of public speaking was brought in. Fear of public speaking, termed as Glossophobia in the academic circles, is common among school going children. To identify students who have this fear, a questionnaire was administered to Class 8 students of 8 AIF-DE schools. Among the 8, 3 were DIET Schools. They were,

• NKT National Girls Hr. Sec. School
• RKM Saradha Vidhyalaya Middle School
• Chennai Hr. Sec. School, Rotler Street

This was overseen and steered by psychology post-graduate, Ms.Nihas Afshan. The questionnaires will be evaluated and identified students will be given activities to overcome their fear and speak boldly in public.

TN Staff Refresher Meeting - August 2015

The Tamilnadu team from Chennai and Coimbatore came together on 5th,6th and 7th August for the Quarterly Staff Refresher Meet. Mr. Subrat Sarkar, Operations Director of Odisha attended this meeting and shared the work process in Odisha. He also took sessions on the topic "Teacher the heart of our system" and about learning. Other team members did sessions on topics allotted to them. Updates, plans were shared and action points were discussed.