National Reading Month 2022
National Reading Month, from 19th June to 18th July 2022
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CBSE Circular regarding National Reading Month
P N Panicker
National Reading/ Digital Reading Month Celebrations
19th June, 2022 - 18th July, 2022
The P N Panicker Foundation and P
N Panicker Vigyan Vikas Kendra have been observing the Reading Day,
Reading Week, and Reading Month Celebrations since 19th June, 1996, the first
annual remembrance day of Shri P N Panicker, the father of Library and Literacy
Movement in Kerala.
Started as a Reading Day Celebration on 19th June, 1996, by
the Govt. of Kerala along with P.N. Panicker Foundation it has become a mass
movement to promote the culture of reading so as to inculcate the habit of
reading and promote book mindedness among school children, youth as well as the
underprivileged population of the country.
The Government of Kerala and the Government of India through
NITI Aayog has entrusted the responsibility of observing National Reading/
Digital Reading Month Celebrations to P N Panicker Foundation and P N Panicker
Vigyan Vikas Kendra.
Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, came
down to Kerala and launched the 22nd National Reading/ Digital Reading Month
Celebrations on 19th June, 2017 at Kochi. The Prime Minister gave a clarion
call to propagate the message of Vayichu Valaruka (Read and Grow) to 300
million Indian citizens by 2022 when the country celebrate its 75th year of
independence. The Prime Minister directed P.N. Panicker Foundation to promote
digital reading also so as to use digital technology in all educational
institutions of the country.
The Government of Kerala and the Government of India through
NITI Aayog has entrusted the responsibility of observing National Reading/
Digital Reading Month Celebrations to P N Panicker Foundation and P N Panicker
Vigyan Vikas Kendra.
The 25th P N Panicker National Reading Day/ Digital Reading
Month Celebrations were celebrated across all the States and Union Territories
from 19th June to 18th July 2021 in digital mode was a commendable one in spite
of the COVID-19 pandemic spread. A brief report of the 25th National Reading/
Digital Reading can be seen from here: Click Here
The 26th P N Panicker National Reading Day/ Digital Reading
Month Celebrations 2022 are being celebrated as previous years in collaboration
with Govt. of India, Ministry of Education, NITI Aayog, National Digitial
Library of India (NDLI), Govt. of Kerala, P.N. Panicker Foundation, P.N.
Panicker Vigyan Vikas Kendra and various other stakeholders from 19th June to
18th July, 2022.
This year we are decentralizing and encouraging the
educational institutions (schools, colleges, ITIs, polytechnics, etc.) to
perform reading/ learning oriented activities at their institution level. The
tentative list of activities is mentioned below. The institutes can choose any
one or a combination of activities or any other innovative reading/ learning
oriented activities to perform during this year’s reading month celebrations.
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