Meghalaya Government launched the CM-IMPACT Read & Rise Meghalaya programme to strengthen foundational reading and writing skills among schoolchildren and address learning gaps, particularly in rural and remote areas.
Key Highlights
- Programme: CM-IMPACT Read & Rise Meghalaya.
- Main objective: Improve foundational reading skills and bridge learning gaps. To improve learning outcomes across the state.
- Core goal: Ensure children can read and write confidently by the age of seven.
- The programme aims to achieve this improvement within a three-month period for children above seven who have foundational learning gaps.
- Focus areas: Reading readiness, foundational education and improved academic outcomes.
- Special attention is being given to rural and remote regions.
Teacher Support
A Teacher Training Guide for Universal Reading Readiness was released during the launch.
- Published by: GREENAMMO.
- Sponsored by: Department of Education.
- Purpose: Equip teachers with support and guidance for improving reading readiness.
Broader Education Initiatives
The programme forms part of the Meghalaya Universal Reading Readiness Mission and builds on earlier initiatives such as:
- Classroom Readiness Programme
- Meghalaya Learning Enhancement Programme
Together, these efforts aim to strengthen foundational learning and close learning gaps among children.
About Meghalaya
- Meaningf: “Abode of Clouds”.
- Region: Northeast India.
- Capital: Shillong.
- Statehood: 21 January 1972.
- Created by carving out areas from Assam: United Khasi Hills and Jaintia Hills and Garo Hills.
- Borders: Meghalaya shares its northern and eastern borders with Assam and borders Bangladesh to the south and west, including the Bangladeshi divisions of Mymensingh, Sylhet and Rangpur.
Literacy Status
- Meghalaya’s overall literacy rate has reached 94.2%, according to recent government survey data.
- The state is therefore close to the 95% benchmark required to be officially classified as a fully literate state.