The ONRT (One Nation Reading Together), an annual event by Scholastic India conducted its 13th edition on January 24, 2020, where over two million children from 2100 K-12 schools across India participated, along with more than 400 playschools, 10 libraries, 20 NGOs and select coaching centers.
Additionally, about two thousand parents have registered to join this reading movement with their kids. To mark this highly-anticipated occasion, there are sizeable celebrations happening in Delhi, Gurgaon, Kolkata, and Chennai. Children across the country spend 20 minutes reading for fun and engaged in other activities that celebrate reading as an enjoyable and enriching experience.
At DLF Public School, Ghaziabad, Author, and filmmaker Samina Mishra read the Reading Pledge to 500 children from 10 neighboring schools, followed by a storytelling and quiz session by renowned storyteller Seema Wahi Mukherjee.
In Kolkata, the NGO, Future Hope, and All Women Bengal Council hosted the celebrations. Well-known authors Sampurna Chattarji and Eurig Salisbury read the pledge and hosted the day’s activities for over 50 kids in Future Hope’s event.
The kids also went on an awareness march to spread ONRT initiative’s message.
‘‘We have been running this initiative for 13 years. It gives us immense satisfaction to see millions of kids reading on one designated day,” says Neeraj Jain, MD, Scholastic India.
