Poor education levels spur reading programmes in Spain

Anonymous Patron writes “Poor education levels spur reading programmes in Spain: In 1990, it became compulsory to have a library in each Spanish school. Irene Macías, a young teacher and storyteller, criticizes the government’s move. “It’s quite useless,” she says cuttingly, “since the law didn’t create librarians — school libraries are closed all day long”. “Moreover,” adds Jaime Garcia, “libraries are used for detention or, in the best case scenario, as study rooms. When children misbehave, they are sent to detention and therefore, from a very young age, they associate libraries with prisons.””

September 19, 2006 by Uncategorized 0

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