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Today, these women (and men) read boards of the state
transport buses, newspaper headlines, and their own names.
The illiterate could now write their own addresses, and the
names of their families; the religious ones have started writing
names of God. This has generated an atmosphere of enthusiasm.
I have recently got a survey done and found that the success
rate of such programmes is 57%. This is how we can say even
through the contribution of B.Sc., P.T.C. and B.Ed. students alone,
we can bring about a huge revolution.

Obviously, educated individuals achieve more progress and
respect in society, whereas the illiterate face many problems.
Their dependence on others is acute, and when such help is
unavailable, it becomes a problem for them.

It is shameful that people of our state are illiterate. Illiteracy
brings disgrace to our society. Many efforts are being made to
educate our people and remove this mark of disgrace. Our
government has started the ‘Sakshartadeep’ programme since
the last three years. Children between six and fourteen years
will get free and mandatory education. Not only this, but people
between 15 and 35 years of age will also get adult education
under this programme. Till date we have been able to educate
26.75 lakh illiterate people in the state, out of which 16.25 lakh
are women. This is a huge achievement of the ‘Sakshartadeep’
programme.

Tirth Gram and Pavan Gram

Majority of the Indian population lives in villages. In other
words, the real India is found in villages only. The love and
social warmth found in villages is rarely found in the cities. In
order to preserve village traditions and strengthen unity and
mutual cooperation among citizens of generations to come, the
State Government has introduced the plan of Tirth Gram and
Pavan Gram. Under this plan, villages that are free from social
evils and addictions and have a zero crime rate in the last five
years will be declared as Tirth Gram and villages that achieve