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Accelerating the path of returning to normalcy, Asian College of Teachers (ACT) reopened its Kolkata office on 26th July, 2021 after being closed for a period of around 2 months due to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The reopening of the office is being implemented in strict accordance with all the government directed protocols following sanitization, other necessary changes as well as putting new practices in place.

Asian College of Teachers hosted an enlightening panel discussion on ‘Designing post-pandemic classrooms for learners’ on 17th July, 2021. The panel comprised of experts from the field of education like Dr Jayshree Nair (Head of Academics, Futuristic Edu Initiatives), Dr Mala (Dasgupta) Sengupta (Edupreneur & Founder-CEO - Anubhav Institution), Mr. Gopal Dutta (Principal, Gyan Da International School, Nepal), Ms. Celeste B Jacques (Retired Deputy Principal, International School, Thailand) and Mr. Gaurav Poddar (Co-founder and Curriculum Director, Small Wonders Preschool), who shared valuable and top-notch ideas and views with the participants.

When the pandemic threatened to stall our lives last year, Asian College of Teachers (ACT) transitioned and adapted to live online mode of learning for its two popular courses - International Teaching Diploma and TEFL imparting training to candidates across the globe despite the challenges and to provide them the opportunity to attend live classes, have live interaction with facilitators along with their peers, and collaborate in activities using video conferencing technology even during lockdown period. ACT has since received a great response from students joining the live online classes. The live online TEFL was introduced in April 2020, and has since received a whopping 685 enrolments till date. While the ITD program in a webinar mode came into being in August 2020, has recorded an impressive 218 enrolments.

Asian College of Teachers has embedded Micro-teaching in all its online courses. This teacher training method is practiced globally where trainees demonstrate their teaching skills usually through a short video session. This unique feature added in ACT online courses is sure to boost the efficiency and hone the existing skills in aspiring professionals willing to venture into the field of teaching.

Despite the raging pandemic and the continuing unprecedented situation, ACT’s placement cell has successfully placed 26 students in several reputed institutions, schools and training companies since January 2021 with the month of June turning out to be exceptionally good.

Asian College of Teachers (ACT) has added a wide range of lecture videos in its course content comprising instructions by academic experts which will lead to an enhanced understanding of the topic/s by the students. This unique feature of ACT courses would immensely benefit the students in gaining knowledge, developing skills and improving the quality of their teaching as they learn directly from the experts. Trainees will learn to employ the methods in the global classrooms to make learning fun and engaging for 21st century learners.