Tripura launches workbooks for all classes to help students study at home: Report

NEW DELHI: The Tripura government has introduced workbooks for students of Classes 1 to 12 to help them study at home during the pandemic situation, the Indian Express said. The books have been prepared by the State Council of Educational Research (SCERT) and will be distributed for free, the report said.

Education minister Ratan Lal Nath reportedly said at the end of a 5-day training programme of Key Resource Persons (KRPs) under Nistha 2.0 that his government has decided to provide workbooks for students studying from Class 1 to 12 free of cost soon to make sure they could be well prepared at home, as per report.

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“Generally, students buy guidebooks and notes from outside. Workbooks of total 85 subjects have been launched today. State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) has decided to launch workbooks for Class 1 to 12 and accordingly, we have launched workbooks of total 85 subjects today. This is the first initiative of its type adopted across the country”, Nath was quoted as saying.

The workbooks will include practice sets and exercises to develop the meta-thinking faculty of students, the report said.

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All educational institutions in the state including schools, colleges and universities reopened from January 31. Education minister said this decision was taken by the state government in consultation with the directors of the state health and education departments to compensate for the learning losses and mental wellness of the students.

As the schools were closed most of the time of the last two years, the students could not meet their friends and they also suffered learning losses, he said.

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"The UNICEF recently observed that keeping schools closed is way higher than dangers of keeping them open. The World Bank has also cautioned that the students had suffered a lot and mental health of students had broken down", Nath told reporters, adding that examinations would be held as per schedule.