VIJAYAWADA: As part of introducing English medium in schools, education officials are speeding up the process of teacher training in the State.
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The first batch of training is going to start from December 17 at Agastya International Foundation in Kuppam of Chittoor district.
Mathematics and Science teachers will be given four-day training.
The training sessions by Agastya Foundation and Infosys Foundation will continue till July 16, with four days slotted for each district. In each batch, 150 teachers--50 teachers each of Mathematics, Physics and Biology subjects--will be trained.
All district educational officers have been instructed to send a list of teachers not exceeding 180, covering all government schools. DEOs of a few districts have already sent the list with teacher names.