Street library outside Kasba school The idea is to make books available to those who don t have, from people who don t need them anymore
A school in Kasba has installed a bookshelf outside the campus, beside the gate, for residents of the locality to pick up books and read, an initiative aimed at encouraging reading.
The idea is to make books available to those who don t have, from people who don t need them anymore.
The street library, as it is called, is an initiative of Silver Point School and iLEAD, a private institute that offers a host of professional courses. The library was opened on Friday with an initial collection of 500 books.
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Over 5,000 viewers logged in from their phones or computers for an award ceremony that salutes young school-going fighters, which went online for the first time in 25 years.
In previous years, a school auditorium could accommodate only 1,500 odd people.
Thursday was the prelims of the IIHM presents The Telegraph School Awards for Excellence 2020, 25th Edition, in association with The Bhawanipur Education Society College.
More than 200 students were given certificates of merit, certificates of appreciation and certificates of honour.
A trustee of The Telegraph Education Foundation, and the emcee for the programme, Barry O’ Brien, described the 25 years as a “journey of growth”.