kochi to bridge the cultural divide and support academic activities of migrant students in state sarva siksha kerala ssk will open 30 special education centres sec for the students in ernakulam on thursdaythe centres which have been set up in community halls libraries and anganwadis across the district will be manned by multilingual volunteers the purpose of secs is to help students who now attend online classes to clear their doubts in academics and complete assignments besides this the centres will introduce the students to the culture of their respective states including west bengal odisha assam and other hindi speaking statesthe centres will function as a bridge connecting migrant students in the district with culture in their respective states students will get childrens literature from these centres which will be in their mother tongue to understand the culturereverse migration has also been taking place among guest workers in the state when they go back to their states they would face issues if children are not familiar with their culture childrens literature will address that issue books will be brought from west bengal and distributed at the centres we have also approached national book trust for books on childrens literature in bengali hindi and other languages volunteers will also give worksheets and study material to students to address the language barrier which migrant children face in the state preventing them from entering the mainstream society besides art and cultural programmes it enabled ones will also be screened before the students most of the programmes will be in hindi said sajoy george district programme officerthe centres will function from 10am to 4pm strictly adhering to covid19 protocols volunteers for these centres will be appointed following an interview with block resource officials they will be paid rs6500month as salary the service of the centre will be available for students studying up to class xiias many as 8000 children of guest workers have enrolled for schooling in the state of this nearly 4000 students studying in ernakulam district around 10 to 15 of these children returned to their hometowns with their parents due to lockdownroshni a project launched in 2018 has been conducting online classes for around 900 primary students to integrate them with mainstream by teaching them scert curriculum in their mother tongue and malayalam around 70 students who went back to their native due to the lockdown have been attending classes from their respective states