EMRS PGT case studies
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EMRS PGT is the Post Graduate Teacher recruitment examination for Eklavya Model Residential Schools, which are managed by the National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS), an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India. NESTS describes itself as dedicated to providing quality education to tribal children across the country, and it manages EMRS and CoE for Sports to promote holistic learning and development. The EMRS PGT case studies are 5 cases and about 3,685 words.
1One Potentiometer, Six Weeks, Thirty-Two Candidates
A newly posted PGT Physics joins an EMRS with 32 Class XII students, 26 of them first-generation learners. The laboratory is a 9 m × 6 m room holding four working rheostats, two ammeters, one 12 V battery eliminator and a single 0–30 V power supply; six students share a bench built for two.
761 words, about 4 min2Reading the Errors Behind a Mean of 14
A PGT Mathematics in an EMRS teaches Class IX with 42 students. The 40-mark unit test on polynomials and linear equations in two variables produced a mean of 14, with 15 students below 10 marks and only 4 above 30.
721 words, about 4 min3Kurukh at Home, English on the Board, and a Bruised Hand
A newly recruited PGT takes charge of Class VIII Science in a residential EMRS. Of 38 students, 31 speak Kurukh or Santhali at home, and the school's medium is English although most students think in Hindi.
745 words, about 4 min4Twenty-Four New Admissions and Three Full Buses
An EMRS with 316 enrolled students draws from 14 hamlets. Three buses with sanctioned seating of 52, 42 and 32 run fixed routes.
754 words, about 4 min5Thirty Scripts, Two Free Periods
A PGT English takes Class XI in an EMRS. The first writing task - a 200-word description of a village festival - produced 30 scripts containing these recurring sentences: (i) 'My village festival is celebrate in the month of October.' (ii) 'All the peoples are coming to the ground.' (iii) 'We was very happy that day.' (iv) 'I am living near the school since ten years.' (v) 'The dance are very beautiful.' Nine students reproduced a passage from a guidebook almost verbatim.
704 words, about 4 min