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The need for empowering teacher’s teaching English in primary schools of Karnataka gained greater significance after the national level study conducted by NCERT (2012) and ASER (2015) reveals that majority of children in government schools have not acquired of basic language skills especially reading which a foundational skill for language learning is. 30 days ELEP is one of the massive training programs taken up by the department of primary and secondary education Karnataka to train 10,200 teachers across the state with well thought objectives. The training program focuses on improving the English language proficiency as well as the English language teaching skills of in service teachers teaching at primary schools of Karnataka. A study on the Impact of 30 days English language empowerment program for the primary school teachers of Dakshina Kannada District was conducted after, training primary school teachers across Karnataka. The objectives of this study are to find out the overall impact of 30 days ELEP on the classroom transaction and overall improvement of teachers on language abilities of teachers teaching English at primary schools, status of implementation, transfer effect of training on the students learning at primary schools, improvement in teachers ability to use English, and to teach English after training. In the present study descriptive research method is used. Sample of 23% was selected for the study out of 150 teachers trained in 2016. The classroom observation data shows that no teacher achieved Excellency and 71% teachers fall under category of 60 to 85% improvement and 28% teachers’ falls under needs to improve category. After analyzing the data of students achievement test found there is no transfer effect on the language learning of students. Data of HMs reveals 80% HMs effectively implemented and 89% of parents are well aware of ELEP training. |
