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EDITORIAL

or students to acquire 21st-century skills, there is an utmost need to customize academic
learning with research and innovation. Upgradation of students' knowledge is crucial for
Ftomorrow's innovation. The desire to learn and innovate in students originates from the
teacher's innovative teaching models and methodologies. When a subject is taught experimentally
to a student, it will cultivate curiosity in them to apply the learned concepts in real-worldsituations.
The continuous practice of learning by doing will bring a change in the way education is looked at
and help nourish today's generation for shaping tomorrow's future in the field of Science and
Technology. Giving impetus to innovative teaching models and methodologies that have a vital role
in developing innovative minds, we bring to you the innovative teaching learning model and
Innovative teaching methodology that received a Silver Medal at the 2nd Indian Science Techno
Festival ISTF, 2022. It is followed by the student winners at Jawaharlal Nehru National Science
Mathematics Environment Exhibition 2020 and 2021 and students' analysis of water usage and
carbon footprint through the Rashtriya Avishkar Saptah Programme.
With schools closed for almost two years due to the pandemic, the schools of all managements
in the state conducted online classes. Every new initiative will have its Pros and Cons. Although
online classes had prevented the loss of the academic year and allowed children to experience virtual
learning and learn more about technology, home-based learning has hampered students' reading
ability. To curb this, the Telangana state kicked off the Read Campaign Programme, an initiative
by the Department of School Education and Literacy under the Ministry of Education, Government
of India. The programme aims to improve students' reading ability through effective reading
strategies by strengthening libraries and organizing competitions. I am delighted to see school
heads, teachers, parents, local communities, and non-governmental organizations coming together
to make the programme a success. The improvement in students' reading standards that I have
noticed is appreciable. I wish it continues and goes beyond the objective of just improving the
reading ability to a proclivity towards reading a wide variety of books that can make students
knowledgeable.
In this edition, we reflect on the Read Campaign Programme and the English Learning
Enrichment Course for Teachers, a massive programme organized both offline and online. This
programme aims to encourage teachers to speak in English and help them become proficient with
the language well before the state-run schools use English as the medium of instruction from the
next academic year. We hope this edition gives you a glimpse of the state’s activities and showcases
innovative models for teachers and students.

Director of School Education
Government of Telangana

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