To eradicate illiteracy as well as minimize the dropout ratio in the district, Changlang District of Arunachal Pradesh launched the new age learning centre initiative (NALC). Initiative • NALC is a Free of Cost Service which enables flexible, state of the art, futuristic and leisure learning space which enables people from all age groups to learn and improve every aspect of their personality through free Wi-Fi (24x7), online training through tablets, e-reading through kindle, etc, in an environment furnished with modular furniture. • It converges resources that are rendered unused viz. libraries of government schools are marred with a lack of dedicated library teachers, library infrastructure and books and transforms these existing libraries into NALC helping in optimum utilization of unused resources of libraries run by the library department which acts as cluster libraries for nearby schools wherein children from all schools may access this space as their library. • It is open for all members including children on all days and also late nights during exams. The NGO volunteers help the library staff to ensure the seamless operation of the library. • It adopts a flexible timing as per the demand of users and has a free provisioning of books to students belonging to economically weaker sections. Even demand specific books (competitive exams like IIT, JEE, Medical, UPSC, etc.) are provided to users. • During mass celebrations like Republic Day, Independence Day and Statehood Day awareness is generated amongst the public about the initiative through a membership drive... Read More