Moral education through cartoons

Manav Mander

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Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, July 1

To shake kids out of their vacation mood, students of government schools were shown cartoon movies at school today. Students had a refreshing start on their first day of school after the summer break.

The Peppa Pig Hospital and Peppa Pig Simple Science, a series of cartoon was broadcast for students for a better understanding of the English language, moral values and to enhance their communicating skills. This practice will continue for a month.

“Students were joining back school after a month-long break and we wanted them to feel easy during the first week. In addition to relax them, moral education will also be imparted to them through these animated movies. Children love cartoons and through these screenings, they will be familiarised with different languages in their playway years using multimedia techniques. It will also help in attracting kids to come to schools,” said Swarnjit Kaur, District Education Officer (DEO).

Sukhdhir Singh Sekhon, principal of Government Primary School, Sukhdev Nagar, said the idea of showing a cartoon movie to the kids after the vacation was a welcome idea and they had loved it. “Kids generally take time to go back to books after vacation, and since today was the first day of the school after the break, cartoon movie was shown to them so that they absorb into their new routine with a smile on their faces,” he said.

A student from a primary school said she did not feel like coming back to school after the vacations but really enjoyed a lot and was happy not to miss the first day of school. “I enjoyed the cartoon movie and am looking forward for tomorrow as they will show the next part of the movie,” she said. All government schools were re-opened today, while many private schools will commence in the coming days. Keeping in view the scorching heat, the timings were changed by the Education Department from today. Classes started at 7:30 am and got over at 1: 30 pm.

Meeting of BMTs and DMTs with DEO

After the schools re-opened on Monday, the District Education Officer, Swarnjit Kaur, conducted a meeting of Block Mentor Trainers (BMTs) and District Mentor Trainers (DMTs). Gurkirpal Singh, District Guidance Officer, said the main agenda of the meeting was to motivate the BMTs and DMTs after the schools re-opened on Monday. There are 19 BMT and three DMTs. “They were motivated to carry out their work and inculcate a spirit of enthusiasm among students for competitive exams,” he said. 

School visits

• After the re-opening of the schools, several teams visited schools for inspection
• The primary things, which were taken into consideration during the school visits, were the timetable of the school, distribution of uniforms, requirement of desks, cleanliness of bathrooms and attendance of students
• The teams will visit schools under Dehlon-1 and 2, Doraha, Khanna 1 and 2, Jagraon, Sudhar, Raikot, Sidhwan Bet 1 and 2, Samrala 1 and 2, Machhiwara, Pakhowal, Ludhiana 1 and 2, Mangat 1, 2 and 3