ATI Kohima conducts direct trainer skills training for government officers

DIMAPUR — A week-long training on Direct Trainer Skills (DTS) was conducted by the Administrative Training Institute (ATI) Kohima for 12 officers from seven government departments.

The training, which commenced on August 4 concluded on August 8, a DIPR report stated.

“The aim of the Direct Trainer Skills (DTS) course is to provide an opportunity for the trainers to develop their basic instructional skills to enable them to make an effective contribution to the institution’s training programmes,” it stated.

The topics included instructional design, communication skills, facilitation, assessment etc.

The DTS training is part of the Trainers Development Programme (TDP) sponsored by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Government of India.

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The training course was co-ordinated by Joint Director, ATI, Dr. S Rongsen Longkumer and the training sessions were facilitated by two recognised trainers, Lakshmi Narayan Thakur, Deputy Director (Rtd.), Assam Administrative Staff College, and Prof. (Dr.) Soumitra Sen, Royal Global University, Guwahati.

On the concluding day of the training Director General, ATI, V Shashank Shekhar,  while interacting with the participants, encouraged them to utilise the skills and knowledge gained from the training to serve both the government and society effectively, leveraging their diverse backgrounds and expertise.

The participants expressed that the training exceeded their expectation and that were fortunate and satisfied to attend such training, it stated.

The training concluded with Director, ATI, Akunu Meyase, conveying special thanks to the trainers for sharing their valuable knowledge and also expressed her gratitude to the officer trainees for their keen interest, which led to a productive training programme.

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