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Ajeemsha, S.
- National Policy on Information Literacy in School Curriculum: Kerala's Initiatives
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1 Department of Library and Information Science University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007, IN
2 Institute of Distance Education, University of Kerala, Senate House Campus, Thiruvananthapuram 695 034, Kerala, IN
1 Department of Library and Information Science University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007, IN
2 Institute of Distance Education, University of Kerala, Senate House Campus, Thiruvananthapuram 695 034, Kerala, IN
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Journal of Information and Knowledge (Formerly SRELS Journal of Information Management), Vol 50, No 1 (2013), Pagination: 47-59Abstract
Information literacy encompasses learning to learn and ability to research, evaluation and apply information. Information literacy helps in overcoming the problems of identifying and retrieving right information for the right person at the right time in a right manner. Building an information literate community is a complex process. The purpose of this paper is to briefly examine initiatives by the Government of India in bridging the digital divide. The success story of creating an information literate school community in Kerala has been presented as a model worth replicate.Keywords
Information Literacy, E-Governance, School Education, Government Policy.
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