Teachers enhance their skills using an app to make classrooms interesting

Teachers enhance their skills using an app to make classrooms interesting

Several educators are using The Teacher App to stay updated with new teaching ideas

Priyadarshini.Gupta@timesofindia.com 20.01.2025

Designed to address challenges faced by educators, The Teacher App was recently launched by the Ministry of Education, which offers 900 hours of resources, including lesson plans, worksheets, project-based activities, and question banks for teachers. The app aims to evolve classroom engagement by supporting continuous training and application of skills to teachers. The app is a user-centric platform addressing the evolving needs of educators from government and private schools, B Ed students, and trainers. 

Designed by Bharti Airtel Foundation, the app allows teachers to frequently engage with modules addressing practical classroom challenges, subject-specific pedagogy, classroom management strategies, innovative Teaching Learning Materials (TLMs), digital teaching techniques, specially designed life skills courses, foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) courses. The content has been curated for teachers and can be used by them at their own pace. The app was first introduced to the teacher community one and a half years ago for trials and gather feedback. 

Following a successful pilot in September, the app was officially launched in November last year. The launch saw an additional 12,500 teachers using the app. Approximately, 44,000 teachers are currently active users with over 35% of the registered teachers being active monthly users. Sumathi, a primary schoolteacher in Bengaluru, says she has utilised several teaching resources to enhance her teaching style. “Through the ‘Teaching Techniques’ course, I learned how to increase the ability of students to grasp concepts using engaging activities. For example, while teaching shapes, I encouraged children to form shapes like squares or triangles using their bodies in group activities. This hands-on approach helped students learn the concepts effectively who have shown signs of improved learning.”