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| 'Literacy rate in J&K on the rise' | | | Early Times Reporter
Srinagar | Mar 17
An all-round thrust on education, fuelled by Sarva Shikha Abhiyan and interventionist steps, is pushing up literacy rate in Jammu and Kashmir, as it shrugged off a dismal scenario in the militancy-hit years.
A quiet reconstruction is underway in the border state, as new class rooms are being built, teachers given advanced training while drop out rates decline, partly because of an efficient mid-day meal scheme.
"Post-1989 was difficult for us. It wrought havoc. Education was the worst-hit. Teachers training was the worst-hit," Muhammad Rafi, Director, School Education, Kashmir, told a group of journalists from Karnataka.
A significant number of schools, particularly in the valley, became defunct in those years during which there was a "gross deficiency" of teachers, according to him. By 2010, Government aims to "fill up gaps" 100 per cent as far as physical infrastructure for elementary education is concerned.
"Now the Government is on a sharper focus mode. 93 per cent of the population of Jammu and Kashmir have access to school education within one km of their home".
As per the 2001 census, Jammu and Kashmir's literacy rate was 55.5 per cent (Male: 66.6 per cent; Female: 43 per cent). A national sample survey conducted in 2004 showed the literacy rate in the border state at 65.33 per cent as a result of a sustained education campaign. |
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