Samagra Shiksha, AP Quality Initiatives Conduct of summer reading program to all the children from classes 3rd to 10th in all types of schools under government management i.e., ZP Schools, Municipal, all types of residential schools, Model schools, KGBVs, Ashram schools, etc. during summer vacation Instructions Issued.
All the RJDSES, DEOs are hereby informed that it is planried to conduct reading program during summer vacation for the children from the classes 3rd to 10thin all types of schools under government management i.e... ZP Schools, Municipal, All types of residential schools, Model schools, KGBVs, Ashram schools, etc.Reading is an important skill which makes children confident and enable them for self-learning. It engages children with books and in deep reading and enjoy the books. Reading books keeps away children from social media and TV. Reading library books promote fluency in reading and reading comprehension. It improves the children imagination, thought and expression and other cognitive abilities. Ultimately a culture of reading will be developed to the younger generations and it continues as a lifelong habit. Reading Comprehension helps the children to comprehend the concepts discussed in the textbooks on their own with little support from the teachers. It reduces the teachers burden in making them to participate in the classroom teaching learning process. Therefore, all efforts must be focused to make books available to the children and make them to read and conduct post reading activities as an important strategy to improve learning in a sustainable way.
In this regard the headmasters and teachers of all types of schools. shall be informed to take out all library books from almirahs and classify class wise and books to be issued to all children from classes 3rd to 10th (children now entering from 9th to 10th) so as to make them read during summer vacation and speak about the books to the family members and friends and write book reviews.
Further it is informed that the officials of the district and mandal public libraries are issuing books to the school children in the schools nearby the libraries. In this regard the headmasters are informed to keep one teacher as incharge to receive the books from public libraries and issue books in turn to the children and collect when schools reopen and return to the public libraries. The DEOs has to talk with Secretary Zilla Grandhalaya Samstha of their district for the necessary arrangements to issue the books to the schools. This develops a culture of reading among young children and improves the public utility of public libraries too in future.
The detail guidelines to the schools on the utilisation of library books during summer vacation is enclosed. The guidelines are pertaining to issue of library books to the children before schools closed for summer vacation and on how to exchange the books among the children living in the same villages and wards and conduct of post reading activities, etc.
The MEOs of 1 & 2 has to monitor the program in their mandals and see that all the schools issue the books to the children and also monitor how effectively the children are reading the books, sharing with friends and family members and how effectively the summer reading program is being conducted.
The headmasters, teachers, MEOs and DEOs also has to read the books pertaining to education, pedagogy (classroom teaching learning process), curriculum, assessment, education philosophy and books written by great philosophers and educationists from east and west and write reviews and upload it into the Samagra Shiksha website. All the RJDSES, DEOs are instructed to issue the guidelines to all the field functionaries on the summer reading program (enclosed) and monitor that the children from classes 3rd to 10th read the books during summer vacation and as well as to conduct post reading activities when the schools reopen after summer vacation.
Encls: Guidelines
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