Govt Schools In Telangana To Have Own Library Soon

In Telangana, all the government schools would soon have libraries, confirmed the government of Telangana, led by the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS.)

The decision to establish libraries in all the local body and government schools was taken by Mr. K. Chandrashekar Rao, the Chief Minister of Telangana, to enhance the education facilities for students.

Apart from establishing libraries in the 5,000 government and local body schools, the initiative also is to set up full fledged facilities in 2,732 high schools including 998 upper primary schools. In regard to this, the School Education Department has decided to provide 120 books to each of these libraries and the books are likely to be procured from the National Book Trust (NBT.)

According to sources, after setting up libraries in 5,000 government primary schools, the State Government also decided and permitted the Education Department to provide 6 lakh books in these schools.

After the permission, the Education Department would soon begin the process of printing books, which would be done by the Government Textbook Press.

Meanwhile, once the libraries are operational, the schools have been instructed to conduct the library period daily for at least 15 minutes. The Telangana Education Department directed teachers to ensure students read the subject books along with other books made available in the library.