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The Hindu Bureau

Project to enhance reading, writing and arithmetic skills of students to take wing soon in Ernakulam district of Kerala

A comprehensive quality enhancement programme for students of Classes I to VII will be launched in around 190 schools in Ernakulam as part of the State-wide initiative by the General Education department in Kerala.

The key objective of the project is to improve the reading, writing and basic Mathematics skills of learners in the primary classes. In the first phase of the project, children in Classes I to IV will be equipped with the necessary skills for reading and writing. Titled ‘Samagragunamenma Padhathi’, the project is expected to be rolled out within a month.

Department officials stated that the aim is to ensure the basic reading and writing abilities of the children. The focus will be on how to help them avoid mistakes while reading/writing a word or a sentence. The authorities have developed learning modules as part of the project. The process of including new areas into the modules is progressing and the project will be launched after making necessary amendments, they said.

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