This episode of 'Real Heroes' focuses on women who, despite their ordinary backgrounds, are performing extraordinary services to the society. ...
11:41 PM, May 04, 2013
Patna: Literacy among women in Bihar has leapfrogged to over 53 per cent from 33 per cent 12 years ago due to sustained efforts of the government, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Sunday. "Due to the hard labour of our government the female literacy rate in Bihar which was 33 per cent in 2001 leapfrogged to over 53 per cent in 2011," Nitish told a seminar. The central government...
08:09 PM, Apr 28, 2013
This episode of 'Real Heroes' focuses on women who, despite their ordinary backgrounds, are performing extraordinary services to the society. ...
11:08 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Patna: Educational programmes in Bihar have resulted in pushing literacy growth rate in the state to 16.82 per cent, much ahead of national average of 9.28 per cent, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said on Saturday. Social indices like decline in death rate, universalisation of immunisation scheme and rise in per capita income in Bihar reflects that the state was achieving inclusive growth, he said addressing a function here....
11:19 AM, Apr 13, 2013
Malappuram: Cholakkodan Aysha, hailed as the brand ambassador of Kerala's universal literacy mission, passed away at her residence at nearby Kavannur. Aysha, 80, had been keeping indifferent health for some time and breathed her last on Thursday, family members said. She is survived by six children. An 'icon' of Kerala's successful literacy campaign which set a model for the entire country, Aysha had declared that Kerala has achieved total literacy...
03:08 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Kerala, which stands out from the rest of India with 94 per cent literacy rate, has achieved another distinction of having the lowest dropout rate of school students in the country at just 0.53 per cent. ...
04:30 AM, Mar 18, 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday lamented that India, once the cradle of civilization, is now the poorest in terms of education, literacy and knowledge. Describing lack of literacy as the biggest challenge facing the country, Mukherjee said the largest number of illiterates in the world resided in India. ...
01:39 AM, Nov 28, 2012
Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Education Minister Bosiram Siram said that the state would soon attain total literacy and the state government has made all-out efforts to improve the education standard of the state. "The state is marching towards attaining total literacy. The day is not far away when we could let the whole world know that no Arunachalee child is deprived of education," he said after formally launching the 'Shiksha Ka...
03:32 AM, Nov 13, 2012
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said Muslims are outnumbering Hindus in Assam not because of the increase in illegal migration from Bangladesh but because Muslims are illiterate and bear more children. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, the Chief Minister took full responsibility for the communal riots and said that there were multiple reasons behind it. Here is an excerpt from the interview: Speaking on Devil's Advocate with Karan...
11:07 PM, Sep 09, 2012
New Delhi: The Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM), Wajahat Habibullah on Sunday took on Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi for his remarks against Muslims in the state in an interview. Gogoi, in an interview to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, blamed illiteracy amongst Muslims for their population growth. Saying that the reason for the growth of Muslim population in the state was more local than external, the...
10:51 AM, Sep 09, 2012
New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi kicked off a fresh controversy by blaming the high illiteracy level among the Muslims for their growing population in the state. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devils Advocate, the Chief Minister said Muslims are outnumbering Hindus in Assam not because of the increase in illegal migration from Bangladesh but because Muslims are illiterate and create more children. Here is an excerpt from the...
07:49 AM, Sep 09, 2012
Lucknow: Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Saturday said India's development would be fast-tracked from the day the country attained complete literacy. Speaking at the Sakshar Bharat prize distribution ceremony of the National Literacy Mission Authority at the Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University here, Ansari said that if the number of literates increases in the country, India would become a centre of knowledge. In his address, Chief Minister Akhilesh...
12:10 AM, Sep 09, 2012
Aruna Sundararajan Age: 53 Profile: Principal Secretary, Social Welfare & Chairman Kudumbashree Mission, Government of Kerala Her Achievement: Pioneering work in mass e-literacy in Kerala through Akshaya programme In 2003, Tulip, then a fledgling company, applied for a computer networking project in Kerala. It had no experience implementing big projects, having just entered this segment after starting out as a re-seller of software. Tulip's technology was untested in the dust...
12:08 PM, Aug 27, 2012
New Delhi: Illiteracy is costing Indian economy more than $ 53 billion a year, a report has estimated. According to the report titled 'Economic and Social Cost of Illiteracy' by World Literacy Foundation, illiteracy costs India an estimated $ 53.56 billion. The losses to China are pegged higher at $ 135.60 billion. Russia at $ 28.48 billion and Brazil at $ 27.41 are placed at the third and fourth places...
10:17 PM, Apr 11, 2012
New Delhi: The recent cases of a 12-year-old who died aping a TV serial suicide and a 15-year-old who stabbed his teacher to death after being reportedly influenced by watching revenge drama 'Agneepath' have put the spotlight on the influence showbiz exerts on young, impressionable minds. But films and TV shows are not alone to blame, say experts. Media literacy for kids is one way out, suggests child psychiatrist Samir...
02:49 PM, Feb 12, 2012
New Delhi: After achieving a successful career in the aviation industry, Asia's first woman commercial pilot Captain Indrani Singh has been molding the lives of many children and women, helping them to be self-sufficient and earn a life of respect. She started the NGO, Literacy India, which is helping more than 25 thousand women and children. Captain Indrani Singh has a dual existence. As a saviour for the ladies, she...
12:16 PM, Jan 31, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: An Intel-Kerala Government e-literacy initiative launched seven years ago has successfully trained one lakh students, John E Davies, vice-president, World Ahead Programme, Intel, said on Tuesday. The Intel Learn Programme was rolled out through Akshaya centres and was jointly implemented by the American multinational and the Kerala State IT Mission. Since 2004, one lakh students between the ages of eight and 25 years underwent training, which, according to Davies,...
11:10 AM, Dec 07, 2011
New Delhi: After his controversial remarks about the media Press Council of India Chairman Justice Markandey Katju has said "most people in India are of a very low intellectual level, steeped in casteism, communalism, superstitions and all kinds of feudal and backward ideas". Given this, the argument that the media should provide programmes and news as per the tastes of viewers degrades it to an ordinary business dealing in commodities,...
11:34 PM, Nov 25, 2011
Patna: In a bid to eradicate illiteracy, the Bihar government has decided to rope in 10.5 lakh Class IX and X students to educate 1.2 crore adult illiterate people in the state. According to Principal Secretary (HRD) Anjani Kumar Singh, the fruits of the students' labour in imparting basic education to their illiterate brothers will not go unrewarded as they stand to gain 10 marks in the social science subject...
12:37 PM, Sep 26, 2011
New Delhi: The prestigious Frankfurt Book Fair is reaching out to new segment of Indian readers at the grassroots to enhance literacy and reading competence. 'Jumpstart', a programme under the 'Litcam - Competence for Life' programme, is part of the fair's three-pronged outreach programme to tap into the exploding readers' and publishing market, bring the marginalised sections of readership to the mainstream and combat functional illiteracy. At the core of...
02:40 PM, Aug 27, 2011
