The State Government has launched "Pustakotsav" competition to enhance teachers’ interest in text-books and increase their academic contribution. The competition will continue till August next year. Teachers of all primary and middle schools can take part in it. The Government has issued detailed directives regarding it to all district collectors.
The competition will be held at Sankul level and assessment will be made at State level. The competition will be based on the subject-wise text-books taught in Classes from I to V and VI to VIII standards.
For the competition, teachers will have to go through text-books of their group in accordance with school. Teachers of primary schools will read all text-books of Class I to V and teachers of Class VI to VIII will undertake subject-wise study of text-books of their respective groups.
Science and Maths teachers will study text-books of Science, English, teachers of Social Science group text-books of science and Hind and teachers of language group will study concering text-books out of all languages and those taught in social science group.
Collectors have been directed to ensure necessary arrangements at every level.
All Sankul Kendras will seek consent of minimum one teacher from every school by December 15. They will be registered at Sankul Kendra where the competition will be held on June 22, 2015 from 11 am to 2 pm.
Competition will be in writing. Copies of the teachers standing first, second and third at division level will be sent to DIET/DRC. Re-checking of copies collected at the district level will be done by lecturers and senior teachers posted at the district level and a merit list prepared.
Answer-sheets of teachers standing first, second and third at district level will be sent to Rajya Shiksha Kendra by July 15.
Answer sheets received at the State level will be re-checked and a merit list prepared. First, second and third winners will be declared according to merit list. Every participant of the competition will be given certificate. Teachers standing first, second and third at every level will be felicitated on August 15.
Thus, the second phase of the competition will come to a close on this date.
Further information about the competition may be obtained from Rajya Shiksha Kendra’s telephone number 0755-2768391.