MINUTES OF THE FOURTH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING (ECM) OF CTEF KERALA 2023-26 (Online Mode)
September 4, 2023, at 07:30 PM
On Google Meet
The fourth meeting of Executive Committee Members of CTEF Kerala was held on September 24, 2023, Monday, at 7:30 pm on Google Meet (online mode) with the following agenda:-
Agenda of the Meeting:
CTEF Kerala Annual Convention 2023 - Planning
Award Committee Updates
Research Wing E-Content Development updates
Website Development updates
Any other matter with the permission of the Chair
The following members were present.
Dr (Sr) Alice Joseph
Dr Anees Muhammed
Dr Anila Chacko
Dr Anu Mukund
Prof. Dr Asha J. V.
Dr Bindu K. J.
Dr Bindu T. V.
Dr Bindhu C. M.
Dr Happy PV
Dr K. S. Sajan
Dr M.S. Geetha
Dr Madhubala Jayachandran
Dr Malini P. M.
Dr Mariamma Mathew
Dr Naisal Sherieff
Dr Nimmy Maria Oommen
Dr Niranjana K P
Dr Pramod Dinakar
Dr Premachandran P
Prof. Rajeswari K.
Dr Sam V Daniel
Dr V Reghu
Dr V.M. Sasikumar
Dr T.S. Nair
Prof. Dr Musthafa
Members who intimated leave of absence:
Dr Grace Anne Mathews
The meeting started with a silent prayer initiated by the Chairman Dr M S Geetha, followed by the welcome speech by the Gen. Secretary (GS) Dr Pramod Dinakar. The Chairman initiated the discussion wherein the GS read out the decisions taken during the last ECM.
The Chairman emphasized the need for the quorum in an ECM as it is extremely necessary for the proceedings to be valid.
Agendum I: CTEF Annual Convention 2023-’24 - Planning
Peet Memorial Training College (PMTC) has been nominated as the venue for the annual convention 2023-24 and without any further delay, the preparations need to be done.
Dr Mariamma Mathew, Principal, PMTC, presented the themes which have to be finalized. The two major themes suggested were:
Humanistic Values and Digital _____
Quality Enhancement through Innovative Teaching-Learning Strategies for the 21st Century
Dr V. Reghu suggested the need to put the spotlight on NEP 2020 and its implementation and if required, resource persons can even be invited from outside Kerala. He also suggested that the issues raised by ITEP and the future of colleges are also of vital importance and need to be emphasized.
Dr Musthafa, outlined the importance and relevance of including the outcome-based approach as one of the themes along with the problems in evaluation while teaching tech-savvy/digitally well-versed students.
Dr Asha JV wanted to accentuate the role of NEP in quality enhancement in the second theme. She also seconded Dr Musthafa’s suggestions.
Dr Madhubala suggested including language-related themes as well.
Dr Anees Muhammed opined that the second theme can accommodate the aforementioned suggestions and hence the second theme can be accepted. Furthermore, he suggested having a session on the core theme.
Dr. V. Reghu strongly objected to the idea of having the '21st Century' in the theme, asserting that predicting the advancements and changes the future holds is inherently uncertain. He again underscored the inclusion of NEP 2020 in the theme as nothing has been implemented to date, once implemented, how it will unfold, etc. and suggested having ‘emerging trends…’ or a theme in line with it.
Dr Nimmi Oommen informed that ‘emerging trends…’ has been a recurrently used theme in conferences and seminars lately and it will fail to captivate the necessary attention here.
The themes can be decided upon later in another meeting of the programme committee (involving Dr Rajeswari K., Dr V. Reghu, Dr. Malini P.M., etc.).
The dates of the Annual Convention will be January 18-20, 2023.
It will be held in blended mode with the first day completely online and the second and the third day offline with online paper presentation sessions in the evenings as well so as to ensure maximum participation.
The registration fees are as given below.
For Awards, the application fee needs to be remitted, the screenshot of which needs to be uploaded in the Google Form sent out.
The registration fees will be directed to the online account of the PMTC.
The programme coordinator will be Dr Velayudhan Nair, the convener Dr Mariamma Mathew and the rest of the PMTC faculty members will form the committee members.
The Resource Persons can be the CTEF members who will be more than willing to volunteer; TA can be offered.
The annual convention being international, international figures shall be there as RPs and the sessions can be done online.
The venue and the programme shall be in strict adherence to the CTEF norms and standards.
If the Higher Education Council’s approval is sought, the College shall do it on its own, but only for the teachers and faculty members. The students need not be given this certification.
The College shall deposit an amount of Rs. 10000/- with CTEF in connection with conducting the annual convention.
The food can be provided to the participants from the registration fees.
The College has to collaborate with the State Coordinator of CTEF, Dr Anvar, as well while planning and implementing.