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DCPCR begins reading campaign in child care institutes
The Hindu
To work towards enhancing the foundational literacy and numeracy skills of children, The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) has begun a “Reading Campaign” in Child Care Institutes
To work towards enhancing the foundational literacy and numeracy skills of children, The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) has begun a “Reading Campaign” in Child Care Institutes (CCI). The programme was started after the the Commission undertook a baseline assessment of all children in CCIs in July, which highlighted that 52% of kids are able to read words in Hindi and 55% able to identify two-digit numbers. DCPCR Chairperson Anurag Kundu said intervention to strengthen the learning levels of children in CCIs similar to the Government of Delhi’s flagship programme Mission Buniyaad, which has shown up to 22% overall improvement in foundational literacy and numeracy of children (BCG Report, 2021).More Related News