100 Days Reading Campaign

100 Days Reading Campaign

Ministry of Education, Govt of India has intimated the launch of 100 Days Reading Campaign by the Hon’ble Shiksha Mantri on 1st January 2022 for children studying in Balvatika to class VIII, In continuation to the CBSE Reading Mission , the Board requests Heads of Schools to initiate the 100 Days Reading Campaign for the learners of Balvatika to class VIII on 01/01/2022 A weekly class-wise calendar of activities to be done by children with the help of parents, peers, siblings or other family members is annexed as guidelines for schools The activities done during the campaign are to be documented through images, short videos and testimonials

HOW TO REACH CHILDREN ?

Schools, Homes and Mohallas, and by complete involvement of Local Self Government, IVR service, mobile library,CSO partners on board to reach in different states where they are working,SCERTs/DIETs/School Principals/Teachers to choose reading material, that may include online/offline storybooks, joke books, comic books, poem/rhyme books, silly songs and rap songs, wrappers of market purchases, flash cards and I spy word/sentences cards, Involvement of BRCs/CRCs/parents/family members/Volunteers Secondary/Senior Secondary/ College students/NSS/NYKS to be involved Involving students, teachers, parents, working professionals, celebrities and government representatives

STRATEGY FOR THE CAMPAIGN-

The reading campaign aims to have participation of all stakeholders at national and state level including children, teachers, parents, community, educational administrators etc The 100 days campaign will be continued for fourteen weeks and one activity per week per group has been designed with the focus on making reading enjoyable and build lifelong association with the joy of reading  The developmental goal/learning outcomes to be achieved by this campaign are also given in the activity calendar The weekly calendar of activities has been prepared class wise which should be done by children with the help of teachers, parents, peers, siblings or other family members In order to make the campaign effective, there will be only one activity per week so that children can repeat the activity in the given week and ultimately be able to understand and conduct it independently with peers and siblings. The activities designed have been kept simple and enjoyable and can be easily conducted with the materials/resources available at home as well as Celebration of 21st February as International Mother Tongue Day

DOCUMENTATION-

States and UTs will be encouraged to document the activities and make short videos, testimonials and good images of the campaign The resources found useful will be uploaded on FLN vertical of DIKSHA and repository of best practices at DoSE&L website A Google tracker will be developed for uploading the above resources Link of Google Tracker will be shared soon

GUIDELINES

BALVATIKA

CLASS 1st

CLASS 2nd

CLASS 3rd

CLASS 4th

CLASS 5th

CLASS 6th

CLASS 7th

CLASS 8th

14 Weeks Activity by Government from 1/1/2022 to 10/4/2022, Here Datewise Distribution