In-country workshop on Training of Trainers in Bhutan

In response to a request by Bhutan Media and Communications Institute (BMCI) who joined as one of AIBD’s affiliate members in 2013, AIBD organised and collaborated with BMCI to implement the two week Training of Trainers workshop in Thimpu, Bhutan from 17-27 September 2013.

In response to a request by Bhutan Media and Communications Institute (BMCI) who joined as one of AIBD’s affiliate members in 2013, AIBD organised and collaborated with BMCI to implement the two week Training of Trainers workshop in Thimpu, Bhutan from 17-27 September 2013.

Bhutan Media and Communications Institute (BMCI) was registered as a training institute in Bhutan in 2011. Though BMCI had the expertise in media but they did not have in-house expertise in managing the training institute they had to carry out the training with their network of professional and experienced trainers and institutions who were willing to support BMCI’s initiatives. Also since there was an acute shortage of trained trainers in Bhutan the Institute was literally dependent on foreign trainers to carry out in-country training.

The two week training on Training of Trainers workshop organised by AIBD and hosted by BMCI was attended by those who were already working as trainers, reporters and also by content specialists who had sufficient experience in their respective fields desiring to become trainers.

The consultant was Mr Y K Sharma, Advisor (Trg. & HRD) at Broadcast Engineering Consultants (BECIL) in India who is an experienced trainer on training methodology and is familiar with AIBD’s standardized curriculum for Training of Trainers.

The focus of the training was ‘learning by doing’. One of the highlights of the workshop was the individual micro teaching presentations applying the methodologies and the techniques learnt during the training to impart knowledge and skills to others on either formal or on-the-job training. According to Ms Pushpa Chettri Director of BMCI “Micro teaching towards the end captured the whole essence of the program and was a huge success. It was the most challenging and interesting experience.”

After the conclusion of the workshop BMCI management is confident that they will be able to plan, organize, conduct, monitor and evaluate structured training programmes, using practical projects to transfer knowledge and skills and also apply the principles of adult learning in core competency development programmes using a variety of training methodologies.