Kerala Government on Sunday approved the 'Sahitham' programme to provide mentoring support to 40 lakh students for harmonising their social and emotional skills along with academic competencies.
The program was devised as directed by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan during the Public Education Rejuvenation Mission's review meeting.
''In the context of the State schools having become Hi-Tech, the objective of a school level master plan is further enhanced to a more academic student centric individual master plan, which is realised through the 'Sahitham' programme'', Education Minister C Raveendranath said.
As part of 'Sahitham' programme, the mentor teacher gets to closely observe, study and record online the academic improvement of each student along with their the socio-linguistic skills, social awareness, scientific aptitude etc.
