Nur 7% der 28.000 südafrikanischen Schulen hat eine funktionierende Schulbibliothek. Die dortige Debatte erinnert sehr an die hiesige.
Mr Alan Thomson of the National Teachers Union (Natu) stressed that school libraries will never get of the ground or function effectively if the onus rests on teachers to manage it. Various librarians have shown that to manage a library, is a full time vocation. He suggests that the Department must investigate that possibility to bring these posts back to schools.
Über die Förderung von “Substandard-Bibliotheken” wird auch in Potsdam gestritten.