Welcome to this episode of ‘Pratibimba’, where we are in conversation with Naveen.
Naveen is a teacher from Chittapura Taluk of Kalburgi who teaches Science and Mathematics. He has also been awarded the Best Teacher award for 2022-23. When he joined the school, there was no dedicated playground. Naveen has worked in the capacity of a physical education teacher as well which helped his school participate in the state-level running competition. For the question on how he got interested in sports and how it is important in the education of children, he says he always had an interest in sports and in order to curb the absenteeism in children, he turned to sports.
Once he started cleaning up the surroundings in order to make the place suitable for sports, other children also got interested in it. According to Naveen, sports instills trust, cooperation, love, and trust in children. Not only that, it helps to secure government jobs under the sports quota. He explains the challenge involved in achieving this feat has been to win over the indifferent parents of the remote village of Chamanuru. In 2008, when Naveen joined as a teacher in the village, there was no road access to it. He used tractors to take children to find places suitable for sports. He had to face the wrath of land owners and parents alike who advised him to concentrate on what he is supposed to do and not get involved in sports etc.,
To illustrate the examples, he explains the achievements of his students namely Mahesh, Suryakanth, Mehabub, and Sujatha who were very much interested and invested in sports. Suryakanth even got selected for a 200-meter running competition at the state level. They also got selected a couple of times to state levels. He also remembers a couple of incidents of minute accidents that happened during sports activities. Naveen had to face the consequences of all of it. As a tip to fellow teachers, he says that if teachers can invest themselves in sports, it helps to better the student’s motivation. If the concepts of physics and maths are introduced and adopted in sports, it can help to make the students understand better. The concepts of time, heights, and distances can be better thought through sports as well. The English words that are used during sports can help students to learn. He sums up that sports can be the best way to bring awareness to students about health and fitness.
Hope you enjoyed listening to this recording by Akshara Foundation. This podcast tries to bring out such unique stories that are motivating, inspiring, and interesting. If you have an interesting story, please share it with 98450 79590.
Welcome to this episode of ‘Pratibimba’, where we are in conversation with Naveen.
Naveen is a teacher from Chittapura Taluk of Kalburgi who teaches Science and Mathematics. He has also been awarded the Best Teacher award for 2022-23. When he joined the school, there was no dedicated playground. Naveen has worked in the capacity of a physical education teacher as well which helped his school participate in the state-level running competition. For the question on how he got interested in sports and how it is important in the education of children, he says he always had an interest in sports and in order to curb the absenteeism in children, he turned to sports.
Once he started cleaning up the surroundings in order to make the place suitable for sports, other children also got interested in it. According to Naveen, sports instills trust, cooperation, love, and trust in children. Not only that, it helps to secure government jobs under the sports quota. He explains the challenge involved in achieving this feat has been to win over the indifferent parents of the remote village of Chamanuru. In 2008, when Naveen joined as a teacher in the village, there was no road access to it. He used tractors to take children to find places suitable for sports. He had to face the wrath of land owners and parents alike who advised him to concentrate on what he is supposed to do and not get involved in sports etc.,
To illustrate the examples, he explains the achievements of his students namely Mahesh, Suryakanth, Mehabub, and Sujatha who were very much interested and invested in sports. Suryakanth even got selected for a 200-meter running competition at the state level. They also got selected a couple of times to state levels. He also remembers a couple of incidents of minute accidents that happened during sports activities. Naveen had to face the consequences of all of it. As a tip to fellow teachers, he says that if teachers can invest themselves in sports, it helps to better the student’s motivation. If the concepts of physics and maths are introduced and adopted in sports, it can help to make the students understand better. The concepts of time, heights, and distances can be better thought through sports as well. The English words that are used during sports can help students to learn. He sums up that sports can be the best way to bring awareness to students about health and fitness.
Hope you enjoyed listening to this recording by Akshara Foundation. This podcast tries to bring out such unique stories that are motivating, inspiring, and interesting. If you have an interesting story, please share it with 98450 79590.