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Read Campaign Programme:

A Trip Back to the Libraries

he 21st century de- gramme took shape in collaboration
mands the mind of new with the State Council of Education
ideas, creativity, critical Research and Training, Telangana,
thinking, good vocabu- Save the Children, Room to Read,
Tlary, knowledge about and United Nations International
diverse fields, and communication Children's Emergency Fund
skills in students. Inculcation of the (UNICEF).
once-lost reading habit will enhance Before taking the programme to
students' reading abilities, improve schools, the state core team consti-
their academic performance and in- tuted SRGs, Samagra Shiksha,
troduce students to diverse topics SCERT resource persons, and
outside the classroom. For this, es- NGOs. Based on students' reading
tablishing a school library and ability and in coherence with the in- plement the programme smoothly. parents, and supporting schools for
scheduling a library period into the structions from the Department of effective execution.
regular timetable is crucial besides School Education and Literacy un- Monitoring Mechanism To ensure smooth learning while
several reading strategies. Keeping der the Ministry of Education, the also carefully gauging and improving
in mind the necessity of allowing state circulated the guidelines to The monitoring teams with core each student's reading ability, the
students to get acquainted with schools. team members and department offi- schools divide the total number of
reading and mitigate the gaps in The 'Reading Campaign Pro- cials reach out to every school on a students in each class into groups
reading and writing caused by gramme' objective is to allow stu- monthly basis with a predetermined based on their reading capacities.
home-based learning during the dents to Read, Enjoy, and Develop. monitoring format to keep track of This encourages peer learning as the
pandemic, the government of Telan- The campaign is witnessing active the programme implementation group of students who can read flu-
gana kicked off the 100-day Reading participation from students in and get feedback from the students ently helps to improve the reading
Campaign Programme on February Telangana State Government and teachers. The monitoring for- skills of the other groups whose
5, 2022, by adhering to the guide- Schools under the guidance of teach- mat includes observing students reading ability is relatively poor.
lines rolled out by the Department ers and the supervision of school reading ability, implementing read-
of School Education and Literacy heads. The core teams at the state, ing strategies in the regular teach- Reading Strategies in the Classroom
under the Ministry of Education, district, and mandal levels extend ing-learning process and library pe-
Government of India. The pro- their support for the schools to im- riod, interacting with teachers and As part of the reading campaign

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