Twenty-seven Bihar officials took part in the workshop on 6 May and nearly 100 officials participated in sessions held before.
Bihar education officials on Monday, 6 May, took part in a workshop held by the Tamil Nadu school education department on its schemes to further improve the quality of education and better the learning skills of students.
The “Pudhumai Penn Thittam” to encourage girl students to pursue higher education, the “llam Thedi Kalvi” scheme aimed at filling gaps in learning were among the schemes taken up for discussion in the interactive meet with district-level education officials from Bihar, a government press release in Chennai said.
Twenty-seven Bihar officials took part in the workshop on 6 May and nearly 100 officials participated in sessions held before.
The workshop commenced on 22 April and it will conclude on 24 May and total, five sessions have been scheduled to be held on the special initiatives of Tamil Nadu in the field of school education.
About 250 officials from the northern state are set to participate in all the sessions put together.
தமிழ்நாடு அரசு பள்ளிக் கல்வித் துறையால் பீகார் மாநிலக் கல்வி அலுவலர்களுக்கான மூன்றாம் கட்ட பயிற்சி முகாம் (06-05-2024 5 10-05-2024) pic.twitter.com/oWqRyKNyne
— Tamil Nadu School Education Department (@tnschoolsedu) May 6, 2024
The “Illam Thedi Kalvi” scheme addresses the learning gaps due to the Covid-19 pandemic among students in classes 1 to 8 and cash incentive of ₹1,000 per month to each of the beneficiary is a key feature of the Pudhumai Penn Thittam.
The Chief Minister’s Breakfast Scheme for school students, and schools of excellence are among the several initiatives undertaken by the state government’s school education department and all such initiatives were discussed, the release added.
Director of School Education Department G Arivoli led the officials in explaining the state’s initiatives to counterparts from Bihar.
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