Kohima, October 2 (MExN): The Nagaland Board of School Education has notified all Heads of Institutions that the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education, New Delhi, has launched Rashtriya e-Pustakalaya, the National Digital Library for Children and Adolescents.
The aim of the initiative is to provide access to high-quality non-academic books across various geographies, languages, genres, and educational levels.
It further informed that mobile applications are available on Android and iOS platforms, serving as a digital toolkit for students, librarians, and teachers.
The library offers thousands of general reading materials, such as age-appropriate stories, biographies, classics, science fiction, novels, etc.
It also includes features such as digital reading clubs and interactive sessions to easily monitor students’ progress, and all this content is available to users free of charge, the NBSE stated.
The Education Ministry will also be conducting an Amrit Kaal story-writing competition for students of Classes IX to XII, which aims to provide an opportunity for students to craft stories that reflect hope, innovation, and transformation for India, it added.
The contest will be open from October 5 to 12, with registration done through the app from September 30 to October 4.
In this regard, all Heads of Institutions have been requested to disseminate the information to students and encourage their positive participation, the NBSE noted in a press release via the State DIPR.
