Nine stories by govt school teachers from DK adopted into textbooks | Mangaluru News

Mangaluru: A total of nine stories written by government school teachers from Dakshina Kannada have been adopted into the Nali-Kali Vachaka textbooks of government schools across the state. Three stories each, of teachers Ramesh Ulaya, Aravinda Kudla, and Prashanth Ananthady, were selected.These textbooks aim to help children from the primary section under the Nali Kali programme. The Nali Kali, an activity-based learning programme, focuses on enhancing early learning in Kannada, basic numeracy, and environmental science, primarily for children in primary school. The stories adopted by these teachers have both pictures and words, which help children to learn joyfully. Ulaya, head teacher at Govt Higher Primary School, Sanjay Nagar, Puttur, said that Nalikali Vachaka textbooks with several stories were printed and distributed as textbooks from this academic year. “A year ago, a total 60 teachers from govt schools from across the state were invited for two days of workshops. During the workshop, they wrote more than 150 stories which speak on science, fiction, and others. Among them, nine written by the teachers from Dakshina Kannada were chosen for the textbook, which is now supplied across the state,” said Ulaya. His works ‘Abraca Dabraka Gadagada’, ‘Nalliyalli Haalu’, and ‘Tiruguva Fan’ were chosen. The first two works are related to fantasy, and the last one is about science, explaining how a fan works.Three works—‘Roopantara, a Metamorphosis’, ‘Hulivesha’, and ‘Bekkige Sikkidenu’—written by Aravinda Kudla, a headmaster of Government Higher Primary School at Moodambail, Bantwal taluk, were chosen as well. Aravinda said that these works will be in the textbook for many years.A teacher at Government High School, Kombettu Puttur, Prashanth Ananthady’s works ‘Puttana Hosamane’, ‘Jaanu Iruve-Munni Kappe’, and ‘Chinnu Hulivina Mane’ were selected for the textbook.