Readers Club Analysis of Students' Survey - Team E

The Readers Club Survey was conducted during December- February as part of a project. A total  of 19  students were surveyed and their analysis were prepared. There were 14 CBSE Students and 5 State Students. All of the respondents have Malayalam as their mother tongue. The complete analysis is the following-

All the schools have libraries  and a majority of students visit their libraries other than their Library periods.

Almost 58% of the students visit other libraries and for a majority of students School Library is the source for getting reading materials(58%)

     All the students borrow books from the school library and 74% of them take Recreations such as Novels, Stories etc.

       English is the most read language(89%) followed by Malayalam(37%) and Hindi(11%).

    GK and Fact books are the most referred book (63%) followed by Encyclopedias(53%) and Dictionaries(37%).

     News papers are read by all the students while only 68% of the students read Magazines.  The  Hindu is the most read paper(68%) while Mathrubhumi and Malayalamanorama are read by 63% and 26% of the students respectively. 79% of the students get the news papers and magazines through Subscription at home. Sports is the most read section (63%) followed by Editorial(37%). Local News is the next most read section. National News and International News are read in small quantities.

The students were asked to rank the books. Among our respondents General Knowledge was the most ranked.

—63% of the students said that they have a library at home. 74% of the students said that they write the reviews of the books that they have read.

—37% of the students read 3-4 books in a month. 26% of the students read 5-6 books while 21% of the students read 1-2 books in a month. 11& of the students read 7-8 books in a month and 5% read  more than 9 books in a month.

—37% of the students pick a book by reading its review while for others Friends opinion counts. 26% of the students just picks up the book randomly. 11% of the students choose the books because of their Parents recommendation.

—42% of the students said that they read books on internet while others said that they don’t read them  because of  different reasons some of them being that they don’t like it, they are not aware and no internet connection.

All the students agree that reading is very important for students. 53% of the students agreed to the talk that is going on in the public- that reading is diminishing.

58% of the students have no preference to the reading times while 26% of the students said that they prefer reading at night. Enid Blyton, Charles Dickens, Chetan Bagat, Roald Dahl and many more authors made it to the list of the students favorite authors. Books written by these authors and also a few extras were there in the list of Favorite books.

Done by- Vishnu V Kumar

                M.Sharan kishore

                 Nirupam V

Getting motivated to read is good,and being able to see the positive change in us is all the more satisfactory.but,if you are the one who has worked to inspire others and noticed good results,then you are both proud and happy.That was how I felt working with the readers club.Our team,which included Shweta,Navya and me did a good job(according to everyone).At first thought,we hesitated to do it because the exams were nearing.But then when we were called to do it,we felt like heroes. After all who wants to study,study and just study?hoping i could stay out of the math equations for a while,I helped the readers club with the analyzing of the surveys, grouping them.Hey,I also founded the school reads blog!Actually,it was nothing, Mujib sir taught me how to do it and I created it accordingly.I also recorded the interviews and created the video using movie maker.
 Anyway.it proved to be a great experience and I realized how much fun it was to work with the library...........


Vineeth kutty

Team experience of GROUP- A

1. Our team enjoyed working on this project. The results of the survey was not what we expected. The survey revealed promising results that the reading habit is not declining among the students. Majority of the students said they love reading. We think it is alarming that the students do not read newspapers and magazines regularly.
Good planning and execution is required at the school level to ensure that the interest for reading is sustained. Reading programmes are to be organised regularly. We feel with good collection of books and comfortable library environment can help a lot in this regard. When good books are available definitely the students will read more. 

2. We had a very good team. All the members were book lovers so it was easy to do the tasks. We worked together very well and the friendship got strengthened. We spent a lot of time with Shweta at her home and her mom provided us with a variety of food and drinks. We learnt a lot about each other. It was really interesting to work as a team. We even participated and led our class for the Hindu Classroom of the year competition. 
We learnt many new software applications and websites during the course of our project. We even used MS Publisher for designing our storyboard for the Hindu In School competition.

3. Shweta and Navya were the interviewers in our team. Vineeth handled the camera and did the videography. Analysis and report wad done by Navya and Shweta. The questionnaire for the survey and the interviews were prepared by the entire team after discussion.  Arjun and Unni were mainly did the surveys with help from others. They also did a lot of data entry work with help from Vineeth.

4. We interviewed the Principal madam and our English teacher. We also did the survey of teachers and students. We prepared the survey report for both the teachers and the students we surveyed. The final analysis of the complete survey was done by the team led by Shweta and Navya. 
We used many software applications and website during the project which include MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Publisher, SurveyMonkey.com, IrfanView, Windows Movie Maker (Vineeth did this) and Google Docs.



“The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade.” - Anthony Trollope

By TEAM A
Shweta, Navya, Vineeth, Arjun, Unnikrishnan

An amazing experience..

It was a tremendous experience to work for the reading project. Since I was the Reader's Club Secretary, the crown was put on my head. I was the one who was responsible to coordinate the entire project and assist other members when needed.  I got to know a lot about blogging and conducting survey. In short I learnt how to create a blog !!!. I enjoyed conducting surveys and converting the data into pie charts and graphs.

Now coming to the interview session. My best experience was to interview our honourable  Principal Madam Dr.S. Nalayini.  It gave me an opportunity to know her better.

The  funniest thing was to interview my English teacher who is also my mother. It was weird to ask her questions as a student though I managed to complete it without making much of a fuss or in short without laughing!!!. So by the time the two interviews were over, I was able to get a feel of how an interview should be conducted. I am eagerly looking forward to such opportunities in future too.

At this juncture I would like to thank all the people who put in their hard work to make this project a grand success. It is our library sir Mr.Mujib Rahiman who should be thanked the most. He was the one who took initiative and invited me to be a part of this project. My thanks also to my English teacher Mrs.Rugmini Menon who cooperated with us. I am also grateful  to my group members- Nirupam( the heart and soul of this project, in my opinion), Navya Vijayan and last but not the least Vineeth kutty (videographer cum blog designer).

Shweta Sasidharan
IX-B

Photogallery II

Shweta, Navya and Nirupam discussing the Interview Questions

Data Entry and analysis

Sayooj and Team doing the analysis

Balamurali and team

Praanesh and Nirupam entering the surveys collected

Presentations under preparation

Samples of Surveys

Reports of survey

A Sample response

The Online Survey on Library Server

KV Students filling the online survey

We are clearing our doubts with our librarian sir on data analysis

Data Entry

Major Finding of Our Survey

The Questionnaire-based Survey Method and Interviews have been adopted for collecting data for this project. The study was carried out by 25 members of the Readers Club. The individual teams carried out the survey among 378 students from 25 different schools in Palakkad. Managers of three leading bookshops in Palakkad were interviewed. The Principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kanjikode and TGT English of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kanjikode were also interviewed by the teams.

• The majority of the teachers and students were of the opinion that the reading habit is declining among the students. Almost all the students agreed that reading is important for students.

• Though the respondents’ mother tongue was mostly Malayalam, their preferred language for reading was English. The second most widely read language by both teachers and students was Malayalam as the majority of the respondents have Malayalam as their mother tongue. The need for getting the students to read books in Hindi was really felt, while analyzing the results of our survey. Both our School Library and the Public Library we visited  have a very good collection of books in Hindi and it is really sad that these books are underutilized. Steps need to be taken to create an interest among the students in Hindi literature.

• Quite surprisingly, reading topped the list of preferred leisure activity, pushing sports and television to the second and third positions respectively. The people we interviewed and the teachers whom we surveyed agreed that there is a lot of improvement in the reading habit of students in the last few years.

• The major reason indicated by the teachers for the declining reading habit was lack of interest and motivation, whereas the students indicated lack of time as the main reason. 

• Over 40% students read for information and for improving their general knowledge, while 35.71% read for pleasure.

• About half of the students who responded read more than twice a week. Only 10% reported that they rarely read. More than half of the respondents read for more than an hour.

•  Based on the responses received from the students and the teacher-parents, it was evident that the most preferred category of reading materials are comics and story books.

• Majority of the students do not read newspapers and magazines regularly. The mostliked section in the newspaper is the Sports Section, followed by International News. It is quite surprising that the students do not seriously read the newspapers and magazines and they do not seem to be aware of its potential usefulness.

• About half of the respondents just pick up a book for reading. A good number of students are influenced by their friends’ opinion for selecting a book for reading and they also depend on book reviews. More than 50% do not write a review of the books they have read.

• E-books are yet to have an impact on the majority of the students. Majority reported that they do not like to read books online. Both the students and the teachers reported that the School library is the main source for getting the library materials. A large number of students still depend on the School Library for their need-based information, though majority use Internet as the main source. More than half of the students do not visit any other library. The information clearly points to the important role played by the School Library in fostering Reading Habit among students and the need for the school libraries to be well equipped to cater to the needs of the student community.

• The majority of students visit the library only during the specified library periods. Borrowing books is the main reason for visiting the library and mostly novels and stories are taken home by the students.

• Majority of the students are satisfied with the collection of their respective School Libraries.

• Though the teachers of different schools almost unanimously said that the Reading Habit is declining, only 41% said that they discussed books in their classroom regularly. All the teachers agreed that the KVS Library Policy and CBSE Reading Project had a high positive impact on the reading habit of children, which was reiterated by the Principal and the English Teacher we interviewed. As reported by the Librarian, PublicLibrary, Palakkad, the Reading Contest organized by the Kerala State Library Council has helped in improving the reading habits of the students in the state as a whole.

Team B - Experiences of the Project

1. What are your experiences of the project? What are the conclusions your team arrived at after the project? Provide suggestions, if any, to improve the reading habit and library usage of students.

This was the first time any one of our team worked in a real project. The experience was very good as we have got opportunity to do so many new things and learn many softwares.
76% of the students we surveyed said that they enjoy reading. It was interesting to see 34% of the students read 3 books a week on an average. It was clear that though the students did not read magazines and newspapers, they read books. We were happy to see our favourite authored topped in our survey too. We came to the conclusion that reading habit is not dying. We are of the opinion that the students must be motivated to read. We must get more and more books and there must be some free time for reading books. Number of competitions on library and reading should be more. As we have got this year next year too the prizes should be coupons for books.

2. What impact did this project have on your team? What did you learn by participating in this project?
Now we know all the members of our team more. Our discussions mainly was on the books we like to read and our favourite characters and so on. Sayooj is the IT expert in our team and he shown us how he created book trailer and animation. He also helped a lot in doing all the work. We learned so many softwares. We know excel and powerpoint and used it before. But we have never used it like this. Sorting, filtering, creating charts etc were new to all of us. The other software Irfanview is very small but really good in image copying and saving. These will help us in preparing our subject presentations in an attractive manner in the next year.
Sayooj and Silga used to post book reviews on the readers club blog. But others learned to work on Blogger now only.

4. How well did you work as a team? How did it help to develop your cooperation and collaboration as a team?
As we said above, Sayooj helped us in learning many new tricks on computers. We all did our part in the project well. Pranesh helped the Interview team to record the conversations. Silga and Sreenath mainly entrusted with collection of responses and entereing it on the software.

5. List out the tasks your team completed in the project. What resources/IT tools did you use during the project?
We surveyed 38 students from different schools. We also entered data of some other responses collection by our readers club members. We did the analysis in Excel and prepared our report as a power point presentation. Sir taught us how to share the presentations on the blog using slideshare.net. Sayooj created an account in it and uploaded our ppt and posted in on our blog here.
We used excel, Microsoft Word and Powerpoint for creating the presentation. We also used blogs and slideshare.

We would like to thank our librarian sir for giving us this opportunity. We also thank our Principal madam and Rugmini madam for motivating us to do this project.

Experiences - Team C

What are your experiences of the project? What are the conclusions your team arrived at after the project? Provide suggestions, if any, to improve the reading habit and library usage of students.

All of us enjoyed working on this project. It was really an enjoyable experience conducting surveys. Our team leader Surya led the team who visited and interviewed the bookshops and Librarian of Public Library and shared his experiences with us. Working as a team, we could know each other better. 

The one shocking result we found out during the course of our survey was that most of the teachers thought the reading habit is drastically declining. But what we got from our survey of students was just the opposite.  Almost all the students were of the unanimous opinion that they enjoyed reading.
We could also see the improvement in our school due the variety of activities and programmes introduced in this academic session.
The best way to promote reading is to provide an environment for reading in the school. The Reading Achievement Certificates and library point system for our reading activities is also very good. We think instead always telling reading habit is declining, the teachers and parents should tell us that there is an improvement which seems to be the fact.

What impact did this project have on your team? What did you learn by participating in this project?

First, we learnt to work as a team. The different views by the team members was not acceptable initially, but we learned to adjust and understand each others views.

The usefulness of Microsoft Excel in doing the analysis was new and surprising. The methods of survey and how to find out things in an easier was something interesting. Meeting with other school students and getting to know what they like to read and all was very nice. 

We learnt so many things. The small programme, Irfanview for taking screenshots of anything was amazing. The power of MS Excel and Powerpoint was also new to us. Creating online survey was also new.

How well did you work as a team? How did it help to develop your cooperation and collaboration as a team? What are limitations.

Surya was out team leader who told us how to do things. We were required to submit the responses to him and all of us worked on entering the collected answers on the computer. Gayathri, Rasul and Annie did most of the survey collection and they did a lot in data entry also.

Sanjay and Surya did the analysis and preparation of the report as they were familiar with computers. Rasul also helped in doing the presentation part. Gayathri was very much interested but at the end she was unable to do the analysis and all because she has to prepare for her 10th exams.

We faced problems in doing things after the school hours. Surya, our team leader, did not have access to Internet so he used to go cafe to get in touch with others. Another problem was lack of time. We had practice tests and classworks to attend to making it difficult to do extra work like this. 

List out the tasks your team completed in the project. What resources/IT tools did you use during the project?

We collected responses from 23 students from other schools. We also helped our school students in completing the survey. Surya participated in the interview of bookshops. We all did the entering of answers to the program.
The IT tools used are:
Gmail, Google Drive, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Blogger, Irfanview and LimeSurvey.
We need to learn a lot more. Now only we realised so many things can be done with the softwares.

Team Leader: Surya
Members:
Sanjay Santhosh
Gayathri
Annie George
Rasul Haris

WHAT AN EXPERIENCE !!!!!!!!!!!!

It was my first experience of going out to some interview someone. We have prepared our questions before hand, but asked more questions as the response from all were really encouraging. I have never realised that interviewing somebody is not very easy task.

Our team included myself,our transcripter Praanesh,Vishnu,Nirupam,Vineeth-who was our photographer and our guide cum librarian Mr.Mujib Rahman accompanied us to Palakkad. We first visited  AA Book stall and lending library and interviewed the manager of the stall namely Mr.Khaja Moideen who very truly and patiently answered to our questions. First I introduced our team and from where  were coming.Then Nirupam and Vishnu took up the interview and  asked many questions related with the topic.I took up the role of a introducer as I thought that I can give a nice and energetic start to the team. Praanesh noted all points said by  manager of the bookshops. After taking the interview we went through almost every books available in the shops. 

It was truly a memorable incident.Since it was my first interview I little bit got tensed and scared on thinking how i would present it.But finally it came good. Through these exercises we really learned how to communicate with others. With each interview our confidence increased.

Through this project work, we learned many things. After collecting the surveys from students our team entered it on the computer and analysed the data. We used Excel application to create the graphs and charts required.

I would like to convey my thanks to the managers of the book stall,our Principal madam and our librarian Mr.Mujib Rahman. 

M.SURYA
8C

Posting a Post just Like that

Posting a post just like that in any blog is not in my list of hobbies. But since this particular blog has been opened, it seems like I can type whatever I want...( of course about Reading). So today I logged into this site and now I am going to write about my views on books and our library.
 I have always liked fantasies from my childhood. Now I am a die hard fan of The Harry Potter series, Percy Jackson series, Fable haven series etc. Recently we the students of class IX B had participated in the Hindu Story board competition. The experience gained from it too has increased this fascination of mine towards fantasies.
Now coming into our library.........its inexplicable.
It has a wide variety of books and students are free to take home any book of their choice. Mujib sir is really particular about the discipline in the library. Better try not to anger him. Our library website is also really nice. You can find anything about the library in it. The present reading project which we have undertaken will come out successful  only when you guys take active part in library activities.......So come take Part,..................love the library.......
Navya.V
IX B

- Nothing to everything- the reading project

"No sir...its time consuming....exams are approaching .........I won't be able to do it" I remember having told Mujib sir when he briefed me about this project. But alas!!!! I hadn't known at that time that it would be this interesting.

We started our work by surveying and interviewing students and teachers. Nothing seemed to be tough as we had a great deal of cooperation from librarian sir. Shwetha Sasidharan and I had been the coordinators of this project- and we knew nothing in Information Technology - but as I've mentioned in the title, it turned from nothing to everything (though not completely everything).
Everyday after reaching the school, we would rush to the library for work. It was one such day that we had to interview our Principal madam. We were really scared. I can say that this is what most of you would expect. But we were not. We were totally cool as Principal madam is really a friendly person. She answered all our questions with enthusiasm. I really enjoyed every bit of it except for the times when computers really posed problems( even that was because of my mistake- not to blame the poor thing).
Analysing the results of the survey gave us unexpected results from the most unexpected persons. It was fun to explore the hearts of the respondents. Posting reviews on the blog is one thing that I love the most. For that I had to read books.  This reading project came out successful due to many competitions conducted in our library and also due to the system of library points that Mujib sir has introduced in our library. There is a kind of magnetic attraction in the library and all children are drawn towards it.
I loved being a part of this project and I hope I'll have more opportunities to take part in other Readers club activities.........


Navya. V
IX B

Interview 6- Mrs Rugmini Menon, TGT English, K.V. Kanjikode

As the final task, we, Shweta Sasidharan and Navya Vijayan, interviewed Mrs. Rugmini Menon, TGT English K.V Kanjikode, through Google Chat. Transcript of the interview is given below.

 

10:52 AM Navya: You've been invited to this chat room!

  good morning madam

 Navya: Good Morning madam,

10:53 AM sarupgt: Good Morning

10:54 AM me: madam, we would like to interview you....regarding the reading project we are conductiing

 sarupgt: Yes, I am ready. You can begin

10:55 AM Navya: There is a general notion that reading habit is declining among students.

10:56 AM What're your views in this regard?

10:57 AM sarupgt: Yes, I too believe that reading habit is declining and that too at quite a fast rate. But then, I can vouch that there is a definite improvement in the reading habit in our school in the course of the last two years.

10:58 AM me: can you name some of the reasons for the decline?

11:02 AM sarupgt: The influence of the computer and the television on the present generation are the major factors. Children are glued to the idiot and scientific boxes during their leisure and they spend very less time with their books.

11:03 AM They feel that surfing the net for information is much easier than poring through books...

11:04 AM me: oh !

11:05 AM sarupgt: Similarly many stories and novels have been adapted as movies. So children prefer to watch them to reading books...

11:06 AM I hope you remember the result of the survey on reading that we conducted for the Story Board. I don't remember the question.

11:07 AM me: yes mam......majority of the students did prefer movies to books which was surprising to know

  Navya I don't remember the exact number...can u specify it??

11:08 AM Navya: 237 out of 300 students said they preferred movies to books.

11:12 AM me: in the present survey that we conducted separately for teachers and students, the former were of the view that there has been a steep decline in the reading habit whereas the latter opined that the habit has definitely improved. What do you have to say about it?

11:15 AM sarupgt: I think this question has been answered initially. I would like to reiterate that the reading habit among the students of our school has increased by leaps and bonds in the last couple of years.

  Yes...

11:16 AM Navya: Do you think the KVS Library Policy and CBSE Reading project have played a role in this?

 sarupgt: Of course..

11:19 AM The KVS Library Policy has been framed to promote reading habits among children and to improve the Library facilities. As a member of the Library Committee I can proudly say that we have tried out different ways and means to promote reading in our school...

  Moreover, the initiative of our Librarian and also our Principal needs special mention.

11:20 AM me: what about the CBSE reading project??

11:21 AM sarupgt: Yes, it is a good beginning to nurture the dormant reading skills in the children...

  If it can be filtered down to the lower classes too, it would really be advantageous...

11:23 AM Navya: And madam....a very important question.....What about our THREE MEN IN A BOAT?

11:25 AM me: what suggestions would you give to improve to improve reading habit in future?\

 sarupgt: Ha, Ha.I know the response that you want from me. To be frank, I really loathed reading the book initially. But, now I just love reading it. I enjoy the jokes and laugh to myself, when I go through it. I think the IX class next year will be benefited better. better,

11:26 AM me: mam please give your suggestions madam to improve reading habits?

11:27 AM sarupgt: The kind of activities that we are promoting at present is good enough. ..

11:29 AM sarupgt: As the saying goes, "Variety is the spice of life". New activities which would attract the students to the library should be chalked out....

11:30 AM Navya has joined

 me: thank you madam. it was great interviewing you.

11:31 AM sarupgt: Teachers too should play a prominent role in motivating the children.Thus through the combined effort of the Principal,Librarian, teachers and students, we will be able to do wonders in the coming days. With this positive hope, I am ending.Thank you.

11:34 AM me: madam we will be posting the report and details of our survey on our blog at http://schoolreads.blogspot.in/. please do visit and do post your comments.

 sarupgt: I will surely visit your blog and post my comments.

11:37 AM me: Thank you madam.

INTERVIEW 5: DR. S NALAYANI, PRINCIPAL KANJIKODE

Good Morning, Madam,
Principal: Good Morning
Navya: I am Navya
Shweta: I am Shweta
Navya: We would like to interview, Madam, on behalf of the Readers Club members
Principal: Okay, Fine!
Shweta: First question. Madam, after you took charge as a Principal of this school, a lot of positive changes have come to the library and there is a clamour for books among the students. What magic spell did you use in order to bring about the change?
Madam:  There is nothing like a magic . It was all due to the interest shown by  our  Mr. Mujib Rahimam, our Librarian. So, he gave me all the tips what all to be done, I cooperated with him. I only supported our librarian and encourage the students indirectly.

Navya: Usually people with a scientific bent of mind do not read novels and literary books. Does the same formula apply to you too?

Madam:  Ah! Same. It is really true. As you say we all are Science students -not much of interest shown towards literary books. We all go for science related magazines and books for reference. That way only I have read. After coming here Mujib sir used to give me some books telling that  madam this is useful. It is not subject oriented. Like that he gave lots of books for my inservice course like how to motivate parents, what kind of things the teachers have to do in their class to bring the students to their control - all such fantastic books he gave me which was really useful.

Navya: Madam, do you read novels?

              

Madam: That's what I am telling you. Because of our librarian only I started reading such books.

Shweta: That mean you haven't read novels?

Madam: Very true. Very true. Novels and all I never used to read.

Navya: Even if you get that.. will you read?
Shweta: In between your busy schedule, do you really get time to read books?
Madam: Nothing like busy schedule. I read books if I get time.
Shweta: You have worked in many KVs. How would you rate our library and our librarian?
Madam: The best. Excellent. Any exemplary words you use it. I have never had such a good rapport with a librarian before. Libraries may be good in all the KVs, but librarian is important.

Shweta: Madam, what about the collections in our library?
Madam: Good. First thing I have noticed that he has taken interest to get books as per the students' suggestions. So definitely every child will keen to take some books from the library. It is not his suggestions, its all children and teachers. That way it is good.
Shweta: Madam, you have been working in KVS for many years. So you must have come across many children. What do you think, the reading habit been decreased or increased?
Madam: Our school, in this particular year 2012-13 there have been lot of improvement I could see.  Because I see the students always with a library card.

Navya: Is it because of the competitions?
Madam: Ha. That's the way he always announces competitions and get the children to the library. I always see the students with a library card. Either they returning books or taking new ones. Definitely, books are taken by all of them. If they take at least something they will read if not the whole book.
Shweta: But generally...?
Madam: Generally it is not there. In other schools I have not seen this much.
Navya: What do you it has improved from the earlier?
Madam: Ya. Much better, improved. Even compared to last year I could see the improvement.
Shweta: That all because of librarian sir.
Madam: Yes. Lot of changes he brings, you know. It is not just sitting and giving, issuing. That is not the way he do things.
Navya:Automation and all...
Shweta: Madam,what impact did KVS Library Policy have on the library services and the students reading habit?
Principal: Good. Automation of library is useful. Sir is able to do his job quickly. There is the book ration to be followed. More importance on Hindi books. And the fine collection...you know...
Navya: Library points ... madam
Madam: Yes. Library Points...that way he discourages students that you should not pay fine. That is a sort of discouragement, not encouragement to pay fine.
(Note: We have a system of library points introduced in our library where students get points for whatever library and reading related activities they are involved. Similarly negative points are given for returning books after due date. This has ensured that students return the books in time and no need for collecting library fine)
Shweta: But the students are not at all reading Hindi books...
Madam: Yes. They are not at all reading. Now the next year Sir's project is motivating them to read Hindi books.That's what he told me. Reading of Hindi books is very poor, you all would have have noticed?
Shweta: Yes madam
Madam: So we will make sir to take it as the next assignment.
Shweta: What do you think we can enhance the reading habits of children?
Madam: Don't you think what sir does is tremendous.
Shweta: More than that, madam
Navya: If you were the librarian, what would you do?
Madam: (Laughs). Probably I am not fit for that. May be.. what to say. I mean sir also trying that mass reading and all is really useful. But somehow last year once or twice we did it, is it not? And may be I will be more strict than Mr.Mujib to make them read.
Navya: Will your force them to read?
Madam: No. I will ask them at the end of the period what books you all have read, whether it is useful to others...whether really they did some useful reading. That way I will also will know what kind of books you people have taken. I don't know whether Mujib sir is doing.
Navya: Yes. Sir is very particular about all children coming together in to the library during library period.
Shweta: And he concentrates on book reviews written by the children.
What is your views on the CBSE Reading Project recently introduced?
Madam: Yes. What started in 9th standard, eh? It is very useful. Reading and communication skills are all improving. Your English teachers have already started...as long as these English teachers are there you will all become good in English.
Navya: Madam and there is a general discussion among children that because of CCE they have lack of time for reading. So what can we do to enhance our reading and better time management?
Madam: I don' think so. Even if you do a project and groupd discussion, you read and go ahead with. How do say you don't have time.
Navya: We mean to read novels etc. madam
Shweta: Ah. Even our parents do not allow to read novels because exams are going to come...what do you think?

Madam: See, if you are reading a good novel and it is entertaining, why don't we put it as one of the criteria for your English language activities. Hm...how to create extra time, is it not? That is in our hands only. You should allocate some time, everyday I will read novel in that particular time.
Navya: What do you think about the reading projects madam..extra competitions
Shweta: Like the storyboard competition by the Hindu...
Madam: Storyboard?
Navya: The extra competitions based on reading, what do you think?
Madam: Storyboard, the participation in that paper's..all that your teachers has to encourage you, is't not? Only with teacher's encouragement
Navya: Other than the Librarian do you think teachers also should motivate students?
Madam: Of course. Teachers have a role to play, especially the language teachers. Teachers play a vital role, whether it is English or Hindi.
Shweta: Madam, one more thing. Which is your favourite book?

Madam: I like reading education related books. I like that.

Shweta: No favourite magazine or books madam?
Madam: Magaize now Infinithoughts. That is really inspiring one.
Navya: Whenever you come to our class you start with some proverbs or thoughts. Where do you get it from?
Madam: That's what I said. Infinithoughts. See now I am reading this Competition Refresher. It is all current events. You please go through it. PSA and Maths it will be helpful, yesterday this work only I was doing. It is fantastic. I have forgotten so many formulae and all. I found it interesting.
And here and there some Tamil magazines I read.
Navya: Tamil Magazines mean...?
Madam: Yes. Old stories I used to read like Mahabharata
Shweta: Like the ancient books...related to Gods..
 Madam: Yes. Usually Tamil only I will read. Those stories if you read in your mother toungue only ou you can enjoy. English is a foreign language and we may not be knowing many words and you may lose interest.
Navya: But the new generation like only English books, they don't like mother tongue.
Madam: Those kind of books I prefer to read only in Tamil. See slokas, even though I learnt Sanskrit I don't know the meaning. When I go to Tamil slokas I enjoy as I can understand it and it registers very fast. Sanskrit we have not learnt. I learnt it on my own.
Shweta: Thank you for your valuable time, Madam. We enjoyed a lot talking to you.
Navya: Thank you madam