Khotang, May 8: Diktel Rupakot Majhuwagadhi municipality has initiated a 'life-skill literacy campaign' in public schools.
The municipality having 15 wards
has rolled out the campaign in all public schools operated in the municipal
area on every Tuesday.
The Shree Secondary School based in
the municipality-5, Lafyang had initiated the campaign on April 30 (Tuesday)
while Saraswoti Secondary School based in Diktel officially launched the drive
on May 7.
Diktel municipality mayor Tirtha
Raj Bhattarai told RSS that the health professionals had delivered classes on
practical health education at Saraswoti secondary school on Tuesday.
He informed that the campaign has
been put in place in Pancha secondary school with building cleaning and in
Janajagriti secondary school with agro-based activities.
Based on the recommendations of the
educational reform task force formed under the coordination of education
activist Surya Bahadur Rai, the municipality has started the campaign in every
public school.
Acting on the recommendation of the
task force to improve the quality of public schools, the municipality executive
had decided to implement the campaign to conduct project work in addition to
textbooks to the students.
Under the campaign, all the public
schools in the municipality are obliged to prepare an annual action plan which
shall be prepared and implemented in a systematic manner on Tuesday, Rai said.