THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Department of General Education to make students in public schools proficient in English. The aim is to enable children to communicate and write confidently in English and to read English writings independently. The department has formulated special activities in the Academic Master Plan for this. The department decided to focus more on English education following the discovery that even students in English-medium public schools are lagging behind in handling English. Guidelines have been issued to schools for this.

Group discussion, skit, debate, film

1. English theatre, role play, skits, English debate and speech will be organized in addition to daily classroom conversations and group discussions in English.
2. Reading English books, magazines and newspapers and writing stories, poems and articles will be encouraged. Children will be provided with opportunities to prepare English newspapers and magazines
3. An opportunity will be provided to watch English films. English Fest, English Day and English workshops will be organized with the participation of experts.
4. Utilize English learning apps and audio and video platforms for language development. Enable children to create English blogs.