Inauguration of All-Women Library at Karala Village as part of Beti Bachao Beti Padho Programme

By: WE Staff | Tuesday, 12 October 2021

Students at an all-women library in Karala village, Delhi's North West district, expressed delight with the library's services, which were inaugurated on August 31 this year to help women and girls in the community prepare for competitive exams.

Girls stated that residing in the village makes it easier to prepare for exams. The library was established as part of the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao programme by the North West district administration.

All books for competitive exams such as NEET, UPSC, and SSC would be distributed free of charge to women, according to Saumya Sharma, Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of Kanjhawala.

"This library has been specially built for girls who cannot study at their homes. All the books of competitive exams like NEET, UPSC, SSC will be provided free-of-cost to the women," she told.

Sharma went on to say that while 36 girls can sit in the library at a time, the seating arrangement would be expanded in the future so that the greatest number of ladies can sit and study.

Monika, a UPSC aspirant at the library said, "We have been getting good facilities in this library. Earlier, we used to go far for the library as there was no library around. But now, it is easy to prepare for exams by staying in our village. It has reduced our time and money."

She also said that the library opened for students on September 1 and getting a very good response. "Many times, all the seats get filled and other students need to wait for the seat here. We are requesting the SDM to expand the seating capacity of this library so that more girls can study here," Monika added.

Monika stated that she would ask the SDM to build similar libraries in other villages as well, so that girls from adjacent villages can study at their own convenience and save time and money.

Ritika, another student, stated that the library not only has competitive test materials, but also NCERT books for grades 6 through 12. "Every female student can study here because it does not only have competitive exam books but also NCERT books for classes 6 to 12," she said.