Punjab Education Minister Pargat Singh has said thatlibraries and books play an important role in nurturing and shaping up thepersonality of the students and called upon the librarians to inculcate bookculture in the schools. He was addressing a function here today at MunicipalBhawan, Sector 35, Chandigarh to hand over appointment letters to 693 newlyrecruited school librarians.
S. Pargat Singh in his address said that apart fromschool syllabus, literary, and sports activities play an important role in theoverall development of the students. He expressed confidence that recruitmentof librarians will give a new look to school libraries. Welcoming the newlyrecruited librarians in the department, he said that today's children are moreand more attached to the electronic devices which should be connected with thebooks.
Stressing on the need to make education employmentoriented, the Education Minister said that while preparing the courses, it wasimportant to look at the demand of the industries and the employment prospectsso that the students could stand on their own feet after graduation. He alsourged the youth to work constructively and positively in the development of thestate.
S. Pargat Singh further said that the EducationDepartment has recruited 14,500 teachers in the last four and a half years andin addition to the appointment letters handed over today, 18,900 more teacherrecruitment are in the pipeline and the process will be completed soon andappointment letters would be handed over to the selected candidates. Hedirected the authorities to address the demands of the teachers unions so thatthe issues could be resolvedimmediately.
Earlier in his address Education Secretary Mr. AjoySharma said that the recruitment has been done by the SS Board in a transparentmanner on the basis of pure merit. He said that libraries have a hugecontribution to make in student life. This recruitment would be game changerand a milestone in inculcating interest in reading among the students, bringingmore constructive improvements in the way of getting education and bringingabout revolutionary changes in school education, said the Education Secretary.
Speaking on the occasion, D.P.I. (Secondary Education)Mr. Sukhjit Pal Singh said that recruitment of librarians would help inachieving the goals of quality education besides developing reading habits inthe students.
On this occasion Director General School Education Mr. B.Srinivasan was also present.