1Research Scholar, Department of Library& Information Science, University of Delhi, Delhi-110 007, INDIA. E-mail: ajeemsha13@gmail.com
2Librarian, Institute of Distance Education, University of Kerala, Senate House Campus, Thiruvananthapuram-695 034, Kerala, INDIA. E mail: kgsudhier@gmail.com
Online published on 13 February, 2013.
Information literacy encompasses learning to learn and ability to research, evaluation and apply information. Information literacy helps in overcoming the problems of identifying and retrieving right information for the right person at the right time in a right manner. Building an information literate community is a complex process. The purpose of this paper is to briefly examine initiatives by the Government of India in bridging the digital divide. The success story of creating an information literate school community in Kerala has been presented as a model worth replicate.
Information literacy, E-governance, School education, Government policy
