• Investment World
• eWorld
• Brand Line
• Mentor
• Life
• Brand Quest
• The New Manager
• Smartbuy

Stocks

• Quotes
• SE Diary
• Scoreboard
• Open-End Mutual Fund

Cross Currency

• Rates
  
  

Shipping

• Ports
  
  

Archives

• Yesterday
• Datewise
• Resources
• In Focus
• In Depth
• Events 2007

Group Sites

• The Hindu
• The Hindu ePaper
• Business Line
• Business Line ePaper
• Sportstar
• Frontline
• The Hindu eBooks
• The Hindu Images

Our Correspondent

Madurai, July 29 The Tamil Nadu Minister for School Education, Mr Thangam Thennarasu, launched ‘Thalir Thiran Thittam’ at the Government Higher Secondary School in Virudhunagar district, near here, on Tuesday.

The scheme is an initiative from the Affirmative Action Group of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Madurai Zone in association with Aparajitha Foundation, Madurai.

It is aimed at imparting life skills to school children to enable them to effectively cope with the demand and challenges of everyday life, balancing one’s knowledge, attitude and skills.

The selection of school children for the programme, according to Mr R. Dinesh, Chairman, CII, Madurai Zone, is to facilitate the development of personality from a very early stage. The inputs relate to self management, communication, team dynamics, emotional intelligence, health and hygiene, values in daily life, laws of the land etiquette and other skills for a wholesome life.

The programme is initially imparted to students at the VII standard and the batch is handheld for six years till it completes the XII standard and run as a parallel curriculum along with the routine curriculum.

More Stories on : Education | Industry Associations | Tamil Nadu

Article E-Mail :: Comment :: Syndication :: Printer Friendly Page

Stories in this Section
Clinton Foundation seeks land for power plant in Anantapur

Copyright © 2008, The Hindu Business Line. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu Business Line