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J&K records 15% increase in literacy rate

J&K has recorded about 15 per cent increase in the literacy rate during the past five years, Educati...

10.5L Class IX, X students to teach the illiterate

In a bid to eradicate illiteracy in Bihar, the state government has decided to rope in 10.5 lakh c...

UP students making street kids literate

They are students who become teachers by evening to make street urchins and poor children literate! ...

Literacy level still a concern

India achieved its highest literacy level at about 74 per cent on last count.

Literacy rate will touch 80% by 2015: Sibal

The government expressed hope that the country`s literacy rate will touch 80 per cent by 2015.

`IT revolution incomplete sans computer literacy`

The IT revolution in India will be complete only when every citizen is able to use computers, Sachin...

Low internet literacy even in urban India: Report

Sachin Pilot has promised that a `twenty-first century` infrastructure would be set up for high spe...

Low internet literacy even in urban India: Report

`Only about 25 per cent graduates in India have the skills that deem them fit to work for multinatio...

Low internet literacy even in urban India: Report

Union Minister of State for Information Technology Sachin Pilot has promised that a "21st century"...

In two decades, Bihar could have full literacy

Bihar`s literacy rate may be the lowest in the country at 63.8 percent, but it could achieve total l...

Towards a more enlightened tomorrow

Barring 2 districts, rest all 638 districts in India have improved their literacy record.

Female literacy on the rise

More and more females in India are successfully seeking literacy.

Poor health literacy linked to higher heart failure mortality

Heart failure patients with a low degree of health literacy have an increased risk of death.

`Bihar to be among top five states in literacy in 2021`

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Thursday said he would ensure that Bihar figured in the list of to...

National Literacy Mission launched at Tihar jail

Tihar Prisons authorities launched the National Literacy Mission Programme of the Ministry of Human ...

J&K literacy rate soars by 13% in last decade

Jammu and Kashmir`s literacy rate has increased by 13 percent in the last decade even as the state...

Census rpt: Drastic fall in population growth

India`s population stands at 1.21 bn and Child Sex Ratio is 914 female per 1,000 male.

Orissa school girls to get free cycles

Orissa on Tuesday decided to distribute free bicycles to Class 10 girl students with an aim to impro...

Mizoram jump-starts literacy campaign

With an eye on making Mizoram totally literate by 2011, the Mizoram government has launched the Rapi...

Centre aims at increasing literacy by 80%

Centre is making efforts to increase literacy in the country by 80 per cent by 2015 and enrolment in...

K`taka looking at achieving 100 per cent literacy by 2015: CM

Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa said Karnataka was looking at achieving 100 per cent literacy by 20...

Prog to scale up literacy rate to 80% by 2012

To boost literacy rate in Karnataka from the present 66.64 per cent to 80 per cent by 2012, the st...

Indians score over Americans in financial literacy: Study

Indians can take prudent financial decisions and avert eco crisis better than Americans.

Sibal seeks PSEs’ help in literacy mission implementation

HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday asked the Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) to formulate an ac...

IPL supports ‘room to read’ to promote literacy in India

The IPL has tied-up with Room to Read, a global organization which is dedicated towards promoting an...

Uttarakhand records nearly 100% student enrollment

Uttarakhand has achieved nearly 100 percent enrollment of students in schools this year and the drop...

Literacy rate over 65% in J&K: Minister

Literacy rate in Jammu and Kashmir has increased up to 65.67 per cent, a minister said here on Fri...

Govt to push female literacy through national mission

With female education not picking up, the government on Friday said it intends to give more focus ...

Illiteracy undermines Afghan Army: Report

Afghan Army recruit Shahidullah Ahmadi can`t read — and neither can nine out of 10 soldiers in the A...

Total literacy for women in five years, promises PM

All women in the country would be literate in five years, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tues...

India to make every woman literate in five years: PM

Over 300 million Indians are still illiterate and about half of India`s women cannot read or write b...

Nicaragua becomes illiteracy free

Nicaragua has become illiteracy-free after reducing to 3.5 percent the number of citizens who do not...

Recast literacy programme to focus on women`s education

Literate India -- a recast literacy programme under the National Literacy Mission Authority -- will ...

Gaining Independence from Illiteracy

India’s literacy growth rate since independence: 18% to 65% as per 2001 consensus
Male literacy...

Newspaper by rural Indian women wins UN literacy award

A newspaper produced entirely by women in rural India is among the four winners of this year`s Liter...

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