‘Library Langar’: 2L books distributed at govt schools

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, July 17

Under the ‘Library Langar’ drive launched by the Education Department in district government schools, over two lakh books have been distributed among students and their parents by setting up book stalls at government schools as well as public places and gurdwaras.

District Education Officer (Sec) Satinder Bir Singh toured several ‘Library Langars’ held at various government schools today. “The aim of the initiative is to reach out to maximum number of students and their parents and ensure that reading is promoted and facilitated by providing books. In addition, the Department of Education’s campaign is more important now as students have moved away from books due to staying at home during the pandemic and being hooked to screens,” he said.

Education officials said in order to make the campaign a success, the department had installed posters at social media platforms and public places and home delivery of books was being done.

As a part of the campaign, the district-level inauguration of ‘Library Langars’ at all upper primary government schools such as Jandiala Guru Government Senior Secondary School, Abdal Government Middle School, Nowshera Government Senior Secondary School and Nangli Government High School was done today.

The books exhibited for students are in different languages, including Hindi, English and Punjabi, and most of them comprise of children’s books, fiction and general knowledge books.