S. L. Faisal

Librarian, Blogger, Dreamer…

Connecting people with history and books

It was the Ninth edition of Gift a Book, get a Friend (GBGF). This time we met with history in a unique way. The stage was set at Sree Moola … Continue reading

August 3, 2023 · Leave a comment

Mentoring educators, and learning together

“The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.” — Steven Spielberg Mentoring is always a part of … Continue reading

June 6, 2023 · Leave a comment

How School Libraries make students research ready?

A student who comes out from the school after 12 years of study will be considered as the one who is ready to enter the college in all its sense … Continue reading

March 12, 2023 · Leave a comment

Redesigning in-service training programmes

Collins Dictionary defines ‘in-service traing’ as the training that is given to employees during the course of employment. Like teachers, librarians in KVS also have to undergo an in-service training programme of 21 days to update … Continue reading

February 6, 2023 · Leave a comment

Social Media for Education: When the first KV Facebook page crosses 10K Followers

A moment to believe in dreams! Back in April 2011, when I presented the idea of creating a Facebook page for KV Pattom, it was termed and welcomed (with a … Continue reading

January 1, 2023 · Leave a comment

Experimenting a Virtual Library X-perience during the Pandemic

The Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) environment developed due to the COVID-19 pandemic has made educators everywhere experiment with a number of tools that they never heard and used till date. … Continue reading

March 5, 2022 · 2 Comments

CBSE Reading Mission: a promising initiative to attain Foundational Literacy

The ‘CBSE Reading Mission’ launched by CBSE in partnership with Pratham Books’ StoryWeaver and supported by the Central Square Foundation, is an ambitious national initiative that has the potential to … Continue reading

November 26, 2021 · Leave a comment

Every Students’ Right to have a professionally managed School Library

A refreshing discussion on libraries, teaching and ideas. Time and again such deliberations prove that one of the prime reasons for the huge intellectual loss occured to students in terms … Continue reading

September 19, 2021 · Leave a comment

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