“PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS IN LIBRARIES OF KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA IN MAHARASHTRA AND GOA STATE”

SYNOPSIS SUBMITTED TO

SWAMI RAMANAND TEERTH MARATHWADA UNIVERSITY, NANDED

FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

IN THE SUBJECT OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE UNDER THE FACULTY OF INTER-DISCIPLINARY STUDIES

SUBMITTED BY MITESH A. HANWATE BLIS, M.Lib. Info.Sc, UGC-NET, MH-SET

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF

DR. RAMESHWAR SURYABHANJI PAWAR (LIBRARIAN) M.Com.,M.Phil. M.Lib. Info.Sc, Ph.D. SHRIGURU BUDHI SWAMI COLLEGE, PURNA DIST. PARBHANI

APRIL 2019 PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS IN LIBRARIES OF KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA IN MAHARASHTRA AND GOA STATE

1) A brief resume of proposed work /problem.

A quality school education is a vital part of school education. A schoolwithout a library is like an organism without its core. For students, the school library is an essential source of information and ideas, a place for learning and enquiry and for generation of thoughts and creation of new knowledge. Reading habit among students cannot be created in the absence of a good library. Without the reading habit, students cannot delve in the world of knowledge. It will affect the students‘thinking and intellectual development. In the absence of the school library, there will be no possibility to develop children‘s ability to learn beyond classroom learning.

The school functions without proper school library create an information illiterate society. The precious spare time of Teachers at school will be wasted if the school does not have a library. Lack of the library in school hinders lifelong liking and longing for new knowledge. The school library helps children to become good citizens. So, the library is essential to make an information literate knowledge society of tomorrow.

The school librarian is the navigator of the library. Library guides the students and teachers to the resources available in the library and to the world of knowledge. The quality and devotion of the librarian plays a pivotal role in the development of the school community. The pleasing characteristics of the school librarian help students to get attracted towards the library.

The school library is the most visited place by most of the school community to spend more time and it is the place where the young ones breathe the air of knowledge. Hence, the environment of the school library should be pleasing and inviting with comfortable furniture and facilities. To play the role of a library in a meaningful and systematic way, minimum standards should be followed in respect of space, staff and finance of the school library. Among this space and location of the school are the prime factors that make library more attractive.

2) Introduction to proposed research topic.

“A library is not a building stacked with books – it is a repository and source of information and ideas, a place for learning and enquiry, and for the generation of thought and the creation of new knowledge.” –National Knowledge Commission, 2005

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) is the premier institution which pursues excellence and sets the pace in the field of school education in the country by promoting national integration and a sense of ''Indianness'' among the children while ensuring their total personality development and academic excellence. Kendriya Vidyalayas are in the fore front of integrating innovative ideas and up-todate technologies in teaching and learning.

The libraries in Kendriya Vidyalayas are considered as the nerve centres of knowledge which serve the students and staff members with needed information resources and act as vital partners in the collaborative learning activities. The role of libraries in the academic achievement of students is indisputable. In the present 21st century learning environment, students need to be equipped with essential skills that make them effective seekers, evaluators and creators of information available in myriad formats. The KVS Library Policy 2012 is aimed at developing a working framework and to guide the librarians and administrators for the effective organization and management of library systems in Kendriya Vidyalayas all over the country. It provides guidelines to establish school libraries with relevant resources, user oriented services and modern technologies. The Policy intents to equip the students and staff members with the information literacy skills required to face the challenges of the emerging knowledge society. These guidelines are formulated based on the previous KVS Library Policy (2008),

CBSE: Organizing School Libraries Manuel (1998), IFLA/UNESCO School Library Guidelines

(2002), National Curriculum Framework (2005) National Knowledge Commission recommendations on Libraries (2008) and a number of other international school library guidelines.

The system came into being in 1963 under the name 'Central Schools'. Later, the name was changed to Kendriya Vidyalaya. All the schools are affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). Its objective is to educate children of the Indian Defiance

Services personnel who are often posted to remote locations. With the army starting its own Army Public Schools, the service was extended (but not restricted) to all central government employees.

A uniform curriculum is followed by these schools all over India. By providing a common syllabus and system of education, the Kendriya Vidyalayas are intended to ensure that the children of government employees do not face education disadvantages when their parents are transferred from one location to another. The schools have been operational for more than 50 years. 3) Survey or review of literature and development in the relevant subject.

Alemna (2000) discussed the issues and problems militating against school library development. According to him, the absence of school library legislation in Ghana has enabled individuals and organizations to register schools without making the necessary provision for school libraries.

Douglas & Wilkinson (2011) demonstrated the powerful role a high performing school library and schools library service play in raising pupils’ literacy levels and improving access to knowledge. Their research revealed that, young people who read above the expected level of their ages are twice as likely as young people who read below their ages

Erikson and Markuson (2007) contend that the library is a place where students learn to use technology as a tool to explore the world of knowledge. Learners need to become life-long learners, who can not only find, but also sort and critically use large amounts of information from electronic sources, not all of which are necessarily reliable, useful or up-to-date. This has implications for the library collection

Ikojo-Odongo (2008) sums up the challenges to school libraries as evidently arising from weak appreciation and/or inadequate knowledge amongst policy-makers and educators about the role of the school library.

Owoeye&Yara, (2011) also asserted that, the library is an essential factor in the teaching-learning process. It forms one of the most important educational services and that the chief purpose of a school library is to make available to the pupil, at his own convenience, all books, periodicals and other reproduced materials which are of interest and value to him, but which are not provided or assigned to him as basic or supplementary textbooks

Streatfield, Shaper & Rae-Scott (2010) found that qualified librarians are contributing to information literacy work in their schools also contribute actively to the school Virtual Learning Environment. The study again indicated that School librarians support literacy and encourage reading for pleasure.

The survey by the SLA (2012) explored what activities are undertaken in the libraries. Various activities were found, differing somewhat in primary and secondary libraries. The most commonly selected activities mentioned by primary school respondents include library skills, reading promotion and reading groups

4) Objectives of the research and proposed hypothesis.

Objectives

1. To find out the conditions of Kendriya Vidyalaya libraries in terms of adequate

facilities.

2. To study the growth and type of collection in Kendriya Vidyalaya libraries.

3. To study library services provided in Kendriya Vidyalaya libraries.

4. To find the application of ICT in Libraries of Kendriya Vidyalaya.

5. To study junior libraries in Kendriya VidyalayaSchool.

6. To make some recommendations as to how the standards of libraries in schools

could be improved.

Hypothesis

To pursue the proposed study, the following hypotheses are framed.

H0: There is no significant relationship between school library and creation of new knowledge. H1: There is significant relationship between school library and creation of new knowledge.

H0: Library services does not Encourage and foster reading habit. H1:Library services does Encourage and foster reading habit.

H0:Library does not participate in the teaching-learning programmes of the school.

H1:Library effectively participates in the teaching-learning programmes of the school.

5) Methodology to be used and adopted.

The study is a descriptive study in nature. The purpose of this descriptive study is to collect detail and factual information that will describe the current phenomenon of Library and Librarianship. Primary data will be collected with the help of structured questionnaire administered to 200 respondents in Kendriya Vidyalaya in Maharashtra & Goa State and the type of Sampling will be simple random sampling technique. Pilot study will be conducted and the necessary additions and deletions will be made in the questionnaire.

The data obtained from the field questionnaire will be classified; analysis, tabulated and it will be logically interpreted in this Study.

Data Collection

Source and Method of Data collection

Primary Data

Primary Data will be gather using survey as a mode of data collection. To conduct this survey, structured questionnaire will be prepared. The methods for Primary

Data Collection will be

. Questionnaire

. Personal interview

Instrument

A structured questionnaire is the major instrument that will be used to collect the data. The questionnaire will be used in order to get a standard form of response from the respondents. Respondents are librarians and library users.

Secondary Data

The Secondary data will be gathered from different publications of library and information sciences associations of India, Annual reports of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan,

CBSC publication, NCERT publication. The facts, figures and statistics library services and standards will be explored through Books, Magazines, Journals, Periodicals and Internet.

Major sources of secondary data in the review of literature will be from research papers,

Articles, Newspapers.

Design of Questionnaire:

The researcher will use structured questionnaire with close ended questions to avoid variations in the respondent’s responses. The questions will have options to cover all possible replies of respondents. This style of questionnaire standardizes the responses. All the questions asked in this questionnaire will be formulated based on intensive and extensive literature review, expert’s opinions and pilot survey.

Research Design

The present research is designed to use quantitative data collection for ascertaining the challenges of libraries in Kendriya Vidyalaya and to identify different opportunities.

The demographic profile of the respondents consist age, gender and socio- economic background. After designing the questionnaire, a pilot testing will be done on the respondents from each of the places involved in research. After the data collection, all the questionnaires will be scrutinized to ensure, accuracy and completeness in as systematic way according to the need of objective of the study.

Sample Size

The research population is comprised oflibrarians and users in Kendriya Vidyalaya libraries.Sample size 200of respondents will be selected from all the libraries of Kendriya

Vidyalaya in Maharashtra& Goa State.

Selection of Sample

The researcher will personally visit to the libraries in the selected city of this study area, where interview will be conducted and questionnaires will get filled by the librarian and users in libraries and researcher will cover all the libraries in respective Maharasahtra and Goa State.

Details of Kendriya Vidyalaya Libraries in MumbaiRegion

SR. NO. STATE NO. OF KV LIBRARIES 1 Maharashtra 57 2 Goa 05 3 Other 01+ TOTAL 62

Source: kendriyavidyalaromumbai

Sampling Method

Total enumeration sampling will be used for the study with Simple random sampling method. It is a subset of a statistical population in which each member of the subset has an equal probability of being chosen.

Data Processing and Analysis

After the data collection, all the questionnaires will be scrutinized to ensure accuracy and completeness in as systematic way according to the need of objective of the study and after that data will be fed to computer using excel spreadsheet and fox pro package. The data input will be analyzed through SPSS (Statistical package for social sciences). Techniques like frequency distribution and standard deviation will be used to analyze the data. On the basis of analysis the data will be interpreted in the form of findings and conclusions.

Limitation of the Study

Study is limited to school libraries in Kendriya Vidyalaya only. Though KV schools having presence in pan India and abroad but this study is limited to Kendriya Vidyalaya in

Maharashtra and Goa states which come under Mumbai region of Kendriya Vidyalaya

Sangathan.

6) Importance of the study-

In recent years, dynamic method of teaching has been introduced inschool curriculum. Once this resulted, teacher centered coaching followed in schools were changed to student centered learning programme. Under this pattern, the school follows resource-based curricula which will prepare students for life-long learning. Such curricula demand that teachers and students should have access to resources and programs that focus on the skills necessary to the effective use of those resources. So, there is an indispensable relationship between school library and school education. A thorough study in the area of school library will help to find out demerits of the present school library and facilitates to improve resources and function of school library.

In the day-to-day life of a school, the library can serve many differentkinds of purpose based on the vision and mission of the school. The primary function of the school library is to implement, enrich and support the educational programme of the school, and to cultivate a taste for reading among the young ones. The school library provides a range of learning opportunity to the individual as well as to groups to develop intellectual content and information literacy. Now library is not a collection of books. It is a media center, where students can work on computer and other Information Communication Technology tools which help to make children information literate. In addition special events like author‘s visit, talk on books, etc. help to understand about the author of books and his views and develop critical thinking capacity. The library updates the teachers with new developments in the area of their teaching. The school library helps the students to clarify their doubts and project work with the help of the resources. The school library is a collaborative venture in which librarian and teachers work together, to provide an opportunity for the social cultural and educational growth of the school.

6.1*International status &National status

The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (lit. "central schools") is a system of central government schools in India that are instituted under the aegis of the Ministry of Human

Resource Development (MHRD). It comprises over 1,199 schools in India (as of

1 November 2018) and three abroad. It is one of world's largest chains of schools.

6.3*Scope of Study

This study focused on the status of school libraries in Kendriya Vidyalaya. Firstly, it examined the challenges of school libraries in Kendriya Vidyalaya. Secondly it will identify the different opportunities available in libraries of Kendriya Vidyalaya, The study will cover all the school libraries in Kendriya Vidyalaya of Maharashtra and Goa states

7) Proposed work plan- with a tentative chapter scheme

Following is the chapter plan for concern Research

Chapter 1) Introduction

This chapter gives epitome of the study which consist introduction toconcept of school libraries, need and importance of school librariesItwill also include nature and scope of the study.

Chapter 2) Review of Literature

Review of studies reported earlier in the subject of present study have been made for designing conceptual frame work, Methodology and concluding findings in the light of earlier researches.

Chapter 3) Profile of Keandriya Vidyalaya Libraries

This chapter consist a glance toKeandriya Vidyalaya Libraries particularly in

Maharashtra and Goa state of Mumbai region.

Chapter 4) Research Methodology

This chapter gives clear understanding of research methodology of the study along with data collection, various statistical tools, sample selection, procedure of data analysis etc. taken in this chapter.

Chapter 5) Data Analysis and Interpretation

This chapter gives out of field survey , Data collection, analysis of data, interpretation of data, adopted various statistical tools and result of primary data were taken this chapter.

Chapter 6) Findings, Conclusions & Suggestions

Various findings and conclusions drawn from the study are given in this chapter.

Recommendations from the study flow from the conclusion drawn in the study. 8) Year wise plan of work and targets to be achieved

SR.NO TIME PERIOD PROGRESS OF STUDY 1 April 2019 To June 2019 • General Reading of the Subject. (First Progress Report) • Review of Literature • Identification of research gyp 2 July 2019 To December • Questionnaire Designing 2019 • Pilot Study (Second Progress Report) • Finalize the questionnaire with modification. 3 Jan 2020 To June 2019 Data Collection: (Third Progress Report) • Data collection will be done in this period from primary source and secondary sources as well. • One Research Paper on study topic 4 July 2020 To December • Valid filled in questionnaire will be selected for 2020 the study. (Fourth Progress Report) • Questionnaire scrutinizing to insure accuracy and completeness 5 Jan 2021 To June 2021 Data Processing and Analysis (Fifth Progress Report) • Data analysis. • Tabulation of Data & Preparation of Graphs 6 July 2021 To Dec 2021 • Analysis of data with the help of different tools (Sixth Progress Report) and using different methods. • Interpretation of analysis. • Inferences 7 Jan 2022 To Dec 2022 • Findings (Seventh Progress Report) • Conclusion • Recommendation • One Research Paper on Study topic • Final Thesis Preparation TOTAL = 39 MONTHS SUBMISSION OF THESIS (3 Years 3 Months)

9) Expected outcome.

This study will helps us to identify the challenges we have in our KV libraries and what are the different opportunities are there to disseminate the library services in effective way.

This study will provide maximum variables which are contributing towards the satisfaction or dissatisfaction of library users in KV’s. This study will help the institutional or organizational administration to focus on different variables and ensure that different variables associated with library services. It would be highly motivating to LIS professionals to increase the efficiency and enhancing the value to their library services.

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MITESH A. HANWATE DR. RAMESHWAR SURYABHANJI PAWAR Research Scholar Research Supervisor