15th season of Sisimpur set to hit screen

With the slogan ‘Fifteen comes on rhythm, together let’s proceed on’, 15th season of popular children’s television show, Sisimpur will premiere on Duronto Television from February 3, 2023.

Our friends Halum,Tuktuki, lkri and Shiku return with fun new stories and a new friend, Julia. The new season, supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and produced by Sesame Workshop Bangladesh, will support children in developing their literacy and numeracy skills, as well as focusing on diversity, equity, inclusion, their emotional well­ being, and self-care skills. The new season will also feature special episode s with sign language.

In this new season, Halum, lkri, Shiku and Tuktuki return to share new stories and are joined by a new friend named Julia, a four-year-old Muppet who has autism. The introduction of Julia is a special addition to this new season for building autism awareness in Bangladesh and reminding that all children are amazing.

There will be edutainment stories and content focusing on foundational literacy, numeracy, the importance of nutritious food, problem-solving, gender equity, autism, and other key topics. The new season will feature some fantastic new animated content on mathematics, science,and healthy habits. Additionally, there will be live-action film segments featuring children and their caregivers,as well as segments with lkri for learning the alphabet, and segments with Tuktukifor learning numbers.

Season fifteen of Sislmpur features narrative formats like ‘Shikhu’s World of Science’ and ‘lkri’s Playtime’.

Season 15 of Sisimpur was officially launched by the chief guest Director General of the Directorate of Primary Education Shah Rezwan Hayat at Bangladesh Film Archive’s Auditorium on January 30. The programme was also attended by USAID Mission Director Kathryn Davis Stevens, Director-Training of the Directorate of Primary Education Dr Uttam Kumar Das, Member-Primary of the National Curriculum and Text Board (NCTB) Professor Dr. AKM Reazul Hassan and Chief Operating Officer of Shuclhona Foundation Dr Saqui Khandoker.

Director of Bangladesh Television Jagadis Esh, Executive Director of Masranga Television Ajoy Kumar Kundu, Co-Chairman of Asiatic Sara Zaker and Chief of Party of this project Mohammad Shah Alam were also present at the event. Familiar friends from Sisimpur Bahadur, Jkri,Shiku, Tuktuki,Halum, and their new friend Julia brought joy and fun to the day.