70 finalists from 10 districts showcase their
talent under various themes
SRINAGAR, MARCH 03: Minister for Education Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari
today inaugurated a Division-level Exhibition at Girl’s
Higher Secondary School, Kothi Bagh in which the students from 10 districts of
Kashmir participated.
The exhibition was part of the Winter Camp organized
by Directorate of School Education, Kashmir for the students of elementary
classes of 3rd to 7th. Pratham Education Foundation
(J&K) also collaborated in organising the exhibition. Director Education,
Kashmir, Dr G.N Itoo, Joint Director Education and incharge Winter
Camp, Abid Hussain, Affiliates of State Media Centre, Kashmir, representatives
of Pratham Education Foundation and other concerned officials of Education
Department were present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion Altaf Bukhari said that
over the last two months, around 900 winter camps were established in different
zones of Kashmir Division in which more than one lakh students from both
government and private schools were benefited from free winter tuitions.
He said that the Winter Camp is a fun based
learning project in which students are involved in extracurricular activities
like model making, drawing, craft designing, drama, skits, presentation skills,
group work etc. Around 3600 teachers were actively engaged in the camps.
It was informed that the competition was conducted
in three stages. At first stage, students participated at zonal level
involving ten winter camps per zone. At second stage,
the students competed at District level and today at third stage
a total of 70 students from ten districts participated in the finals by
exhibiting their talent in model making,
drawing, craft etc. The items showcased by the students were based on different
themes including Math, Drawing, Craft, English, Social Science and Urdu.
Altaf Bukhari also interacted with the participants
and said that the Department will continue to involve students in various
extracurricular activities where they can showcase their talent. He said that
more such programmes will be organized where larger number
of students will get a chance to participate. He also appealed the parents to
boost the morale of their children by encouraging them in such activities and
by taking active part
in the programmes organized in schools.
On the occasion, the Minister said that the
Education Department has charted an academic calendar that will have a schedule
for extracurricular activities to be followed by the schools.
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