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The Hindu
07-05-2025
- General
- The Hindu
T.N. school education department to roll out measures to improve students' proficiency in English
In an effort to improve students' proficiency in English, the School Education Department plans to roll out new initiatives to enhance their reading and writing skills in the upcoming academic year. 'Students require an opportunity to step up and speak in a classroom which will improve their command over the language. There is a need to create that space. The new initiative 'Level Up' will focus on these areas,' said a senior official from the School Education Department. It will run parallel to the newly announced Thiran initiative. Focusing on students of Class 6,7,8 and 9, it will focus on reading skills, writing skills and teacher training. Under these areas, activities such as phonics and phonemic awareness, book clubs, comprehension strategies, writing workshops, journaling and peer review among other areas will be the focus. The department has already been implementing Vassipu Iyyakkam programme, library hour and various clubs in an effort to promote reading habit among students. 'We will also be training teachers on the best practices modeled in classrooms apart from involving parents in reading and using technology to aid the programme,' the official added. In this regard, a preliminary discussion was held at the beginning of May where five teachers from each district shared insights into the best practices adopted to develop the students' proficiency in the language. 'These will be compiled in a booklet which would be shared with the teachers to adopt in their classroom. The move will help enhance classroom activity and teaching tools. Further, every month there would be monitoring meetings by the Chief Education Officer, District Education Officer and others to check the implementation of the programme, and collect feedback,' the official added.
The Hindu
06-05-2025
- General
- The Hindu
School education department to roll out measures to improve students' proficiency in English
In an effort to improve students' proficiency in English, the School Education Department plans to roll out new initiatives to enhance their reading and writing skills in the upcoming academic year. 'Students require an opportunity to step up and speak in a classroom which will improve their command over the language. There is a need to create that space. The new initiative 'Level Up' will focus on these areas,' said a senior official from the School Education Department. It will run parallel to the newly announced Thiran initiative. Focusing on students of Class 6,7,8 and 9, it will focus on reading skills, writing skills and teacher training. Under these areas, activities such as phonics and phonemic awareness, book clubs, comprehension strategies, writing workshops, journaling and peer review among other areas will be the focus. The department has already been implementing Vassipu Iyyakkam programme, library hour and various clubs in an effort to promote reading habit among students. 'We will also be training teachers on the best practices modeled in classrooms apart from involving parents in reading and using technology to aid the programme,' the official added. In this regard, a preliminary discussion was held at the beginning of May where five teachers from each district shared insights into the best practices adopted to develop the students' proficiency in the language. 'These will be compiled in a booklet which would be shared with the teachers to adopt in their classroom. The move will help enhance classroom activity and teaching tools. Further, every month there would be monitoring meetings by the Chief Education Officer, District Education Officer and others to check the implementation of the programme, and collect feedback,' the official added.
