BREI’s Blue Ridge Public School

Secondary Section Circular (A.Y. 2023-24)

10th June 2023

BRPS Times NIE Program for Students from STD VI to STD VIII.

Dear Parents,
Happy Greetings!
Times Newspaper in Education (NIE) programme is designed to help students evolve into well-informed
individuals capable of recognizing their talents and paving a way for themselves. The students' edition of Times
of India newspaper is a part of this programme.
The Times NIE Programme has grown immensely over the past two decades reaching lakhs of children across 13
cities in India. The overall impact is to instill a regular newspaper reading habit among students and give education
a new dimension.
About Times NIE Program Offering:
1) Student Edition of The Times of India: A customized edition of The Times of India is given to the students.
This is in synchronization with the expectation of the young students. All school news and events along with
special columns for students and educators are regularly covered in the school page of the edition.
2) Times NIE Inter School Events: Several activities are conducted under the ambit of NIE like the Times NIE
Colour Splash- An inter school painting competition and Times NIE Fundamental Quiz- An inter school Quiz
competition.
3) Times NIE Newsmakers’ Meet: An avenue providing exposure to the world of journalism with the top media
house of the country and journalistic talent of repute with a platform for budding journalists to hone their writing
skills and see their name in print.
4) Times NIE Student of the Year Award: Introduced to recognize and award talent, aptitude, performance
skills and competence amongst the youth to encourage students towards overall development.
5) Times NIE Summer Training: During summer vacation students are invited to the Times Office to get an
insight into journalism and the newspaper industry.

NIE Membership Subscription Fees:

Rs. 560/- per student for issues from June 2023 to April 2024. The Newspaper will be
provided from Monday to Friday excluding Saturdays and Sundays and the National
holidays.
Kindly submit the Subscription fees Rs. 560/- by Friday 23rd June 2023 to the respective
class teachers. It is COMPULSORY for everyone.
Regards,
Team @ BRPS