Focus on developing reading culture for students

Identifying that forming and nurturing reading habits for students is a regular task, in recent years, Tien Hai Secondary School (Lam Ha Ward, Phu Ly City) has focused on investing resources to promote the role of the library in the school, thereby developing a reading culture and spreading the love of books. To encourage students to read, the school has invested in building a spacious level 2 library with full equipment of computers, pictures, photos, maps, etc. to serve the reading needs of teachers and students. Here, there are more than 7,500 copies of books and newspapers of various types such as textbooks, reference books, law books, children's stories, etc. The library is open all days of the week for the convenience of teachers and students to come and read books, research documents, research, and study. Every month or according to the theme of each month, at the flag-raising ceremony at the beginning of the week, the school organizes activities to introduce age-appropriate books, helping to attract students to read regularly. In addition, the school also launched the "Painting from Book Pages" contest at school level, the "Reading Culture Ambassador" contest, etc., attracting a large number of students to participate.

In addition to focusing on investing in and maintaining the school library with more than 10,000 books and newspapers of all kinds so that teachers and students can read and research teaching materials and borrow books to take home, from the end of 2023, Nguyen Tat Thanh Secondary and High School has also built a Book Club model with the aim of improving students' reading culture. This purpose is specified in two aspects: increasing the number of books and reading time; increasing the reading efficiency of each student. Initially, the Club only had about 10 students participating, but after a short time, from the effectiveness of its activities, the Book Club has received the response of many students who love books. It is known that the Book Club operates under the motto 3T "Accumulating knowledge, nurturing the soul, training thinking". In recent years, the Club has coordinated to organize, participate in, and support school activities such as: dramatizing some literary works, reading festivals... At the same time, organizing book exchange activities; criticizing a literary and social issue raised through books; sharing effective reading experiences,... In May, the Book Club will also be the main human resource participating in organizing and supporting activities in the Reading Festival 2025...

Students of Nguyen Tat Thanh Secondary and High School (Ha Nam branch of Hanoi National University of Education) read books at the school library.

Ms. Doan Thanh Huong, Vice Principal of the school, said: Every year, the school regularly adds books to the library with a variety of categories, suitable for students' ages. In addition, the school also organizes many activities, creating conditions for students to have more access to books; organizes students to visit libraries; encourages students to study at the library after school. Thereby, contributing to fostering students' love for books, helping them have a passion for reading and especially creating conditions for them to have more healthy forms of entertainment, staying away from social evils.

While attentively reading each page of the book “Seeds of the Soul”, Nguyen Bao Ngoc, a student of class 11D2, Nguyen Tat Thanh Secondary and High School, said: I often go to the library when I have free time or before exams. Reading books regularly not only helps me practice my reading skills, but also adds more knowledge about history, society and life skills.

According to statistics from the Departmentof Education and Training, currently 100% of schools in the province have built healthy library spaces to help students practice reading habits, contributing to nurturing the soul and forming good personalities for students. Each school will have different ways to develop a reading culture, each teacher will also have different methods to nurture a love of books for students, but all aim to help students appreciate books, acquire knowledge, practice independent and creative thinking, and at the same time promote the lifelong learning movement.

Bui Linh

Source: https://baohanam.com.vn/xa-hoi/giao-duc/quan-tam-phat-trien-van-hoa-doc-cho-hoc-sinh-160420.html