67. Meeting of English Teacher Educators

[Kerala University English Teacher Educator’s Forum - KUETEF]

On Monday 18 March 2013, letters of invitation addressed to the Heads of Departments of  English of  Teacher Training colleges  of 45 colleges  affiliated to the University of Kerala where English is offered as  an optional  subject were sent by Postal mail. The  meeting  was scheduled for 23 March 2013.

The face-to-face  meeting  was intended to provide an opportunity  for  practising Teacher Educators in English  to get together and  express their concerns  and offer  constructive suggestions  to   be incorporated in the  English  Methodology and Pedagogy papers.  The  Teacher Educators who attended the meeting include the following:

Sl.No.	Name	Institution
1	Ms.Rany G.J	CSI College of Education, Parassala, Trivandurm
2	Ms. Anila Chacko	St. Thomas Training College, Mukkolakal, Trivandrum
3	Ms.Raji.V.R	KUCTE, Nedumancaud
4	Mr.Velayudhan Nair T	Peet Memorial Training College, Mavalikkara
5	Ms. Susan George	KUCTE, Adoor
6	Mr. E.K.Jijan	Mount Tabor Training College, Pathanapuram
7	Ms. Manjusha S	K.T.C.T.C.T.E, Kallambalam

The participants  conducted a critical  review of the present  Syllabus.  Considering  the changing needs,  many  felt the need to  introduce  new topics and  delete  a few, found to be  obsolete or irrelevant.

The  suggestions made,  would be   submitted to the  Curriculum Core Committee-English. Incidentally,  all  the participants who  attended the meeting  had also   previously  associated with KUETEF   in one way or other.

On behalf of the Curriculum Committee I would like to  place on record  our appreciation and  thanks  to all  those who  attended the meeting  on 23 March 2013  and  for   their  wholehearted participation. I also thank the  teacher  educators who   had  emailed  their suggestions regarding the  new BEd curriculum.

Dr. C. Praveen

Secretary, KUETEF