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This article explores the programs and facilities available for teacher empowerment in Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions (TSWREIS) and quality based education to the marginalized children. This paper analyses the professional development of teachers against the background of acquisition of skills for the 21st century. Teachers and students of TSWREIS are working day and night with the dedication to propel the Society to the global map within six years. The TSWREIS carved a niche for itself by its seamless experimentation and syncing with the emerging trends in the education space. Residential schools achieved 96.63% in SSC, 84.31% in Intermediate and about 85% in Degree results in the academic year 2018-19. In 2019, 53 students got admission into MBBS, 20 in IIT's, 48 in NIT besides getting admissions in professional institutions like Delhi University, Ajim Premji University, and TATA Institute of Social Sciences. The National Curricular Framework of India (NCF) states clear expectations for teachers to move away from teacher-centred instructional approaches to student-centred teaching that involves children in active engagement through inquiry, questioning, debates, exploration, application and reflection, leading to theory building and the creation of new ideas. Teachers are the most significant influence on student learning. To produce good students, an institute needs to have good teachers, those who are continuously learning and enhancing their skills. Society is investing time and money in the development of their teachers. As teachers learn and augment their skills, they are more likely to be engaged in their jobs, engage better in the classroom.
Keywords: Residential school, Scheduled Castes, Teachers empowerment, Marginalized children, Quality Education
Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS) under the aegis of the Ministry of Scheduled Caste Development, Government of Telangana, has been passionately working to place the poorest among the Scheduled Castes in the prosperous orbit through quality education for the last 35 years. This Society, with 268 institutions with about 1,50,000 students, has been providing quality education in English medium upto graduation, and students cover roughly 10% of cohorts among all SCs in Telangana. TSWREIS runs high schools, junior colleges, and degree colleges covering both arts and sciences.
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