PRATIBIMBA - Kannada

Beyond Walls, Building Bonds: School Rooted in Community In this episode of Pratibimba, we welcome Ms. Shashikala G.R. from Hunsur Taluk's Devagalli Government High School. A dedicated educator with 16 years of experience, Shashikala speaks about her role as both an assistant teacher and a member of the School Development and Monitoring Committee (SDMC). Shashikala goes beyond academics at he...

Welcome to Akshara Foundation’s podcast - Pratibimba. In today's episode, we have K. N. Harsha, a seasoned associate teacher with 29 years of experience, specializing in teaching mathematics and science. Currently at GHPS, Bodyguard Line, Kurubarahalli, South Zone, Mysore, Mr. Harsha is deeply involved in developing Teaching Learning Materials (TLM) and serves as the President of the Karnatak...

Welcome to Akshara Foundation’s Pratibimba Podcast. In this episode, we delve into the Gram Panchayat Level Mathematics Contest (GP Contests), held across Karnataka, for students of classes 4 to 6. The primary aim is to elevate the quality of maths education in the state. Our guest today is Mr. Shankar Hadagali, an educator at the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) in Gadag, and N...

Welcome to this episode of ‘Pratibimba’, where we are in conversation with Smt. Jahnavi S. Siddhi. Smt. Jahnavi is a teacher who hails from a small village in Kumta taluk of Uttara Kannada district. She has a 39-year old career and of those 39 years, she served for 22 long years as a teacher in the same place. She then went on to work at the government primary school in the Taluk of Kumta for anot...

Welcome to this episode of ‘Pratibimba’, where we are in conversation with Naveen.  Naveen is a teacher from Chittapura Taluk of Kalburgi who teaches Science and Mathematics. He has also been awarded the Best Teacher award for 2022-23. When he joined the school, there was no dedicated playground. Naveen has worked in the capacity of a physical education teacher as well which helped his school part...

Please welcome Ms. Prabhavati J Immanni in this episode of ‘Pratibimba’.  Ms. Prabhavati works in a government school in Shahapur Taluk of Yadagiri district as a teacher. She has an experience of 19 years in the domain and she has taught 4th to 7th-grade students over a period of 18 years. During the year 2022-23, she was deputed to the Nali-Kali classes. She has also taught Kannada for some time....

Ranganath hails from the Ballari district and serves as a resource person for educators in a cluster of Kurugodu taluk. He has 15 years of experience in the field of education. He also has 8 to 10 years of experience as a resource person, where he interacted with and coached many teachers across the district. Ranganath has implemented a very successful programme to teach FLN to children in his clu...

Please welcome Ms. Thanujakshi in this episode of ‘Pratibimba’.  Ms. Thanujakshi works as a  teacher at Shidlaghatta, Chikballapur. She has been a teacher of ‘Nali kali’ classes, which is for children in grades 1-3. Her school has won the State award for ‘Nali kali’. She has been the winner of ‘Anupama Seva Award’ for the year 2020.  She follows the guidelines of the NEP to the tee. They have spec...

Please welcome Ms. Sudha Bhandari in this episode of ‘Pratibimba’.  Ms. Sudha Bhandari works as a  teacher at Gundabala, Uttara Kannada. She has been a teacher for 25 years. She has written 5 books and over 500 articles. She has won many prizes in several literary contests. She has also won five State-level awards. She has been a resource person for the cluster schools.  Sudha was a bright student...

Please welcome Mr. Suneel Eshwar Khot to this episode of ‘Pratibimba’.  Suneel started working as a Maths teacher in 2010. He currently works at Arjunavadi, Hukkeri. He has been a resource person at the Taluk, District, and State levels. He has participated in the ‘Jnana Taranga’ programme of AIR for Grade 10 students. In 2015, Suneel participated in the National-level Maths exhibition.  Suneel tr...

Please welcome Mr. Lokesh in this episode of ‘Pratibimba’.  Mr. Lokesh works as a  teacher in Tiptur Taluk. He has been a teacher for 26 years.  He is intensely aware of different styles of ‘learning’. Some are ‘visual’ learners, and some others learn by ‘touch’ etc. Visual learners take ‘visual’ cues such as words on the board, underlined words etc. Such students usually do not need an explanatio...

Please welcome Ms. Pooja Devi to this episode of ‘Pratibimba’.  Ms. Pooja Devi is a  teacher at N. R. Pura, Chikkamagalur District. She has been teaching Science for the past two and half years. She has a total of 17 years of experience in teaching. She has been the winner of many State and National Awards for her excellence in teaching. She even has her own YouTube channel and blog spot for teach...

Please welcome Mr. Manohar to this episode of ‘Pratibimba’.  Mr. Manohar teaches at Shantapura of Surpur Taluk, Yadgir district. He likes to be identified as a teacher first. He feels teaching as a profession has given him freedom of thought and expression. He believes just as ‘play and learn’, ‘do and learn’ concepts, ‘Sing and learn’ is also an effective teaching method.  When Mr. Manohar goes i...

Please welcome Mr. Sharanappa Pujar in this episode of ‘Pratibimba’.  Mr. Sharanappa Pujar has been working as an assistant teacher from 2007. He is happy working at a lower primary school in rural area. He has taught ‘Kamsaale’ folk dance to his students who won prizes for 5 consecutive years at the Taluk level and went up to the district level! They have also participated in the ‘Kolata’ event. ...

Please welcome Ms. Shanthavva in this episode of ‘Pratibimba’ – By Teachers, For Teachers! Shanthavva has been an Asst. Teacher for 24 years, now at Yaraguppi. She has concentrated on following the ten-point programme of the government in improving the school. She has published 10 volumes of the magazine ‘Prerana’ in 2016-17 and they were released by the Regional Educational Officer and the MLA of...

Please welcome Mr. Nagaraj Buttanavar in this episode of ‘Pratibimba’.  Mr. Buttanavar has been working as a teacher in Rhona taluk since 2002. He teaches English. He has also been a resource person at DIET and at the RIES, Bangalore.  He adopted the direct method of teaching English – went into the class speaking in English, correcting his own spoken English in the process. Singing rhymes and mak...

Please welcome Mr. Srikant Basappa Gavi in this episode of ‘Pratibimba’.  He has been working as the HM at the Higher Primary School of Jakli, Rhona Taluk, Gadag. He has a total of 27 years of experience. When he joined service at Mannangi, to demonstrate how ‘Gulliver’ looked, his team made a 20-feet tall structure with dry hay! It made the learning very effective. When he joined, there were only...

Please welcome Ms. Chandrika in this episode of ‘Pratibimba’ – By Teachers, For Teachers! Chandrika has been working as a teacher at the Government Lower Primary School, Hirehatkuni for 11 years now. She has a total of 15 years of teaching experience. She is a graduate. When she came to the present school, there were only 63 students and only 2 teachers. The school had many problems regarding infr...

Please welcome Smt. B. B. Harthi in this episode of ‘Pratibimba’ – By Teachers, For Teachers! Smt. B. B. Harthi has been teaching Maths for the past 19 years. She believes strongly that Maths is not a difficult subject and it increases the logical thought process among students. She has made her own Teaching Learning Materials (TLMs) to teach Maths effectively! She even involved her students while...

Please welcome Mr. Raghavendra Ambore in this episode of  ‘Pratibimba’ – By Teachers, For Teachers! Mr. Ambore was first appointed in 1994 and teaches Social Sciences. He keeps the textbook away and teaches them in the form of stories. Children pay more attention to stories. And they are ready to answer objective questions.  He has a lab called ‘Jagruthi’ in which he uses maps and globes to show h...

Please welcome Mr. Suleiman in this episode of ‘Pratibimba’ – By Teachers, For Teachers! Mr. Suleiman has been working as a teacher for the past 17 years at Kundagola of Dharawad district.  When he joined the school, it had only about 15-20 students form classes 1 to 5. Students had no idea about a school. Though he was a little discouraged initially, he decided to take it as a challenge. He wante...

Please welcome Mr. Raghavan in this episode of ‘Prathibimba’ – By Teachers, For teachers! Mr. Raghavan is an M. Phil degree holder in Physical Education and also has done NIS programme in Kabaddi. He has represented the Mysore University Kabaddi team at the National level, five times! He has also represented Karnataka State twice. However, he had to scale down when he joined a school in 1994. But...

Please welcome Smt. Indira in this episode of ‘Prathibimba’ – By Teachers, For Teachers! She started her career as a Head Teacher and, after taking many other offices, now works as the Block Educational Officer.  Smt. Indira is convinced that if you take up teaching just as a profession, nothing much can be achieved. Being positive while contributing to the future of a child is an absolute necessi...

Please welcome Ms. Leelavathi in this episode of ‘Pratibimba’ – by teachers, for teachers. Ms. Leelavathi has been a teacher for 27 years. She is interested in showcasing the talents of students not just in studies but also in co-curricular activities. With the help of some NGO’s she was sent to Gujarat where she came across the ‘thod, phod, jod’ programme for students. She has implemented the sam...

Please welcome Mr. B. L. Poojari in this episode of ‘Prathibimba’ – by the teachers, for the teachers! Mr. Poojari has been working as a teacher for 27 years and is now the Head Master of the school. He likes teaching Science and Maths. He has played a major role in increasing the students' strength significantly in every school he has worked. He goes to their houses in the village and convin...