Sub: School Education – “We Love Reading” – To inculcate the habit of
reading among the students – Issue library books to the students
during the summer vacation – Issue Instructions to all the Deputy
Educational Officers, Mandal Educational Officers / Headmasters –
Certain Instructions – Issued
Read This office Proc. Rc. No. 24/A&I/2022, dated: 23.4.2022
The attention of all the Regional Joint Directors of School Education /
all the District Educational Officers in the State is invited to the subject
cited above and they are informed that in the ref. 1st read above
necessary instructions were already issued to them to run the schools for
the students upto 5th May, 2022 duly declaring the summer holidays from
6
th May, 2022 and schools will be reopened on 4th July, 2022 for the
Academic Year 2022.23
Further they are informed that one of the main aims of the
Education is the holistic development of a student’s personality. Schools
are providing learning opportunities to the students to improve their
learning skills. Reading is one of the major skills in the education system.
In addition, reading can be a fun and imaginative time for children, which
opens doors to all kinds of new worlds for them. Reading skills have a
profound influence on the development of their cognitive skills. Reading
skill is crucial and should be inculcated among the students by
encouraging them to take books from the library and to become a
continuous and lifelong reader.
Further, informed that this is the right time for implementation of the
“We Love Reading Programme” (WLR) for a systemic transformation
of all the students from non.readers to fluent readers with complete
comprehension by encouraging the students to read a good number of
library books during the summer vacation.
Hence, following instructions are issued to the Headmasters and
Teachers for implementation of the We Love Reading Programme in the
schools:.
i. To distribute the library books to the students before (closing of the
academic year) the last working day of the school for the academic
year 2021.22.
ii. The books will be distributed according to their standard and reading ability.
iii. Inform the students to exchange the books among the students in
their villages/ wards after completion of reading the books which
they have taken
iv. After 30 days the Headmasters shall ask the students to come to
school to take new books and to return old books.
v. And also inform the students to be ready to perform various
activities such as storytelling story writing, elocution, debates,
discussions, performing arts like drama, playlet, mono action etc., on
reopening day from the books which they have read.
vi. And also inform them special appreciation shall be given to the
students who have read 20 and more books during the summer
vacation.
Follow up activities will be taken up by SCERT in the next
academic year to assess the implementation of We Love Reading
Programme in the Schools. Student wise, teacher wise and school wise
assessment will be undertaken and best performers in different categories
will be felicitated. Further, “We love reading” will be appropriately
incorporated in the academic calendar from next year as an integral
component.
Therefore, all Regional Joint Directors of School Education and District
Educational Officers in the State are requested to issue above instructions
to all Field Ofcers and Headmasters of Govt. / ZP / Aided Management
Schools in the State to implement the We Love Reading programme to
inculcate the habit of reading among the students and to utilize the
summer holidays effectively