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80 branch libraries to have children's section

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PONDICHERRY: In an effort to inculcate the reading habit among children, the Department of Art and Culture will soon equip 80 branch libraries in Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam with children's books. It will also start an exclusive section for children.

The department has purchased Rs. 1-lakh worth books for the libraries. "We will encourage children to become members in these libraries, so that they need not come to the main Romain Rolland library in Pondicherry to read," said Art and Culture Department Director Sumathi.

These new children's sections will contain reference books, joke books, comics, novels, storybooks and material on school curriculum.

The Romain Rolland library's children section is also set to get a new audio-visual education hall that will have CDs on educational programmes. "For students in the higher secondary level, we will be setting up an audio-visual reference section on materials for entrance exams like TOEFL, GRE and GMAT," she said.

A large chunk of the department's expenditure this year is on children.

The Nehru Science Museum, which will be set up on the premises of the main museum, would contain information for children.

It would have experiments, science books, models and informative charts. A total of Rs. 3 lakh would be spent on the children's libraries.

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