Circular No.-118/2021

Subject: CBSE Reading Challenge 3.0

🔺The acquisition of 21st century competencies of communication, critical and creative thinking and the ability to locate, understand and reflect on various kinds of information has become more crucial for our learners.

🔺It is well accepted that Reading Literacy is not only a foundation for achievement in other subject areas within the educational system but also a prerequisite for successful participation in most areas of adult life.

🔺With a focus on promoting Reading Literacy among the learners, the Central Board of Secondary Education is organizing The CBSE Reading Challenge 3.0 for students of classes 6th to 10th for English and Hindi languages.

🔺Students may attempt this challenge in either/both languages.

🔺This challenge shall be available on the DIKSHA platform from 22/11/2021 to 31/12/2021. Students from class 6th to 10th are eligible to participate in this challenge.

🔺To access the challenge, schools affiliated to CBSE are required to register their students, provide CBSE registration IDs to students who can then join the ‘CBSE Reading Challenge 3.0’ course on the DIKSHA platform.

🔺Instructions for CBSE schools to register their students:
1) The Challenge is available at two levels:
(i) For students of classes 6th and 7th
(ii) For students of classes 8th and 10th
2) There is NO participation fee for this student enrichment activity.
3) CBSE Schools to go to

https://cbseit.in/cbse/web/Reading/Login.aspx and register their students.
🔺As soon as we will register students, Registration IDs would be generated which they can provide to respective Students. This is to be given to students so that they can fill it on the DIKSHA portal at the start of quiz.

🔺Instructions for students for participation:
1) The students have to fill in the Registration ID (will be provided by us) before accessing the Quiz.
2) Students would be required to login to portal using their existing DIKSHA credentials. If they do not have an account on DIKSHA, then they can register for the same by clicking on the “Register here” button on the page. They can also sign in with an existing Google account by clicking on the “Sign in with Google” button.
3) The “CBSE Reading Challenge 3.0” can be accessed via below links:

▪️Reading Challenge English, Class 6 and 7: https://bit.ly/RC3E67 Reading Challenge English, Class 8-10: https://bit.ly/RC3E8910

▪️Reading Challenge Hindi, Class 6 and 7: https://bit.ly/RC3H67 Reading Challenge Hindi, Class 8-10: https://bit.ly/RC3H8910
4) On reaching the course home page, click on “Join Course” to join the course.
5) Once you join the course, you will be able to access different modules of this course.
6) You can either click on Start Learning or on any one of the modules to access the content:
(i) The first module provides a brief introduction to the CBSE Reading Challenge 3.0 course.
(ii) The second module is the CBSE Reading Challenge 3.0.
▪️The challenge for students of classes 6-7 would be available for 60 minutes.
▪️The challenge for students of classes 8-10 would be available for 50 minutes.
🔺All students who complete the course would be provided a participation certificate. Participation certificates will be issued online on the DIKSHA platform itself upon completion of the course.
🔺Please ensure that you provide us correct names for the DIKSHA profile.

🔺Students should have the latest version of the DIKSHA app or access to the DIKSHA website to receive certificates.

🔺Please note that no merit list shall be displayed or separate certificates will be issued to the participants for this activity.

🔺Interested students today give names to their respective class teachers

🔺Class teachers to submit names to either ma’am Nidhi or ma’am Sweta.

🔺Please do so latest by 6pm of 26th of November 2021.

Thank you