Mysuru: National Testing Service-India (NTS-I) of Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Manasagangothri, is organising a five-day Workshop-cum-Training Programme on Testing & Evaluation and Question Item Writing in Kannada, Hindi, Urdu and Tamil for the Assistant Professors and High School & Higher Secondary Level Teachers of South India from June 17 to 28 at CIIL, Mysuru.

The purpose of the programme is to provide the stakeholders with training in the area of testing and evaluation so that they themselves can identify the defects in the syllabus, textbooks, methods of teaching, etc., and make appropriate modifications/changes and thereby making the teaching learning process more effective.

Assistant Professors and High School & Higher Secondary Level Teachers of South India, who are engaged in teaching Kannada, Hindi, Urdu and Tamil (Language & Literature), working in Government Schools/PU Colleges/UGC recognised Colleges/Universities across South India are eligible to participate in this training in the following dates: Kannada & Tamil: June 17 to 21; Hindi & Urdu: June 24 to 28.

Those who are willing to attend the training can download details of the programme and registration form from the website: http://ciil-ntsindia.net and click on announcements link. For more details, contact the Local Coordinator on Ph: 0821-2345112/5275 (9.30 am to 5.30 pm), according to a press release.