Preeti Asthana, a teacher at the Government Composite School in Bhatsar, Varanasi, now confidently interacts with her students in English during classroom sessions. Similarly, Priyanka Singh, a teacher at a Primary School in Jagatpur, also engages with her students in English with newfound confidence. Activities such as confidence-building exercises, vocabulary practice, and pronunciation correction helped teachers overcome their hesitation and speak English fluently. (FOR REPRESENTATION) Asthana and Singh are among the 400 teachers from various government primary and junior schools across two developmental blocks, Araziline and Sewapuri in Varanasi, who attended a six-day English-speaking training programme, Gurushala, conducted by English proficiency experts. “English speaking training is being provided with the goal of improving the English speaking skills of teachers, which will, in turn, benefit the children in the government primary schools,” said Arvind Pathak, Basic Shiksha Adhikari, Varanasi. He said, “English speaking experts from a non-government organisation, Pratham, have so far provided training to over 400 teachers of government primary and upper primary schools. In coming days, at least 2100 more teachers across 1100 schools …