Moga, May 29
At a time when the second wave of Covid is at its peak and children are studying from home, the government is organising online summer camps for government school students.
In these camps, the emphasis is being laid on English and social studies subjects. The Education Department claims efforts have been made to make summer vacation useful. The activities of various subjects have been listed under the project ‘Padho Punjab’ by the State Council of Education Research and Training.
Education officials said a total of 13 activities had been suggested for English subject, including “handwriting, public speaking, show and tell, storytelling, poem recitation, newspaper/ book review and scrap book preparation. Media research officer Dr Davinder Singh Chhina said: “Under social studies, students have been asked to prepare a map of school/village/home, to make scrapbooks from different types of soils, to collect scrapbooks by collecting pictures of historical buildings and patriots.” — TNS
Summer camps go online; storytelling, art projects in offing
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