Doorstep school library initiative aims to revive reading habits in Thoothukudi
A new initiative called the 'Doorstep School Library' has been launched in Thoothukudi to encourage reading among children during summer holidays. The program involves delivering library books directly to students' homes, with books categorized by reading levels. The initiative has received positive feedback from parents and aims to combat the decline in reading skills during the break.
- ▪The 'Doorstep School Library' initiative was started by the headmaster of a government primary school in Vallanadu.
- ▪Books are classified into levels to gradually develop reading skills among children.
- ▪The initiative will be expanded to middle schools in Kovilpatti block, with a pilot program starting soon.
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In an initiative to revive reading habits among the children, the head master of government primary school at Vallanadu in Thootukudi district has taken up the ‘Doorstep School Library’ initiative during the summer holidays.The ‘Doorstep school library’ (veedu thedi varum palli noolagam) was designed by S. Sivakumar, former principal, District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), Kanchipuram. The main objective of the programme is to foster reading skills by taking school library books directly to their homes.As part of the initiative, activity based books distributed through the school education department are being widely used. The books are classified into levels ‘enter, walk, run and fly,’ to gradually inculcate reading habits, starting from basic to advanced levels.A.
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