Teachers in Manikandam help improve adult literacy
The Hindu
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Teachers in Manikandam block have taken up ‘Karpom Ezhuthuvom’ (Let’s Learn, Let’s Write), an adult literacy programme of the Department of School Education. Teachers attached to various government schools in the block gather and teach adults over the age of 18 how to read and write. Speaking to The Hindu, Block Education Officer K. Marudhanayagam said that a census was taken in the block where it was found at least 8,000 people, many of them women were illiterate. The teachers organised themselves into teams and decided to take up this project.More Related News
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