The State government’s outreach programme Navakerala Sadas has received umpteen petitions seeking appointment of librarians to higher secondary schools.
Those who have completed the Library Information Science course and aspire for employment as librarians in government and aided higher secondary schools in the State say they have submitted petitions seeking appointment in schools at Navakerala Sadas counters in a chunk of constituencies in all 14 districts.
Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty had at the start of this academic year said that reading would be made part of continuous evaluation. Similarly, the Minister had declared last year that libraries would be modernised. Observances such as Reading Week are also conducted by the General Education department, and books purchased for school libraries through the Samagra Shiksha, Kerala. Yet, school libraries and those who have completed the Library Information Science course continue to suffer owing to delay in making appointments, they point out.
