- DIMAPUR — As part
of its ongoing efforts to strengthen inclusive education (IE) practices across
the state, the Samagra Shiksha Nagaland (SSN) organised a comprehensive
in-service training programme for IE resource persons and coordinators along
with focused sessions on the development of teaching-learning materials (TLM)
and exhibition showcasing innovative educational tools at Morung Hall of the
Directorate of School Education in Kohima.
- The training was focused on capacitating the resource
persons and coordinators in inclusive pedagogical approaches, to equip
participants with knowledge and skills for developing individualised education
plans (IEPs), to provide exposure to various therapeutic interventions that
support children with special needs, to promote the use and creation of
contextually relevant and child-friendly TLM and to foster innovation through a
competitive exhibition of self-developed TLM.

Government officials along with inclusive education resource
persons and coordinator during the training in Kohima on Friday.
- An update from SSN stated that Kopele Tepa, founder and
proprietor of Bumblebee Inclusive School, took sessions on the development and
implementation of individualized education plans (IEP) and strategies for
creating and managing an inclusive classroom environment that addresses the
diverse needs of all learners.
- It stated that Rukuse Sakhrie conducted asession on music
therapy, emphasising its role in enhancing cognitive, emotional and social
development among children with special needs.
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