Basic Research Education and Development Society

The BREAD Society attempts to encourage students' reading habits and enhance their writing, comprehension, and communication skills through a prize programme. Students are required to read a minimum of 10 books and write brief reviews highlighting important points, new knowledge gained, and the moral of the story. To motivate others, previous prize recipients are ineligible for future prizes. Reviews should be submitted by headmasters with recommendations and scanned samples from each class by August of the following academic year. This initiative fosters a love for reading and provides tangible recognition for students' literary efforts.

Every BREAD library school is provided with 40 or more new books on a yearly basis.

To nurture a reading habit amongst students, BREAD sets up children’s libraries in Government schools. Books for the library are curated by an expert committee. Each library has around 600-650 books catering to the interests of children between the ages of 5-14. Schools that benefit under this programme depend on the donor’s discretion. Else, BREAD targets Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya or a high school that secures more than 6 NMMS awards a year. BREAD annually replenishes books in the library. It has set up 1810 libraries, in 14 years since its inception, in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. BREAD is volunteer-driven with no paid employees in 34 years. Members provide free resources, cover expenses, and emphasize objectivity, accountability, and transparency. Admin expenses are around 1% of project costs.

Student of government schools have little or no access to reading books. To inculcate book reading culture among them, BREAD decided to set up libraries in govt. high schools. 650 books of interest to children are selected by an Expert Committee. Each library is also privided a steel bookcase for safe custody of books. BREAD set up 1,810 libraries in schools from 2009-10 to date. Initially it setup libraries in schools that secured 6 or more National Means cum Merit Scholarships (NMMS). From 2020-21, BREAD has focused on setting up libraries in Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs). Donors get the first choice to select schools to set up libraries. Most donors leave the choice to BREAD Society knowing its objectivity in selecting schools. BREAD libraries are operated by students lending books to their classmates to take home, read and return. It felicitates Head Maters (HMs) and teachers responsible for NMMS awards for their selfless service in coaching students. Every year it replenishes 40 books to its existing libraries and gives prizes to 10 students of schools for best write-ups. BREAD receives freebies from Members - offices at Hyderabad and Kakinada, in-house DB, website maintenance, designing and managing, Members meet their out of pocket expenses on travels, printing of publicity material and Annual Reports. It has had no paid employee in 34 years. It is totally voluntary driven. Objectivity, accountability and transparency are its main features. Its admn. expenses are about 1% of the project expenses.

Student of government schools have little or no access to reading books. To inculcate book reading culture among them, BREAD decided to set up libraries in govt. high schools. 650 books of interest to children are selected by an Expert Committee. Each library is also privided a steel bookcase for safe custody of books. BREAD set up 1,810 libraries in schools from 2009-10 to date. Initially it setup libraries in schools that secured 6 or more National Means cum Merit Scholarships (NMMS). From 2020-21, BREAD has focused on setting up libraries in Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs). Donors get the first choice to select schools to set up libraries. Most donors leave the choice to BREAD Society knowing its objectivity in selecting schools. BREAD libraries are operated by students lending books to their classmates to take home, read and return. It felicitates Head Maters (HMs) and teachers responsible for NMMS awards for their selfless service in coaching students. Every year it replenishes 40 books to its existing libraries and gives prizes to 10 students of schools for best write-ups. BREAD receives freebies from Members - offices at Hyderabad and Kakinada, in-house DB, website maintenance, designing and managing, Members meet their out of pocket expenses on travels, printing of publicity material and Annual Reports. It has had no paid employee in 34 years. It is totally voluntary driven. Objectivity, accountability and transparency are its main features. Its admn. expenses are about 1% of the project expenses.

Every BREAD library school is provided with 40 or more new books on a yearly basis.