The children have to be taught on how and where to look for information. Initiation to the library right at the earliest stages of school education is intended to serve this purpose. In India the school library does not command that kind of a position in the school. In fact very few schools have, what can be called a proper library with a qualified librarian and sufficient space and books. This is one area where our schools need to pay more attention.
Diagnostic evaluations are an important innovation of the French school system.
These are nationwide tests, with the same question papers, which are held after moving into the new class. French Orientation Law of 1989 has introduced two nationwide evaluations after moving to the college and the lycee. The idea is to locate the pedagogic difficulties and find solutions for every student. Thus the student enters the new class with the teacher knowing his specific weaknesses which can be addressed to. This is intended to be a diagnostic examination.