The Haryana Education Department has launched ''I am not afraid of English'' initiative to promote English language right from Class 1 in the state’s primary schools.
The initiative is aimed at capacity building of teachers to enable them to help the students to learn, read, write and speak English.
The initiative has already been launched in 180 primary schools, in partnership with NGO ‘Humana People to People India’.
The 180 primary schools, where the initiative has been launched, have been made bag-free for children in Classes I and II, who have been provided lockers.
Last year, the Uttarakhand Government too had launched a similar drive, changing the medium of instruction in 18,000 schools from Hindi to English in phases, starting from Class I.