Joining hands in sharing the joy of reading with every child, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is partnering with Pratham Boo...
Joining hands in sharing the joy of reading with every child, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is partnering with Pratham Books' StoryWeaver to launch a two-year nationwide Reading Mission. The Mission is supported by Central Square Foundation.
The Mission will impact young
learners across CBSE’s network of 25,000 schools, including Kendriya
Vidyalayas, the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, Central Tibetan Schools, schools
run/aided by the state governments and private independent schools.
The main objective of the CBSE
Reading Mission is to promote reading habits among students by setting up a
structured reading framework for schools. Under this Mission, which is in line
with recommendations of the National Education Policy (2020) and the NIPUN
Bharat Guidelines, CBSE schools and teachers will have access to a large
repository of openly licensed high-quality English and Hindi children’s
storybooks and supplementary resources for Grades 1 to 8 via the Pratham Books
Reading Programme. These resources, which can be read for free, will be
available in English and Hindi on Pratham Books’ open-source digital platform,
StoryWeaver (www.storyweaver.org.in). StoryWeaver will support the Reading Mission by empowering
teachers with training materials, and conducting engaging virtual reading
sessions and activities through periodic ‘Teacher Connect’ interactions where
teachers can share best practices, showcase their work and share inputs on the
programme design.
The Reading Mission was launched at
an online symposium on September 20. The event was attended by CBSE school
principals and teachers from across the country. Dr. Joseph Emmanuel, Director
(Academics), CBSE welcomed the gathering, followed by CBSE Chairman Manoj Ahuja
delivering the inaugural address and unveiling the Reading Mission with a
pledge to take the campaign to 25,000+ schools. R. Sriram, Chairperson - Pratham
Books,Rukmini Banerjee, CEO - Pratham, Professor Shailaja Menon from Azim
Premji University and Anustup Nayak, Project Director, Classroom Instruction
& Practice - Central Square Foundation all provided expert perspectives on
developing a culture of joyful reading in schools.
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