The community school teachers here are busy preparing an annual lesson plan. Some teachers have completed making lesson plans, while others are busy with them. The education, youths, and sports section of Tikapur Municipality in the district had adopted a policy for community teachers to mandatorily prepare an annual lesson plan.
A teacher at Khadga Secondary School, Ram Kumar Chaudhari, informed me that as he had to prepare a lesson plan and practice it during college life, it was not a big issue now. "I also remember those days when I prepared the lesson plan. The students are taught as per the lesson plan." However, Bhagirath Chaudhari, a teacher at Navdurga Basic School, viewed it as the first time the community schools were asked to prepare a teaching plan.
So, there might be confusion and difficulty for some teachers to adjust to the mandatory provision. "As the rule prepared by municipality must be abided, I've done hard work on it so that it would be better and easier in coming years," he said. Meanwhile, teacher Mangala Mishra from Kedareshwor Basic School said, "I'm not informed about it. Anyway, I'll begin preparing it now." Another teacher Rabindra Bahadur Kathayat said, "It is a positive step of local government to make lesson plans mandatory because it helps in teaching-learning systematic.
The teacher is not only an instructor but a student too. So, adequate preparation before entering the classroom is imperative." He further argued that preparation of lesson plans makes teachers studious, and hardworking. Similarly, a preparation made through a lesson plan would be a tool on how new chapters/issues could be discussed and taught, he informed.
Chief of Education section at the municipality, Daman Singh Chaudhari, "Although it is difficult in the beginning, the teachers would be gradually habituated to it. The plan is helpful to set teaching objectives and monitor achievements." Teachers are obliged to submit the lesson plan at the municipality office. It helps in monitoring and evaluating the concerned teachers and schools as well, he added.
