Circular No.:Acad-134/2022

SUBJECT: CBSE Reading Challenge 2022-2023

🔺With a shift in goals and processes of learning from memorization to acquisition of 21st century skills and competencies of communication and critical thinking, the ability to locate, understand and reflect on various kinds of information has become more crucial. 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 students, the Central Board of Secondary Education has been organizing the CBSE Reading Challenge since 2019.

🔺This CBSE Reading Challenge for the academic session 2022-23 would be organized in the months of October – November 2022.

🔺Details of the CBSE Reading Challenge

🔹It is available in Hindi and/or English at two levels: classes 6th to 7th; and classes 8th to 10th.

🔹This contest would engage participants with a variety of stimulants and focus on the ability to:
👉🏻read with comprehension and accuracy;
👉🏻construct meaning by retrieving information, relating text with their previous knowledge and integrating information;
👉🏻interpret information and draw inferences; and
reflect and evaluate with a view to judge the quality and credibility of text.

🔹This contest would be conducted through two rounds – within school, and inter- school.

🔺There is no fee for participating students at any of the two stages of this enrichment activity.

🔺All students of classes VI to X in CBSE affiliated schools are eligible to participate in Round One/ First stage.

🔺We will register students for this round. For Round Two/Second stage, each affiliated school registered in the first stage can nominate and register ten students (best 02 students from each participating class) for the English version of the Challenge.

🔺The task for participating students would focus both on speed and accuracy. The reading challenge paper with reading tasks would comprise a variety of stimulants
followed by objective type questions.

🔺All the participants of Round Two would be issued an online participation by the Board. Appreciation certificate would be given to best performing students.

🔺Details for schools to register are at Annexure I.

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