Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday acted as a teacher when he narrated a story for school kids as part of radio learning programme started by Dept of School Education from April 1.
Inaugurating the programme, Chouhan on radio shared the inspirational tale of Arjun taking an aim at bird’s eye, an episode from epic Mahabharat. With this story, the Chief Minister urged the kids to stay focussed towards their goal in life.
For a better future, you need to remain focussed to your goal all the time, Chouhan told the school kids. The Dept of School Education was to initiate fresh
academic session from April 1 but as the schools have been closed down die to corona scare, the department has decided to introduce radio and digital learning programme.
Starting with the radio programme, an hour long daily programme to be aired on radio, the department also plans to introduce Whatsapp learning module where the kids would be connected to teachers through social messenger.
Meanwhile, the hour-long programme on radio would be comprise stories and subject knowledge lessons.
Whatsapp groups also have been formed so that subject experts could share videos on English, Mathes and other subjects. The group would have new five-minute videos daily.
These videos would also comprise fun activities the kids could do at home.
Students from class I to VIII would be offered writing assignments on this group daily. The parents have been asked to ask their wards to revise lessons at home.
Helpline numbers have been issued so that parents could consult the experts in case of having issues with the lessons.
Several private schools too have started digital learning programme offering assignments and activity tasks on Whatsapp groups to students.