Prof. Ashraf Ali is the Principal at Al Iqra Teachers Training College. He has done his M.Ed. from AMU and has given his service in the education sector by training the future teachers of India. He has worked with Al Iqra as an Assistant Professor now he is sharing his experience as principal at Al Iqra Teachers Training College Dhanbad. He has a total 26 years of experience in teaching. He has been teaching in Al Iqra College from the last 23 years as a Professor and now acting as Principal In Charge.

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What is the latest program that you are offering in your institute/dept. which will help students outperform and stand apart from the crowd?

We have recently come up with the M.Ed course which will ultimately help in training the future teachers of Jharkhand. In a place where there is a lack of teachers, where the seats for the employment gets half filled, we are trying to make the future teachers ready by making them understand what are the key challenges that a teacher may face in the changing technology-based environment or tech-enabled education systems. 

What are the best practices in the course you’re offering?

We provide practical exposure of the challenges that a teacher might face in the real classroom to the students who are going to be future teachers. We are having a classroom simulation at our campus where we are working with them on how to use smart boards which are replacing blackboards. We are giving them as best practical experience as we can by enabling them with modern facilities and environment during the tenure and simultaneously making them conceptual ready by working on the theory classes.

What are some valuable insights of the program that you are offering at your institute/dept.?

We at AL Iqra Teachers Training College are basically providing three basic courses namely Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed), Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) and Masters of Education (M.Ed.). All these courses are of two-year duration where a future aspirant teacher goes with the concepts and understands what are the things that are to be learnt conceptually and at the same time they learn how to apply those learnt concepts to its utmost best.

How did you train yourself/faculty to deliver this program to the students?

In our college, we are always working to train the faculty members who are teaching the future teachers by arranging training sessions on the recent things that are being implemented by NCTE. In addition to this we also take part in different seminars, webinars and workshops arranged by different authorities. We work for overall training of the future teachers by understanding their emotional quotient, psychological fitness and overall development of the future teachers.

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How do you tend to build an industry connection with this program?

We are constantly working with the demand of the current industry and we keep on improvising in the training of the faculty and the staff members to inculcate the learnings that we are offering them. We constantly monitor different areas of improvement which we can work upon. In the recent times you have seen that schools or the teachers have moved from blackboard to smart boards which was the need according to the situation, we have worked on it and we have made sure that our future teachers are well versed with the technology that is being involved in the education system which will ultimately help in dealing with the students in their practical life. 

What do you think should be the College’s top priority over the next 10 years?

We are constantly improving and learning, we are currently working on the overall development of future teachers and we are focusing on it. In coming 10 Years we are just focused to train maximum number of teachers so that they can help the future generation that is kids to improve their learning we are also constantly working on the research and development of the best way where we can teach the students with less discomfort so that they can learn the concepts in a better way rather than the traditional methods. We are working more to imbibe in pupils the sense of devotion, dedication and determination towards their responsibility as a responsible teacher, mentor & citizen of the motherland and produce world class teachers.

Any suggestions you would like to give to the current youth and the aspiring students?

Youths are the future of this nation whether of any background but as you all are aware that teachers are the torch bearers of the future and teaching is the most noble profession. Earlier it was believed that teachers are abundant but with this Interview I would like to convey to you all that there are a lot of scope and requirements for this profile and especially for good and responsible teachers.

What would you like people to know about your university they may not Know?

Al Iqra Teachers Training College Dhanbad was established in the year 2000. From now till time we are working to embolden in pupil the feelings of nationalism, secularism, universal brotherhood and creating perfect resource person to help strengthen the democratic & human values, national integration and international understanding, transform the young pupil to help transform the nation and the world through moral and ethical education based on a value system, train the pupil to create a visionary "Global Citizen" embedded with the feelings and values for human right and to infuse in them the sense of accountability (as a noble citizen) towards fundamental duties as enshrined in the Indian Constitution.