Empowering G.C.E A/L students in Science Practical

Good quality practical work can engage students and  help them to develop important skills, and to understand the process of scientific investigation. A good practical task is one that achieves its aims effectively. Practical work follows the basic principle of Learning by doing. The students gets an opportunity to participate actively  in the learning process.

Science practical was deliberately chosen to emphasize the importance of educating all students to become aware of the subject matter for answering MCQ  questions and  structural questions for the  G.C.E  A/L.  The first seminar on theory was conducted on the 7^th and 8^th of February,2015 and the children requested to conduct practical sessions.

Considering the needs of the children of Mannar and the request made by the Zonal Director of Education, Aaruthal in collaboration with the Thondamaru Field Work Centre organized and conducted the practical sessions with the  help of resource persons who are experts in Biology, Physics and Chemistry .  The seminar was conducted on the 14^th & 15^th of March.

Objectives of the workshop  

• Give awareness to the students on how to answer the practical questions
• Become aware about practical sessions ­(To answer the structural questions )
• Familiar with the practical to answer multiple choice questions
• Help to collect new ideas and information
• Clear the doubts and problems.
• Opportunity to share their experiences with the resource persons

Resource Persons

S.No.	Name of the Resource Persons	Subjects	Station
01	Mr.R.Kugananthan	Biology	J/Mahajana College
02	Mr.A.Thayaparan	Biology	J/VasavilanCentral College
03	Miss. N.Kala	Chemistry	J/ Jaffna Hindu Ladies College
04	Mr.V.Sivalingam	Physics	J/Jaffna Hindu College

The teachers of Physics, Chemistry and Biology of the Mannar zone also involved in the practical demonstration to the students.

S.No.	Subjects	Number of Teachers
1	Biology	09
2	Chemistry	08
3	Physics	07