Chhattisgarh

• 31 Dec 2021

Campaign for Language and Mathematical Skills will be Run in Schools from New Year

Why in News

• Recently, the Education Department of Chhattisgarh said that a campaign will be launched from the new year for special education of basic education and mathematics of children studying in schools. Children up to class VIII will be made proficient in this 100-day long campaign.

Key Points

• According to the information received from the Education Department, instructions have been issued in this regard to all the District Education Officers, Principal Diet, District Mission Coordinator, Samagra Shiksha. The instruction suggests language and math activities for 14 weeks in the campaign.
• All the districts and blocks will prepare the language and mathematics related Professional Learning Community (PLC) material at their own level.
• During the Corona lockdown, teachers in the state innovated under 'Padhai Tuhar Duar' to continue the studies of school children. In the second year, under Padhai Tuhar Duar-2.0, various competitions were organized from cluster to district level, giving practice of reading, writing, math, science experiments and making group projects.
• The judges in these competitions were selected from amongst the community and parents. This created a good atmosphere in the schools of the state, for which it is planned to implement this program to continue it further.
• Arrangements will be made to provide course material through social media to schools at local level in advance by designing interesting activities by extending week wise, subject wise material through Professional Learning Community (PLC) at local level.