PRATIBIMBA - Kannada

Please welcome Mr. Viroopakshayya in this episode of ‘Prathibimba’ – by the teachers, for the teachers! Mr. Viroopakshayya has been awarded ‘Nation Builder’ by Rotary Literacy. He has worked as a teacher for 29 years. He likes teaching Mathematics the most!  Viroopakshayya and his colleagues took a major step towards replacing the old and damaged furniture of their school in 2018-19. They contacte...

Please welcome Ms. Kavitha N. in this episode of ‘Prathibimba’ – by the teachers, for the teachers! Ms. Kavitha has been working as a teacher in various places for 15 years.  She feels, Covid-19 has created a situation where students who used to come to the school regularly, seem to now think they have never been to a school before. The Department of Education conducts a survey to identify student...

Please welcome Sri Kumarappa in this episode of ‘Prathibimba’ – by the teachers, for the teachers! He will tell us how teaching Maths can be made more effective. Kumarappa has been teaching at the Government Primary School, Birur. He comes from a rural background and has successfully realised his dream of becoming a teacher in his life.  Kumarappa firmly believes that to be successful in life, a s...

Please welcome Mr. Giriyappa in this episode of ‘Prathibimba’ – by the teachers, for the teachers! Mr. Giriyappa has been serving as a teacher at the Government Primary School, Kakkera zone of Yadgir district for the past 13 years. He started a ‘Children’s Development Fund’ run by students themselves. Let us learn more about it from him. Mr. Giriyappa observed that most parents give their children...

Please welcome Smt. Meenakshi, in this episode of ‘Prathibimba’ – a podcast by the teachers, for the teachers! She will tell us about how, through the Kannada lab in her school, she could kindle the interest of students towards learning Kannada. Meenakshi works at Government Higher Primary School, Halagur, Nanjangud. She has very high regard for Kannada as a language. She believes that when a lang...

Please welcome Ms. Kaneez Fatima in this episode of ‘Prathibimba’ – by the teachers, for the teachers! Ms. Fatima works at the Government Primary School, Muguralli, Moodigere. She has been working for 36 years as a teacher. Out of this, she has taught mathematics to children for 34 years. She takes special interest in students who are afraid of mathematics. She feels her students have made a progr...

Many teachers in the rural areas of Karnataka are putting extra effort in the overall personality development of students, with the help of the Government. In this edition of ‘Pratibimba’, please welcome Ms. Sudha, who teaches at the Government Higher Primary school in Huskur, Nanjanagud, Mysore.  She has been teaching since 2005. She took part in a month-long English Language Empowerment Programm...

We have received very positive responses to Pratibimba so far. Thank you all for the support and encouragement. And now, we are very excited to release Season three ! Please welcome Sri. Vinay Kumar in episode 1 of ‘Prathibimba’, Season 3 – by the teachers, for the teachers! He talks about how he has been taking the ‘Prerana’ programme forward.  Sri Vinay Kumar has been teaching at the Government...

Please welcome Mr. K. G. Mahesh of Nanjanagud in this episode of ‘Pratibimba’. He is the Resource Coordinator of his area. He hails from a rural background, had a dream of becoming a teacher after being educated in Government schools.  There was talk doing the rounds in high schools that students are not taught well up to Grade 7. He and his team took it up as a challenge to dispel it. The aim was...

In today's episode of ‘Prathibimba’, we are in conversation with  Ms. Soubhagya.  After getting trained at Chikmagalur, Ms. Soubhagya worked at various schools and is now promoted as Head Teacher. She holds an MA in Education, and she holds a special interest in sports activities.  Soubhagya believes children will be attracted to school if the school looks good. It should have at least the ba...

Please welcome Mr. Shantakumar in this episode of ‘Prathibimba’ – by teachers, for teachers. Mr. Shantakumar is the Head Master and Social Sciences teacher at the Government School in Angadi, Moodigere. He has worked as a Regional Resource Person as well.  He has always taught with extreme passion and he wanted children to learn by liking and understanding what was taught. He is largely influenced...

Please welcome Ms. Nagaratna in this episode of ‘Prathibimba’ – by teachers, for teachers! Ms. Nagaratna works as the Head Teacher at Government School, Bidarahalli, Moodigere. She has been teaching for about 39 years and is on the verge of retirement. She feels, like health care service, teaching is more of a service than a profession. She also feels children are like God, and they should not be...

Please welcome Mr. Raveendra in today’s episode of ‘Pratibimba’. He teaches at the Government Higher Primary School in Nandaguru village, Kalaburgi. Today, he shares his experience of teaching in a school located in the border area. Mr. Raveendra has been teaching here since 2013. He thought, since it was a school located in the border area, it would a challenge to inculcate an interest in literat...

Please welcome Smt. Nethravathi in this episode of ‘Prathibimba’. Smt. Nethravathi started a monthly magazine which has developed into a huge instrument in encouraging the community to promote talents among students.  She has been teaching at the Government Higher Primary School at Shrungeri, Chikmagalur Dist. for the past 13 years. When she started teaching in 2008, she wanted to do something dif...

Welcome to the second part of our conversation with Ms. Gayatri Kiran.  Ms. Gayatri Kiran stresses on the importance of parents speaking to their children at home. Understanding and accepting their mental state and talking to them in a simple and loving way can make a huge difference. Parents should accept their fears and talk. She advises that the children must have a routine. It may not be follo...

This is part one of a longer conversation on psychological support needed for children below 10 years of age during these times of pandemic. The second part will be released next week.  Ms. Gayatri Kiran observes that all known ways of life have changed. There are some situations  1 – Some children have moved to a new place, may be to a smaller town.  2 – Since the schools are closed, they do not...

This is a continuation from our previous episode, a discussion between Dr. Mala Giridhar and Ms. Vaijayanti. Dr. Mala is highly appreciative of the efforts by Akshara Foundation in the field of  education. She feels it is important for the teachers to keep an eye on their own stress and anxiety. Teachers need to take care of their health. Some physical activity is necessary for both teachers and s...

Welcome to Season 2 of ‘Pratibimba’ – for teachers, by teachers. Since this is a longer conversation, we have divided it into two parts.  Our guest today is Dr. Mala Giridhar. Trained at NIMHANS Bengaluru, she has been working as a mental health expert at Sirsi for almost 25 years. Through her NGO, She has been working towards improving the learning among government school students.    Dr. Mala Gi...

Please welcome Ms. Veena in today’s episode of ‘Pratibimba’. She has been working as an assistant teacher at Hangarakatte, Udupi. She has been teaching for the past 14 years. She has been a group resource person for three years and has seen many schools from close quarters. She became well informed about the programs that can be practiced in any school. She started dreaming about carrying out maxi...

Please welcome Mr. Mahendra in today’s episode of ‘Pratibimba’. He has been working as a TGT teacher at the Kerehalli Higher Primary School, Chamarajanagar.   The specialty of his school is that it is the only school in the district with a well-equipped Science and Mathematics lab. The reason behind this lab is a brilliant question from one of his students. When he showed solubility of things in w...

Dr. Baalappa Eerappa Chinnagudi of Savadatti has been working as a Block Resource Person (BRP) at the Savadatti Resource Center. He has worked as a teacher for 9 years. He thinks comprehensive learning is unlikely to happen by just studying 5-6 books. He quotes from NTF that the text has to be richer than the syllabus. He believes the child has to touch and experience his/her learning. Hence he wo...

Sandeep Kulakarni has been teaching English at the Govt. Higher Primary School, Yaraguddi, Bailahongala for 13 years.   He thinks teaching English to rural students is a big challenge because they do not get a conducive environment for English teaching. Students might do the relevant activities for all other subjects, but no such scope for English. But he has accepted the challenge! He follows a d...

Ms. Soubhagya Ilakal of Gadag has been teaching Science and Mathematics to Higher Primary students for the past ten years. From the day she became a teacher, she wanted the children to be independent thinkers, with a scientific outlook, with special care towards the environment. She also wanted them to be creative and logical in their approach. She hit upon the idea of a Science laboratory in the...

Ms. Devaki M. N. of Chamarajanagar took up teaching for the sheer passion of teaching a new generation. Ever since, she has been teaching the lower primary students for 15 years, and has always been in the company of innocent minds.  She always makes it a point to recap her previous class before introducing new concepts. She thinks there is a healthy urge among students in rural areas to learn som...

Hemakshamma has been a teacher at GHPS Ajjappanahalli, Tumkur for the past 24 years. She teaches Mathematics and Hindi to students in grades 1-7. She has been attending many training programmes like ‘Chaitanya’ in 2002 and CLM sessions later on. She has been using self-made teaching aids for the past 15 years. She feels it creates special attention in children towards self-study. The school was gi...