Reading Literacy Campaign in the name of "We Love Reading" -Launching on 26th November-lssue of detailed implementation guidelines

0ne of the main aims of Education is holistic development of a student's personality.

Schools are providing learning opportunities to students to improve their learning skills,

Reading is one of the major skill in the education system, In addition, reading can be a fun

and imaginative time for children, which opens doors to all kinds of new worlds for

them. Reading skills have a profound influence on the development of their cognitive skills.

Reading helps students to develop better critical and analytical skills and cultivates

confidence and creativity among students. Government felt that the ability to read with

comprehension is a necessary foundation and an indispensable prerequisite for bright

future. The habit of reading can best be inculcated and nurtured at the early stage of a

student's life and there is dire necessity to have a time bound action plan. In this gigantic

task, all the stakeholders including parents, community and civil society organizations

should actively be involved. HM's and teachers should play a key role in the entire

programme,

In this context Government have decided to implement special campaign named

"We Love Reading"(Chadavadam Maakishtam) to promote Foundational Reading Literacy

skills among students of class 3 to class 9. In this regard GO RT no.220 was issued, In this

mission mode campaign all children are provided with different avenues at school, home &

village to read in a joyful environment, Teachers, parents, youth, retired persons,

academicians, NGOs etc. will have to take lead role to run the campaign.