NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY 2020 AND LIBRARIES

The National Educational Policy 2020 (NEP-2020) has been given by MHRD for the new education system and the modern nation’s public.NEP-2020 has emphasised the importance of libraries and books by highlighting on various aspects including development of enjoyable and inspirational books in Indian languages, availability and accessibility of books in school/public libraries, strengthening of libraries and building a culture of reading across the country. The library grant component was introduced under Samagra Shiksha, in the year 2018-19, to inculcate the reading habits among students of all ages and strengthening of school libraries in government schools. The new policy also includes Information Communication Technology (ICT) digital, online, unique kinds of facilities and services to all types of readers of the nation