Ishfaq Anjum Samoon: NATIONAL TOY FAIR 2021 Divisional Level Toy Fair at STATE COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRANING (SCERT-JK) Division Office, Srinagar on 12th of Febaurary 2021.

STATE COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRANING

(SCERT-JK) Division Office, Srinagar

About Us

State Council of Educational Research & Training, erstwhile SIE Kashmir was established in year 1960 and upgraded to SCERT-JK in September 2020 having division office at Jammu and Srinagar and 01 moving central office. SCERT-JK is an apex school advisory body controlling the working of 20 District Institute of Education & Trainings (DIETs) across UT of J&K, where various teacher Training programs are carried out and other allied activities are carried out. Besides instructional material related to the field of Education is developed through different allied wings.

The Main Thrust areas for SCERT-JK are: -

* Enhancing the pedagogical Skills of teachers through training and capacity-building programs.
* Research in Educational Technology Methodology.
* Application of New and emerging technologies to the field of Education

• State Council of Education Research & Training (SCERT-JK)

• Bemina Byepass near Board of School Education, Srinagar, 190018

• E-MAIL: jdkscert@gmail.com / principalsiekashmir@gmail.com

• Phone: 0194-2490311

• Telefax: 0194-2493181

• Website: www.siekashmir.in

NATIONAL TOY FAIR 2021

• Subject: National Toy Fair (NTF) Nomination of Nodal officers

• Ref: DEAA, NCERT Letter NO:F.No.9-2/2020/NTF dated 10-12-2020

• The National Toy Fair (NTF) is an inter ministerial initiative , which will take place from Feb-27 to March 2^nd ,2021 in a virtual mode wherein NCERT as Nodal organization for DSE&L ,MoE Govt of India has been assigned with the responsibility to co-ordinate for the NTF with the SCERTs,CBSE and IIT, Gandinagar to put of 75 virtual stalls for the mega inter-ministerial event.

• Target Group for the National Toy Fair will be Students and Teachers for the following stages of schooling

• (a) Foundational Stage (preschool, Balvatika, and class 1^st and 2^nd

• (b) Primary

• (c) Upper Primary

• (d) Secondary

• (e) Senior Secondary.

NOMINATION AS NODAL OFFICER

• The undersigned has been nominated as Divisional level coordinator National Toy fair 2020-2021 on 22-12-2020. As Divisional level Nodal office I attended a preliminary meeting of 1^st National Toy Fair 2021 on 18-12-2020 at 11 am with senior functionaries from NCERT and Ministry of Education Government of India in which dignitaries and participants from all states and Union Territories Participated. From NCERT and Ministry of Education Government of India these officials were hosting the virtual meeting

• 1. Prof. Pawan Sudhir NCERT Delhi

• 2. Prof. Sridhar Srivastava Director NCERT

• 3. Introduction of 1^st National Toy Fair Ms.L.S.Changsan MoE GoI

• 4. Presentation on Toy Fair Guidelines Prof. Suniti Sunwal NCERT Delhi &

• 5. Prof. Pawan Sudhair DEAA NCERT Delhi

• 6.Vote of Thanks Prof. V.P.Singh, Head Kits Division NCERT Delhi.

During this preliminary meeting I have been instructed to pass on this message to the stakeholders in Kashmir Division UT J&K i.e; all DIETS in all 10 Districts of Kashmir Division. The agenda of the meeting was to encourage all school children/students from primary to higher secondary level to prepare Toys that are useful in field of education.

Presentation from Department of Art Education and Vocational Education Wing SCERT Kashmir in collaboration with Physical Education & Guidance and counseling wing

• As Head of Department of Art Education and Vocational Education Wing SCERT Kashmir I joined number of webinars and Google meetings in which I receive guidelines from NCERT, MoE, and Export Promotional Council for Handicrafts New Delhi. Accordingly, I communicate information to all districts Through DIET Nodal Officers. An order was circulated by SCERT Divisional office in Kashmir to all DIET Principals of the Kashmir division. to nominate District Nodal officers in all DIETs. The Nodal officers were nominated well in time accordingly they circulated orders from DIETS to nominate Zonal level Nodal officers for NTF

• We conducted online sessions with District and Zonal level coordinators, they were briefed regarding the objectives of the NTF. In this season whether in Kashmir remain extremely cold due to heavy snowfall, while schools here have been almost completely closed for the last one and a half year due to covid -19 pandemic and the reorganization of erstwhile J&K into two Union territories.

Despite all these odd circumstances our respected teachers work very hard with dedication and provide online Education to children/students.

• We received various models at District level from all 10 DIETs of Kashmir .

• Appreciable thing that received from snow bound cut of areas like GUREZ & KARNAHA too.

• We have received a good response despite extreme Harish conditions.

• NCERT Guidelines.

• On 25^th January 2021 the registration of SCERT Kashmir was completed for upcoming NTF 2021.

• I presented my Power Point Presentation in NTF online workshop organized by NCERT New Delhi for which I receive technical support from my colleagues Mr. Mudasir sir & Gh. Hassan Reshi Sir.

• NCERT New Delhi has issued new guidelines to all exhibitors to collect all the available Toy modules accordingly we follow NCERT guidelines and receive Toy models from all DIETs of Kashmir Division and store these Toys in the Toy Laboratory at SCERT complex Bemina Srinagar Kashmir.

• On 10^th of February 2021 all DIET Nodal officers submitted their Toy models at the stalls set up for 10 DIETs of Kashmir Division. On the same day Photography & videography was done by Export promotional Council for Handicrafts Delhi Team, for which we are highly thankful to them.

1.DIET Bandipora-prepared by SHAFIA ALTAF Middle School Dardpora Sumlar BANDIPORA