Union Education Minister launched the 'Padhe Bharat'

Highlights:

• Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched the 'Padhe Bharat' 100-day Reading Campaign on 1 January.

• The Padhe Bharat Campaign was launched to help students improve their academic performance.
• It is a significant step toward improving learning levels because it fosters creativity, critical thinking, vocabulary, and the ability to express oneself verbally and in writing.
• It will assist children in making connections with their surroundings and real-life situations.
• The campaign will cover children in Balvatika from kindergarten to eighth grade. 
• On January 1, 2022, the Padhe Bharat campaign began.
• It will take place over the course of 100 days, or 14 weeks. On April 10, 2022, it will come to an end.
• The campaign was launched with the goal of involving all stakeholders, including children, educational administrators, teachers, parents, the community, and others, at both the national and state levels.
• One activity has been designed per week for each group as part of the 100 days campaign, with the goal of making reading enjoyable and creating a lifelong association with the joy of reading.
• A comprehensive guideline on the Reading Campaign, as well as an age-appropriate weekly calendar of activities, has been prepared by the Ministry.
• All of the guidelines were developed in collaboration with states and union territories. 
• The goals and vision of the "foundational Literacy and Numeracy mission" have also been aligned with the reading campaign.
• The campaign will also emphasize Indian languages such as mother tongues, regional languages, and local languages.
• In order to achieve this goal, the campaign has been linked to "International Mother Tongue Day," which takes place on 21 February.