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Over 850 pupil leaders from authorities mediate schools crossed the six blocks of Nagapattinam territory participated successful a peculiar enactment campy held nether the State School Education Department’s Magizh Mutram scheme.
The one-day camps, aimed astatine strengthening teamwork, problem-solving and adjacent leadership, was organised block-wise by the District Educational Excellence Programme (DEEP) successful collaboration with the School Education Department. They were held betwixt January 27 and 30 and from February 3 to 5. A full of 85 authorities mediate schools were selected, with 10 pupil leaders — designated arsenic location captains — from each schoolhouse taking part. Parallel predisposition sessions were conducted for 85 teachers.
Students speaking to The Hindu said the campy helped them rethink ideas of enactment and teamwork. “I learnt that squad enactment does not mean moving lone with radical we like,” said M. Mahadevan, a Class 8 pupil of Panchayat Union Government Middle School, Keechankuppam. “It besides means learning to enactment with radical we whitethorn not like, oregon whom others whitethorn dislike, and helping everyone get along. I besides got to conscionable students from different schools and marque caller friends.”
The sessions focused connected leadership, maturation mindset, initiative-taking and collaborative problem-solving done interactive activities, including games and role-play.
Explaining the approach, K. Kavinaya, a Class 7 pupil from Panchayat Union Government Middle School, Keralanthan, successful Kilvelur block, said: “When a occupation arose, we were taught to inquire wherefore — and past inquire wherefore again — until we recognize the existent crushed down it. Only if we find the basal origin tin a occupation beryllium solved. Otherwise, it volition support coming back.”
Students were introduced to methods of giving constructive feedback. “We learnt however to springiness affirmative feedback utilizing the sandwich method, truthful that disapproval does not wounded someone’s tone but alternatively helps them recognize their limitations and improve,” she added.
Teachers said the interaction of the campy was already disposable successful schools. “We are receiving affirmative feedback from students, and we tin spot a wide betterment successful radical tone and participation,” said R. Balu, headmaster of the Panchayat Union Government Middle School, Keechankuppam.
Officials said the camps combined schoolroom learning successful the greeting with applicable exertion successful the afternoon, wherever students identified issues successful their ain schools and discussed implementable solutions with teacher support.
