Title: The Telegraph in Schools Produced by: Ananda Bazar Patrika Country: India Language: English Category: Publications by the Young
• Description: The Telegraph in Schools programme developed to put the newspaper into the hands of students to offset the decline in reading among young people. It uses young reporters to produce a weekly stand-alone newspaper that has a circulation of 24 000 including 17 000 into schools. There are 600 tiger reporters (aged 14 - 18) and cub reporters (aged 10 - 14). The programme also supplies a range of classroom materials, club meetings, special events and workshop training.
• Audience: Students in primary and secondary school
• Age group: 10 - 18
• Results: The project involves students and teachers in 278 schools around Calcutta. With an average student population of 800, this means a total student audience of over two million was reached with the project, only 3% of the potential audience. • For an in-depth description of the project, click here to download the PDF (1,1MB)
