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He will now teach these activities to BEd students of Lucknow University.“BEd students will get to learn extra skills through inclusion of these activities in the curriculam,” said Prof Dinesh Kumar of the education department. The biggest problem in government primary schools is that either students don’t turn up or they run away in between the classes. In, fact, atteandance went up by 70% in schools where I was teaching, Das claimed. LUCKNOW: Lucknow University has come up with some innovative techniques to improve students’ attendance in government primary schools.These techniques, also known as two-minute activities, will be introduced in LU’s bachelor in education (BEd) curriculum from the new session, slated to begin in December.Under it, BEd students will be taught things like toymaking and basket-making skills using straws and grass. During his research, Das received a positive response from students n rural areas when he introduced the two-minute activities.“I got the idea during my visit to Mizoram where I saw handicraft being used to engage students..