A STUDY INTO THE EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF LIBRARY IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OF BANGOMUNDA BLOCK

Education

The library of school is an essential part of school education. It is the place where most of the school community resorts to develop their knowledge. The basic elements of school library are infrastructure, resources and services and budget is essential to fulfill all this. Thus, for the development of a school library, specific standard is essential for uniformity at regional, local and national level. The school libraries are significant to the development of literacy, information literacy, teaching, learning as well as socio culture character of the individual. The school library works with teachers, students, administrators also parents to achieve the mission of the school; proclaiming the concept that intellectual freedom and access to information are necessary to effective and responsible citizenship and participation in democracy. The objective of the study is (i) To study the availability and status of library in schools, (ii) To study the effective use of library and (iii) To find out opinion of teachers and Headmasters for the better functioning of library. Data were collected from the Headmasters and Assistant Teacher, In-charge of Library through Checklist and Opinionnaire which was analysed both quantitatively and qualitatively. The results and discussions revealed that the existing library facilities in Bangomunda Block are far from being satisfactory.

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