Group reading : excellent idea
Urdu Academy conducts group-reading camp
AS part of celebrating 2006 as the "Year of Reading" announced by the State education department, Gujarat Urdu Sahitya Academy completed its first five-day session for school students on Saturday. The Academy has been allowed special grant of Rs 3 lakh to conduct camps of group reading and related activities in 10 schools this year.
The first camp was organised by Chhipa Welfare Girls High School with participation from three other schools in the city. As per the arrangement, the school concerned is asked to bear the expense and on completion of the event, the money would be reimbursed by the Academy, said V V Pandit, registrar of six academies in the State.
He said that except for Gujarati, each of the academies was assigned to conduct around 10 reading camps. The Gujarati academy is allotted Rs 10 lakh for the activity.
The activities at the camp include address by experts of different fields, eminent writers, authors and columnists.
In the just concluded camp, Mohammad Alvi, Varis Alvi and Dhanraj Pandit interacted with participants. Academy members M G Bombaywala and Nisar Ansari were also there. The Academy plans to organise such camps at Palanpur, Patan, Modasa and Himmatnagar among others, Pandit said.
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AS part of celebrating 2006 as the "Year of Reading" announced by the State education department, Gujarat Urdu Sahitya Academy completed its first five-day session for school students on Saturday. The Academy has been allowed special grant of Rs 3 lakh to conduct camps of group reading and related activities in 10 schools this year.
The first camp was organised by Chhipa Welfare Girls High School with participation from three other schools in the city. As per the arrangement, the school concerned is asked to bear the expense and on completion of the event, the money would be reimbursed by the Academy, said V V Pandit, registrar of six academies in the State.
He said that except for Gujarati, each of the academies was assigned to conduct around 10 reading camps. The Gujarati academy is allotted Rs 10 lakh for the activity.
The activities at the camp include address by experts of different fields, eminent writers, authors and columnists.
In the just concluded camp, Mohammad Alvi, Varis Alvi and Dhanraj Pandit interacted with participants. Academy members M G Bombaywala and Nisar Ansari were also there. The Academy plans to organise such camps at Palanpur, Patan, Modasa and Himmatnagar among others, Pandit said.
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