Students of Delainamasi Government School received educational and entertaining reading books for Year One to Year Five as part of World Book Day celebrations today.
The Delainamasi Government School is one of the first recipients under the ‘Read to Lead’ Fiji programme by Vision Fiji.
The Ministry of Education’s Curriculum Advisory Services director, Mr Iowane Tiko while said reading is part of every students’ learning process, new technology means that students can still read and learn.
“I encourage teachers to use these books and make reading enjoyable in schools. Children of today are tech-savvy and teachers can use technology and be innovative in classrooms,” Mr Tiko said.
He added that the Fijian Government has stepped up its support to parents through the supply of textbooks all over Fiji.
“We will soon be moving towards technology-based teaching and in future textbooks can be stored in a flash drive. I urge students to make use of the books and make reading a priority.”
The World Book Day celebrations was organised by the Library Services of Fiji who also launched the Book Festival Roadshow today at the school.
Library Services of Fiji, director Merewalesi Vueti said the roadshow is a new initiative for peri-urban and urban areas to have access to quality books. The roadshow will include book suppliers partnering with Library Services to supply books every Saturday to these areas.
Vision Fiji under the ‘Read to Lead’ programme will be distributing educational and entertaining reading books to 330 primary schools in remote and maritime areas and hopes to distribute the remaining 402 schools by the end of this year.
The donation includes 250 books at different reading levels, teaching resources, a CD-ROM, activity guides and lesson plans for teachers for each school.
Read to Lead – Fiji was developed with the Ministry of Education and Library Services of Fiji.
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