Public Libraries in Literacy Campaign in Punjab: A Proposed Model

Illiteracy is a serious impediment to live life fully and meaningfully. It is a curse and great barrier to knowledge. From time to time, Government has been initiating various projects and programmes to eradicate illiteracy. A lot has been said and written about adult education. A great deal of time and money has been spent on it and on continuing education programmes. Unfortunately, the results are nowhere near expectations. To eradicate illiteracy, public library is the most suitable agency. Where adult education ends, the public library service begins. Regarding libraries, most of the recommendations remained on the paper only. This paper suggests a model in existing situations of Punjab how to incorporate public library which acts as backbone in Post Literacy Programmes(PLPs).