Pappakurichi Govt Schoolkids Make Newspaper Reading a New Holiday Habit

STUDENTS of the Government Adi Dravidar Welfare Primary School at Pappakurichi in Thiruverumbur union of the district brought their parents along on the last working day on Wednesday for a session aimed at replacing their idle time during the summer vacation with a seemingly simple active learning activity: newspaper reading.

- PEARSON LENEKAR SR @Tiruchy

While no hands went up when headmaster DR Dhanabal asked how many of the over 50 participants subscribe to a newspaper, the latter went on to read headlines from the newspapers made available aloud, hunted for word meanings and even drafted their own news reports.