Govt school tries U-shape seating to improve student engagement
Anita Rani, the school principal, said that since implementing the new system, attentiveness among school children has increased. The decision was inspired by methods followed in govt schools of Tamil Nadu, she said.
"I joined the school as principal in this academic session and thought that we should start something new to increase students' engagement in the class. That is when I decided to change the seating pattern to U-shape and reorganised the furniture accordingly.
The idea was to remove the gap between backbenchers or front seaters and ensure that the teacher pays attention to all students equally," Rani said.
She added that the initiative started on July 25, and since then, the school administration has noticed that the attendance of students improved, with 100% attendance on most days. In this upper primary school, a total of 98 students are enrolled at present, and applications are still being received for admission this year."With
the good response, we are working to start classes 9 and 10, too. It has already been approved by the govt," the principal said.
Officials said the school education department will write to school heads to implement this system in all schools where there is sufficient furniture for the enrolled students.
"We will write to all school heads to either follow this or start new initiatives which will help bring all students on the same platform. Not all schools have sufficient furniture as enrolment is increasing, but it will be provided by the department to implement such innovative methods," said an official from the education directorate.
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