5-Day School Leadership Development Program concludes at SCERT office Jammu

37 newly inducted Principals attend orientation event

JAMMU, Jan 21: Five Day Capacity Building Programme for Principals of Higher Secondary Schools on School Leadership Development Program (SLDP) held from January 17 to January 21, 2023 in SCERT J&K Divisional office Jammu concluded today.

The programme was attended by 37 Principals from the winter zone of Jammu Division. The aim and objective of the programme was to orient the newly inducted Principals regarding the financial and administrative challenges while serving as Principal. Principals were oriented about the General Financial Rules, PFMS, GeM, Leave Rules, Income Tax Rules, Pension Rules, Leadership Skills, Team Building, Role of Career Counselling and NSS in Higher Secondary schools.

 The programme was organized by Department of Educational Planning Monitoring and Management, Academic Unit III JKSCERT Jammu under the guidance and supervision of H.R Pakhroo, Joint Director, JKSCERT Jammu.

The Joint Director inaugurated the programme formally in the presence of F A Fayaz, Joint Director central and Prof. Surjeet Kumar Sharma, Head Academic Unit III.

The Welcome address was presented by Neeraj Jandial, Associate Professor, Academic Unit-III, JKSCERT Jammu.

While addressing the principals, the Joint Director emphasized on the dire need of training for newly promoted principals for the smooth functioning of the schools.

The resource persons namely  Dheeraj Jandial Financial Advisor JKBOSE,  N.P. Singh Associate Professor, SCERT Jammu, Dr. Hema Gandotra, Program Coordinator, National Service Scheme University of Jammu,  Deepak Sharma, Sr. A O SCERT Jammu,  Suresh Kumar Gouria, Sr. A O SCERT Jammu, Dr. Rabia Naseem Sr. A O SCERT KD,  Rakesh Kumar Chobber, A O SCERT Jammu,  Romesh Kumar Sharma, Sr. Lect. DSEJ,  Vinay Dhar &  Dheeraj Slathia PFMS,  Navneet Gupta, A O SCERT Jammu,  Parmod Bakshi &  Sheetal Chib, KEF ,  Utkarsh Sharma C A and Dr. Atul Hans Principal IDPS, were invited from different institutions of Jammu including University of Jammu.

The valedictory function was chaired by  H R Pakhroo, Joint Director SCERT Jammu. In his valedictory address he encouraged and motivated the Principals to work with zeal and zest and act upon the learning they achieved in the 5 days training programme. Vote of Thanks was presented by Prof. Surjeet Kumar Sharma, Head Academic Unit III.

The training programme was coordinated by  Puneet Thukral Sr. Academic Officer and Rohit Sharma, Academic Officer. They were assisted by Dr. Harpreet Kour, Sr. Academic Officer,  Bindia Balwal, Academic Officer,  Arsh Kour, Academic Officer,  Navneet Gupta, Academic Officer,  Rakesh Cobber, Academic Officer, Dr. Balgar Singh, Academic Officer,  Vivek Jandial, Academic Officer,  Anil Sharma, Academic Officer, and Sh Ram Dayal MTS.