Education minister launches 100-day reading campaign ‘Padhe Bharat’

The Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has launched 100-days reading campaign to improve learning levels of students. “Children studying in Balvatika to class 8 will be part of this campaign. The reading campaign will be organised for 100 days (14 weeks) starting from January 1 to April 10, 2022. The reading campaign aims to have the participation of all stakeholders at national and state level including children, teachers, parents, community, educational administrators etc,” a senior education ministry official said.
“The 100 days campaign will be continued for 14 weeks and one activity per week per group has been designed with the focus on making reading enjoyable and building a lifelong association with the joy of reading. A comprehensive guideline on the Reading Campaign with age-appropriate weekly calendar of activities has been prepared and shared with states and union territories,” he added.