Reading for pleasure among Junior High School Students

Reading is a crucial part of our daily life. It will be very difficult for students to succeed and achieve their fullest potential if they do not enjoy reading. This study focused on investigating the pattern of reading for pleasure among Junior high school students.The research methodology adopted for the study was the case study approach.The findings suggested that majority of the respondents do not read for pleasure, they only engage in reading primarily to pass their examinations and not so much for their personal development, fun, or to be well informed.

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He is a Librarian with CSIR-FRI. He has participated in various seminars, workshops and conferences, both at the national and international levels in library and information science, information retrieval systems, knowledge management, ICT4Dev, Web2 and Social Media, marketing, reading habits and information seeking behavior.