Chandigarh, February 15: The Education Department has introduced 10 marks for the practical knowledge of English in the final examination of classes VI-VIII from the current session onwards.
Marks for proficiency in the language have been fixed to give an impetus to the ongoing Parho Punjab Parhao Punjab project launched in July last year by Secretary, School Education, Krishan Kumar. More than 10 lakh students of classes VI-X in about 9,000 schools have been taught 1,000 English words each since the exercise began in August. The first evaluation yesterday showed mentionable results and recorded interesting anecdotes.
Krishan Kumar said: “Following detailed discussions with subject experts, we found that the knowledge of an average 2,500 words in English allowed decent conversation skills and of about 5,000 words allowed mentionable writing skills. In the first phase, we have taken just 1,000 words. More will be added in the second phase, which will commence in the next academic session in April.”
Positive public response
There are reports of a positive response to the programme from various sections. For instance, Sarpanch Kulwant Singh Sandhu of Begowal village in Sangrur announced that future earnings from two acres of community land would be given to the village school. Talwandi Sabo Power Limited came forward to sponsor the programme in Mansa district. In Moga, a resident donated books. Organisers at several places gave prizes from their own pockets.
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