If better performance  comes with high sense of social, moral and ethical values, then this is due to reading good books, says Deepak Na­rain Pada­ruth, library officer since 1982. Such a habit is inculcated in the students by  the school, he adds.

Apart from having a class library, the school has a central library na­med Teelakdhury Calli­churn Pustakala­ya. It hou­ses a rich and im­men­se collection of  encyclopaedias, dictionaries, references, magazines and readable books. This hall is easily accessible and interesting to spend a day there. Reference cards, stacks, and language classified books are well maintained. It also has a  lot of religious and spiritual ones which are equally important not only in developing reading habit but moulding the personality of the child.

He says: “ My day at school starts and ends here. It is not just about managing and updating library; I too need to update myself. I make it a point to read many books and newspapers so that I can help students with their reference work. Students often neglect reading when they don't get what exactly they are looking for.”

He says the teachers and especially the form masters monitor the reading class. They ask  pupils to read and tell the summary of the story. There is a library period once a week for all forms. The library officer monitors the reading. How­ever, the school makes this period look like something light, a lively play and not  like a formal subject.

“It should be relaxing so that students start loving to read. We have good readers who borrow ten books at a time. Even teaching and non teaching staff comes here to read. At times, it is difficult to manage a big library alone. But I enjoy my work,” Deepak adds.