: Imtiaz Ahmed, director of the Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library and an expert on library science has expressed concern over what he called the decay of library culture in the state. Inaugurating Maulana Anwarul Haque Library in Gaya on Sunday, the Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library director said that there was a time when the British Council Library and the Sinha Library were the hub of academic activities and attracted a large number of readers. Whereas the British Council Library stands closed and its books donated to Ramkrishna Mission Ashram, the Sinha Library is also in a very poor shape.
"About the district-level libraries, the less said the better," said Ahmed. Lauding the efforts of Hussainul Haq and Ain Tabish in the establishment of the Anwarul Haq Library, named after a well-known saint hailing from Sasaram, Imtiaz Ahmed hoped that the library culture would be revived adding it has to revive if the state has to play a meaningful role in the academic field. Hussainul Haq said patronised by the book lovers of Gaya, the library would, besides having reference material, also make text books available for the benefit of poor students who cannot afford high-priced college and university text books.
Minority welfare department secretary Rasheed Ahmed Khan said the Nitish Kumar government was committed to the educational upliftment of the minorities, and as such special coaching for minority students has been planned in eight of the nine divisional headquarters of the state.
Meritorious students having parents with an annual income of less than Rs 35,000 in rural areas and Rs 55,000 in urban areas would benefit from the coaching scheme.
The minimum income limit would soon be further raised, said the minority welfare department secretary.
The inaugural function of was presided over by the former VC Shakeel Ahmed. Those present included Rafiganj MLA Nehaluddin and fiction writer Ahmed Qadri.
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