“Each one, teach one”, one of the most effective schemes to promote education today was popularised by a woman few remember, but who was a pioneer in the field of adult literacy in India. Kulsum Sayani's name might not ring a bell for many but her life and work are truly remarkable ...Her experience made her a part of several committees, ....But it was in spreading the word on education that she is best remembered. ...Her days are a mad rush of dashing to schools to enthuse children into teaching adults and her nights are spent dreaming up new schemes of literacy."...Another literacy initiative she initiated was reading out aloud. School students were encouraged to gather friends and adults and each one had to read out aloud. This, she believed, was necessary to improve the confidence and interest of neo-literates. ..."
- excerpt from Many facets of an activist by
DANISH KHAN Source:http://www.hindu.com/mag/2010/08/15/stories/2010081550330500.htm
(I must try this reading aloud technique with agricultural magazines)
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