Nipun Haryana Mission catches fancy of Lankan edu ministry

18-MEMBER DELEGATION WILL VISIT PRIMARY SCHOOLS TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMME

- Pawan Sharma

CHANDIGARH: The Nipun Haryana Mission, designed to equip primary school students with essential foundational skills, has caught the attention of the Sri Lankan government.

An 18-member delegation of Sri Lanka's ministry of education, led by deputy director general of national institute of education, who is the pedagogy in charge for overall education system at the national level will visit primary schools and hold interactive sessions to understand how Haryana has implemented Nipun, a national flagship programme. Haryana school education department has drawn out an extensive plan for the three-day visit beginning on February 11 from Gurugram, government officials said.

The delegation held interactive sessions on Monday in Delhi with the different Union government officials. The delegation comprises Sri Lankan national institute of education's director of the department of early childhood development and primary education; director of policy and planning (ministry of education); deputy directors and assistant directors of primary education; and senior officials from UNICEF Sri Lanka, including the chief of education, education specialists, and education officers.