Punjab Education Department is all set to start the second phase of its awareness campaign against mass copying from October 17.
State Education Minister Dr Daljit Singh Cheema would formally inaugurate the campaign from Jalandhar during a zonal-level function.
“The ambitious campaign was started form Bathinda on August 28 in 2013. This year, the teachers, principals and children from Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala and Jalandhar districts would take part in the inaugural function of ‘Nakal Virodhi Abhiyan’ to be launched from Jalandhar on October 17,” said the department’s spokesperson.
He said that the campaign is joint venture of the state Education Department and Punjab School Education Board (PSEB).
“Under this campaign, essay writing, declamation contest, poem writing and recitation and mini marathon are being organized in each district of the state. All schools from block level to tehsil level take part in these competitions,” he said.
Spokesperson said that there would be total seven zonal functions and all 22 districts would be covered in seven zones. All the prize winners from all 22 districts would be felicitated in zonal functions, he said.
The objective of state government’s Nakal Virodhi campaign is “to generate awareness against mass copying”.
Approximately 1200 principals and teachers are expected to take part in the inaugural function.
“PSEB chairperson Tejinder Kaur Dhaliwal would supervise the whole campaign whereas State Council Educational Research and Training (SCERT)
deputy director Shruti Shukla has been made the convener,” he said.