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Reading, writing and counting /arithmetic are the base of the primary education. Through good reading skill students can learn everything, grasp everything. Due to good reading and comprehension skills positive effect can be put on other subject’s achievement. According to various surveys and assessment programmes the primary level students are weak in this basic skills. Hence the aim of the present study was DEVELOPMENT OF A DIAGNOSTIC REMEDIAL PROGRAMME FOR ATTAINING LEARNING OUTCOMES IN BASIC READING AND COMPREHENSION FROM INITIAL LEVEL UP TO CLASS IV. ’’ For that researcher prepared 40 hours basic reading and comprehension programme. The basic components of reading and comprehension were included in this programme. Forty –two (42) types of activities were constucted in this programme. The reading test and comprehension test were developed by researcher for the study to the effect of remedial programme on attaining learning outcomes in basic reading and comprehension from initial level up to class IV. This is an experimental study with an integration of quantitative as well as qualitative methods of interpretations. One group pretest-posttest design was accepted for this study. There were a pre-test, treatment and posttest and delayed post test for the experimental group. Various descriptive techniques were used for logical analysis and interpretation of qualitative data and t-test for quantitave data. Conclusions of the study suggested that the present Reading-Comprehension remedial programme was significantly effective for attaining learning outcomes in basic reading and comprehension from initial level up to class IV and sustainable too.
Diagnostic remedial programme, learning outcomes
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