Nellore sees quantum jump in literacy rate
The Hindu
Scores of villagers are being taught reading and writing under ‘Akshara Chaitanyam’ programme
Sitting on the Rachabanda at Mulamudi village, sixty-year-old Ramanaiah, a farmer, started reading a daily newspaper aloud as his fellow villagers looked on with surprise.
Sujata, another neo-literate in the village, says: “I no longer need to put my thumb impression while drawing money from bank. I can verify the cash balance in my account on my own.”
The change has been brought about because of the 100-day training programme, “Akshara Chaitanyam”, initiated by the Nellore district administration.
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