GOVT. COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, JAMMUResearch Hub in Education and Teacher Education

GOVT. COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, JAMMU

PRESS RELEASE 07.10.2022

GCOE organizes one-day workshop on

Role of SPSS in Educational Research

Research Hub in Education and Teacher Education of Government College of Education today organized one-day workshop on "Role of Statistical Package For Social Sciences (SPSS) in Educational Research" The workshop was organized under the patronship of Mr Rohit Kansal (IAS)

Principal Secretary to the Government, Higher Education Department, Union Territory of

Jammu and Kashmir and guidance of Mr Rakesh Badyal, Special Secretary Higher

Education Department and Prof Dr Yasmeen Ashai, Director Colleges, HED J&K UT.

In the workshop, all the constituent colleges and schools of the Cluster University of Jammu along with Spoke Colleges of Research hub of GCOE participated The workshop started with the lighting of ceremonial lamp by the Principal of the Government College of Education Prof Aekta Gupta, chief guest Dr Zubair Kales, Dean Faculty of Education, Cluster University of Jammu and Dr Hardeep Chahal of Department of Commerce, University of Jammu and Prof Parmil Kumar, Professor and Head, Department of Statistics, University of Jammu, who were the Resource person for two technical sessions

In her presidential address, Principal of GCOE Prof Aekta Gupta said that the New Education Policy seeks to introduce and implement sea of changes across all levels of education. She said that all out efforts are being made to encourage research work in the GCOE as NEP intends to create a future where the child is at the heart of research-based and individualized learning

"We are working towards cultivating skills among students, including critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity and digital literacy", she added

In his address, Dr Zubair Kales, Dean Faculty of Education, Cluster University of Jammu mentioned that such workshops would help to enhance the knowledge in statistical analysis and interpretation through SPSS.

Dr Sushma Bala, Coordinator Research Hub explained the importance of

research development process especially for the researchers and shared the activitiesOrganizing Secretary Dr. Shubhra Jamwal said that the workshop is aimed at providing sound fundamental base to the concepts and practical training through the