The Barão de Itacurusssá Municipal School, located in Tijuca, north of the city, receives next Monday (14), at 9am, the new edition of the Proja Vem Escola Project, which will serve more than 13,000 students from 30 public schools.
The project, which is an initiative of the non -governmental organization (NGO) partners of Rio education, promotes an artistic experience for students within schools and seeks to expand the collection of libraries, donating children’s books. In this edition, the goal is to distribute about 2,000 books.
In a note, the project’s pedagogical and creator coordinator, Lêda Fonseca, says that the culture inserted in the school environment creates respective and affective living spaces, enriching both the learning and the social and emotional formation of students.
“The contact with artistic presentations and literature in school daily expands the cultural repertoire and encourages the valorization of artistic diversity,” says Lêda Fonseca.
Writer and screenwriter César Cardoso, known for his work on television programs as Leaves down, The big family and Total Dollyamong others, will be at the inauguration of the project. Cardoso is the author of one of the donated books and will give a lecture on reading.
Reading mediators
Celebrating the Title of Rio, the world capital of the book, granted by the United Nations Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) on Friday (11)the NGO PARTNERS OF EDUCATION RIO announces a new partnership of the Projeto History Project with the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), which together will promote the formation of reading mediators to work in public schools in the city.
The initiative aims to train university students to conduct literary meetings with students and teachers from the municipal network, from kindergarten to the 5th grade of elementary school.
The program will offer scholarships of R $ 1,000 to 24 students from different UFRJ courses. Throughout the school year, mediators will work in 30 public schools, conducting visits twice a week to stimulate the habit of reading and interest in literature among children.
The title of World Capital of the Book, granted by UNESCO to the city of Rio de Janeiro, was announced at an event at the Real Portuguese Reading Office, in the city center, with the presence of Mayor Eduardo Paes and Minister of Culture, Margareth Menezes.
This is the first time that a Portuguese language school has received the title, which aims to encourage reading and the search for knowledge.
