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AnnuAl RepoRt 2017-18 Extension Services and Community Feedback Programme

The CCRT believes in the fundamental value of enabling all children, young people and the community at large to experience
and access a diverse range of creative and cultural activities because this

brings intrinsic pleasure and benefits;
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raises their aspirations;
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improves their academic achievements and skills;
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unlocks their imaginations, and
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brings about lasting improvements in the quality of their lives.
The CCRT organizes a variety of educational activities for school students and children studying in non-formal schools run by
voluntary organizations under its Extension Services and Community Feedback Programme. The activities include:

• Educational tours to
Monuments
Museums
Art Galleries
Zoological Parks/Gardens
Craft Centres
Theme based special exhibitions
• Workshops on learning crafts using low cost locally available resources;
• Camps on Conservation of the Natural and Cultural Heritage;
• Lectures and demonstrations by artists and experts on various art forms;
• Demonstrations by artists and craft persons in schools and colleges;
• Slide-presentation supplementing class-room teaching;
• Workshops for children in resettlement and basti colonies;
• Workshops for specially challenged students;
• Workshops on Puppetry in Education

A Summer Workshop on “Creating an Awareness of Art and Culture’ was organized in the premises of the CCRT at New Delhi
from May 18-28, 2017 in which 256 children participated at the CCRT Headquarter, New Delhi. Some of the creative activities
such as Classical & Folk Dances, Art of Film Making, Theatre in Education, Creative Puppetry, Songs in National Languages,
Aesthetics in Photography, Art of Story Telling, Calligraphy, Nature Painting and Crafts like, Pottery, Papier Mache, Tie and
Dye, Book Binding, Macrame, Beads Work, Solapith, Flower Making, Sikki Grass, Sanjhi Craft, Soft Toys, Toys of Natural Waste,
Madhubani Painting and Warli Painting etc. were taught during the Workshop.
• Workshop on ‘Swachhagraha’ was organized in CCRT premises, New Delhi on September 16, 2017. 110 B.Ed. students of
Guru Nanak B.Ed College of Education, Shahdara, New Delhi participated and learnt Theatre, Mime, Madhubani Painting,
Warli Painting, Wall Decoration and Rangoli in this programme.

Learning together Students showing interest in learning

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