Literacy mission to roll out programme along coastal areas in Ernakulam

Project to target the illiterate among marginalised sections

The district literacy mission is set to roll out a literacy programme targeting the illiterate along the coastal areas shortly.

The project will be rolled out in Pallippuram, Kuzhupilly, Edavanakkad, Nayarambalam, Njarakkal, Elamkunnapuzha panchayats and Kumbalam, Kumbalanghi, Palluruthy, and Chellanam falling within the Kochi Corporation limits. It will be implemented in association with the fisheries department.

The Kerala State Literacy Mission (KSLM) has decided to implement such a project realising that illiteracy remains yet to be fully wiped out among the really marginalised sections along the coastal areas. “We will shortly undertake a survey for identifying not just the illiterate but also those who may have undergone our literacy programme in the past but were unable to continue thereafter. Both the illiterate and those who dropped out after acquiring basic literacy will be supported to appear for the fourth standard equivalency programme,” said Deepa James, district coordinator.