Department of Education - Murshidabad

Outreach

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Outreach program Ek Bharat Shresht Bharat under the celebration of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav

The Department of Education, Aligarh Muslim University Centre Murshidabad, West Bengal organized four-day outreach program ‘Ek Bharat Shresht Bharat’ under the ambit of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations. The theme of this outreach program was “To stress upon the fundamental duties given in the Constitution of India” and was organized from 28^th June to 2^nd July 2022. Dr. Nigamananda Biswas, Director In-charge of AMU Centre Murshidabad inaugurated the program in online mode on 28^th June 2022.

As per the tradition of Aligarh Muslim University, the program started with the recitation of a few verses from the holy Quran. The welcome address was given by Dr. Aiyaz Ahmad Khan, Course Coordinator, Department of Education, AMU Centre Murshidabad. The Chief Guest of the event Prof. Mujibul Hasan Siddiqui, Chairman, Department of Education, AMU, Aligarh. Prof. Siddiqui pointed out that people should imbibe fundamental duties in their actions as actions have direct implications on society. One should also think positively for the betterment of the culture as well. He also emphasized the fact that the prospective teachers should always follow their duties and should encourage others for the national development.

On the second day of the event, Guest Speaker Mr. Akhlaqul Azam, Course Coordinator, Department of Law, AMU Centre Murshidabad, discussed in detail the importance of fundamental rights and duties which emphasized that every citizen must contribute their best for national integration. The Chief Guest of the event, Dr. Nigamananda Biswas appreciated the efforts and the performance of the students. He further motivated them to be vigilant of their actions and strive to become responsible citizens. He thanked all the faculty members and the organizers for organizing the outreach program.

On the third day of the event, the Chief Guest Mr. Imdadul Haque talked about the democratic character of India. He emphasized the role of teachers in nation-building and further threw light on the responsibility of students in serving the nation and community.

On the occasion of the Valedictory function of the program, Prof. Mirza Asmer Beg, Dean, Faculty of Social Science talked about the secular essence of our constitution. In his unique style, Prof. Beg elaborated on how to develop and sustain a rational mindset despite all odds. The formal vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. Aiyaz Ahmed Khan. The program was compered by Dr. Abdul Samad. All faculty members and students were present during this program. The program concluded with the University Tarana followed by the National Anthem.

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Basic English Learning Course

Department of Education, AMU Centre Murshidabad has taken an initiative to spread the educational awareness among rural and backward destitute section of the society as a part of Institutional Social Responsibility. In this regard, AMU Centre Murshidabad has launched one-month free “Basic English Learning Course” from 29^th April 2019 to 28^th May 2019, in order to promote the English awareness in the vicinity of the Centre. This programme was inaugurated by Dr. Amir Jafar, Director-in-Charge, AMU Centre, Murshidabad. In his inaugural address he said that for children, thinking in English is very important. He also interacted with all the participating students and emphasised on practical English learning rather than theoretical. The Programme Coordinator, Mr. Mohammad Umair (Assistant Professor, Department of Education, AMU Centre, Murshidabad) welcomed all the participants and briefly introduced the design of the course. He explained the objectives, modules, time duration of the course. In this programme total nine Resource Persons were contributed namely Dr. Md. Fahimuddin, Dr. Atif Jilani, Dr. Md Musa Ali, Dr. Aiyaz Ahmad Khan, Dr. Rakibul Islam, Dr. Md Sarwar Alam, Mr. Tasneem Ahmad, Mr. Shadab Akhtar and Ms. Sarifa Sultana etc. Different resource Persons engaged in different activities. Importance of English learning, greeting etiquettes, expressing likes and dislikes about things and persons, questioning in different situations, physical descriptions of objects and persons, reading comprehension, self-introduction, formation of basic sentences, writing essays, writing application and personal letters etc. were the main topics which were exclusively discussed in the classroom. There are total sixteen students (Class VI & VII) were taken for this course from nearby school i.e. Bangabari High School, Ahiron. Classes were scheduled four days in a week from Monday to Wednesday. At the end of the programme, formal vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. Abdul Samad (Organising Secretary). All the faculty members, students of B.Ed. and few teachers of Bangabari High School along with participating students were present during the programme. AMU Centre Murshidabad distributed kits and certificates to students enrolled in the course.

Educational Awareness Campaign

Department of Education, AMU Murshidabad Centre, West Bengal organized two-days “Educational Awareness Campaign” on 10^th & 12^th November, 2015. It was a community outreach programme, the objectives of this campaign was to spread the educational awareness among the unprivileged and downtrodden section of the society. For this purpose, two villages of Jangipur were taken i.e. Talie and Momintola. First day of this programme (on 10^th November, 2015) was held at Talie village. All the students of B.Ed. of AMU Centre and some students of Guidance Academy School, Umarpur were collaborated with each other very nicely to make programme a very big event. Students had designed different types of poster having beautiful self-painted quotation on it and made a very clever strategy to cover whole village for this awareness campaign. During the rally, students were interacted with parents and elder member of each family. They tried to implant the seeds of necessity of education and eventually they succeed in gathering all children at one place for the concluding programme of awareness campaign. At last, a skit was presented by students viz. Samima Nasrin, Mary Najmin Akter, Afsana Rahman, Tabish Kamran along with few students of Guidance Academy School. The programme was concluded by distributing chocolate and elementary book among the village children.

On 12^th November 2015, the campaign was organized at Momintola village on 12th November, 2015. Similarly, here also, the students of B.Ed. along with students of Momintola Senior Secondary Madrasa were part of Educational Awareness Campaign. This campaign covered the whole village; many educational slogans were chanted to motivate the villagers for teaching their children. Placards, posters, handbills and books were the source of motivation and attraction for children and elders during rally. Though, some Bengali known student did counselling for getting admission in different courses of AMU. During the programme, street play on the importance of education was staged on different places. After covering the entire village, a short cultural and educational programme was also organized in Momintola Senior Secondary Madrasa. Dr. Badaruddoza, Director, AMU Centre Murshidabad was the Programme Director and Dr. Aiyaz Ahmad Khan was the Organizing Secretary of this programme. All the faculty members and students of the department were actively participated in the programme.

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