Government schools to establish library

Updated on: Thursday, August 26, 2010

In a bid to promote reading habits among children, the district administration here has ordered the government-run schools to establish a small library in them.

In cooperation with the National Book Trust of India, a mobile bus with story and other books for kids has been started, which would tour various schools, enabling the children to read their favourite books and buy them at subsidised rates.

"Now-a-days the kids do not read books and are glued to TV sets to watch cartoons. The only time they spend reading is on their course books. In order to divert their interest towards books, this campaign has been started," Kanpur District Magistrate Mukesh Sharma said.

Under this campaign, the principals of all primary schools in the district have been ordered to open a small library in the school with a minimum investment of Rs 3,000 on story books for children. These books must have pictorial description.

"The junior schools of the district have been ordered to purchase books worth at least Rs 10,000, while books worth Rs 20,000 ought to be purchased by High school and inter-colleges. These should not be related to the course but must be story books," he said.

The administration has set September 25 as the deadline for the schools to set up the libraries.

He told that a library period will also be included in the time-table after the opening of these libraries. Under the programme "Pustak Parikrama" that has started today, a mobile bus with story books and other knowledgeable material would tour all schools for a month.

The DM appealed to the people to donate old story and other books for children so that they can be distributed among the poor kids.

Government schools to establish library

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