The ‘Mile Banche Madhya Pradesh’ programme has been getting an overwhelming response with over 1.26 lakh volunteers including MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan besides pensioners, media persons, homemakers and other professionals.
They are getting registered to play the role of a ‘teacher’ for a day in government-run schools.
Over 31,000 people have volunteered, including chief minister and several of his ministerial colleagues for Madhya Pradesh government’s novel project on a participatory learning to be held in the state on February 18.
The registered persons include 2500 housewives, 575 media persons, 550 engineers, 535 doctors, 502 lawyers and 171 sports persons and a group of pensioners among others.
43,000 government employees will also visit government schools to participate in this programme.
Others who have got registered for this programme include 2300 representatives of voluntary organisations, 3301 retired officers-employees, 15000 persons working in 15 different private sectors, 16834 businessmen and 18,157 public representatives.
The volunteers will read a portion of any Hindi book for the students.
They will also encourage children to read out aloud a portion of any book of their interest.
The exercise will be followed by an educational dialogue between the volunteers and the children.
The exercise is expected to inspire children in primary and middle schools to inculcate a habit of reading various books other than the textbooks.
The online registration for ‘Mil Banche Madhya Pradesh’ programme would be open till February 10 through website ‘www.schoolchalehum.gov.in, he added.
