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
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
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
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
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
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
An honour for all Librarians
I am privileged to receive the National Award to Teachers 2021 on behalf of all Librarians, particularly School Librarians around the country. I hope this recognition will definitely help the … Continue reading
A Gratitude note to Everyone
I am grateful to everyone who taught, guided, supported and inspired me since my decision some twenty years ago to pursue librarianship as my career. I still remember the days, before … Continue reading