By Admin 
There is no need to be surprised if now in the morning prayer meeting of any school, children are seen reading newspapers instead of books and narrating the news published in it. This change is not the result of any coincidence, but is part of a new and important initiative of the UP government. The aim of this initiative is to reconnect the children who are getting entangled in mobile phones and screens with studies, thinking and society.
The Secondary and Basic Education Department has decided to make newspapers a part of daily studies in schools to increase the habit of reading among students. In this regard, Additional Chief Secretary of the department, Partha Sarathi Sen Sharma, has issued clear instructions to all the district school inspectors, district basic education officers and divisional education directors. According to these instructions, now it will be mandatory in schools to read newspaper daily, discuss it and keep cuttings of important news.
Under this new arrangement, in the prayer meeting, children will read out the main news from the newspaper and will also explain the meaning of five new words every day. This will improve the language of children and they will get a chance to learn the correct use of words. The Education Department believes that reading newspapers will not only increase children’s interest in reading but will also strengthen their general knowledge.
Screen time is continuously increasing
It has been told in the government order that in today’s time the screen time of children is continuously increasing. Due to spending more time on mobile and other digital means, their interest in books is decreasing. It is also affecting their concentration, thinking ability and emotional understanding. Keeping this in mind, it has been decided to teach newspapers regularly in schools.
By reading newspapers, children will get information about the news of the country and the world. News related to subjects like science, culture, history, sports and environment will broaden their thinking. Along with this, motivational stories published in the newspaper will encourage children to move forward in a positive direction.
Hindi and English newspapers will be available
The government has also decided that newspapers in both Hindi and English languages will be made available in all schools from classes six to 12. This will give students the opportunity to understand and express themselves in both the languages. By having a strong command over the language, children will be able to perform better in debate competitions, speeches and dialogues.
Under this initiative, a group discussion will be conducted in the class on an editorial article once a week in schools. Students will express their views on that topic and will also learn to listen to others. This will increase their confidence and speaking ability.
These will also be organized
Apart from this, small quizzes will be organized in the class on the basis of Sudoku, crosswords and other puzzles published in the newspaper on Saturday or any other day of the week. This will strengthen the thinking and understanding power of children and make studies interesting.
Students of classes six to eight will be motivated to prepare scrapbooks from news cuttings related to science, environment and sports. This activity will increase creativity in children and they will learn to read news carefully.
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