School Education – SCERT, AP - Department of library – Conduct of 55th National Library Week celebrations – Primary , Upper Primary, High schools under all managements in the state – Scheduled from 14-11-2022 to 20-112022 - Reg. Rc.No.ESE02-22/54/2022-SCERT Dated: 12-11-2022.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMISSIONER OF SCHOOL EDUCATION ANDHRA PRADESH., AMARAVATHI 

Present:Sri S.Suresh Kumar,I.A.S 

Rc.No.ESE02-22/54/2022-SCERT Dated: 12-11-2022  

Sub : School Education – SCERT, AP - Department of library – Conduct of 55th National Library Week celebrations – Primary , Upper Primary, High schools under all managements in the state – Scheduled from 14-11-2022 to 20-112022 - Reg   

All the District Educational Ofcers in the state are informed that   it is proposed to conduct 55th National Library Week celebrations in all primary, upper primary and high schools under all managements from 14th November to 20th November,2022 as the school library provides information and ideas that are fundamental to functioning successfully in today’s information and knowledge-based society. The school library equips students with life-long learning skills and develops the imagination, enabling them to live as responsible citizens.  

Suggested activities to be conducted by the teachers /students in the week:        

1.Displaying of all library books and classifying according to their subject       

2.Every day one teacher should explain in the assembly about the Importance of libraries and how they utilized libraries in their career.       

3.Involve all the stakeholders of the school administrative staf, teaching staf, parents , old students and community. 

4.Book bufet: to introduce your students to a variety of literature sstories,    humorous books, biographies, fction, non fction etc )in a short amount of    time. The activity gives students an opportunity to read genres that they    never would have picked up by themselves. Place a diferent book on each    desk in a classroom. Tell students that they will be reading the book for 5 to 8 minutes and then you will tell them to switch with someone else. These books should be of a great variety with many diferent types represented. At the end of the class, students should have switched 5 to 10 times. Ask them if there are any books they started that they would continue to read if they had the chance. If so, make sure those students get a copy of the books they enjoyed. 

5. During National  Library Week students can compete in a book reading    race. They should chose books to read and earn "miles" for each page    read, or a set number of miles for each book. Students can try to earn enough miles to win the game.

6. Go places Groups of students are given with atlases. Ask them to select    any place in the world they have heard about and would like to visit. They    can be taught to go to the index, locate page number and coordinates. Let    them to use left hand for ‘latitude’ and right hand for ‘longitude’ and make    the fngers meet when they fnd the place. Supplement the activity with    wall maps and globes.       

7. Interview a Reader : A good reader will be on the ‘hot seat’. Let others ask questions on anything related  to his/her reading.  

In this connection it is proposed to conduct the following competitions.

S Suresh Kumar  

COMMISSIONER OF SCHOOL EDUCATION  

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