Delhi Govt Organises Virtual Book Fair For Its Schools, 340 Publishers Participated
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday inaugurated the Virtual Mega Book Fair for Delhi Government Schools. The online platform will enable schools under the Directorate of Education to purchase books for their libraries.
Sisodia said that Delhi is the first in the country where teachers and children of all government schools participate in the virtual fair and select books for their library.
He said, “Books play an important role in the all-round development of children. Keeping this in mind, the Delhi government has made significant changes in the libraries of its schools in the last six to seven years.”
He said that the online platform of the book fair would play an important role and help children get access to the best books.
“Government schools of Delhi can now buy books as per the choice of students and teachers which was not possible till 2017. India can become number one country in the world only with quality education.”
He said, “The education department’s unique initiative to provide top-notch facilities has made Delhi’s education model a topic of discussion and inspiration for the world.”
According to the DOE, the book fair is being organized to ensure that library books reach the doorsteps of schools. At least 340 publishers are participating in the fair and 8,000 books have been included in it.
A screening committee decides whether the books are worth buying and whether they are useful to the library. After the listing, an offline book fair was organized by DOE where schools could buy books as per their requirement.
Source – abplive