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school libraries provision in India
dear all, please tell me is it compulsory for Indian Schools (at least according to law) to have a school library? And is there any information available on how many such libraries exist in India, or which percentage of schools has a library, etc.?
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Permalink Reply by vasumathi on
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It is compulsory to have a library in Schools as per CBSE rules, Even state gvt schools must run a school Library. Regarding the survey on number of schools which have libraries, may be this link will be useful i hope
http://www.cmb.ac.lk/academic/institutes/nilis/reports/India.pdf
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Permalink Reply by THIRUMURUGAN S on
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Thank you for your kind information.
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Permalink Reply by NIDHI RAWAT on
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thanks for the info :)
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Thanks for your kind information.
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Permalink Reply by chandrashekhar v m on
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According to rules CBSE Schools must and should have Libraries.
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thanks for the info
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Permalink Reply by ateesh kumar on
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I think its published in news paper for up that if school don,t have library govt.don,t allow for registration.
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