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19/08/22 07:30 AM IST

MP's Mandla becomes country's first fully 'functionally literate' district

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  • Madhya Pradesh's tribal-dominated Mandla region has become the first fully "functionally literate" district in the country.
Functional Literacy 
  • Functional illiteracy comprises reading and writing skills that are required to manage daily living and employment tasks. Such tasks require reading skills beyond the basic level. It is the opposite of illiteracy, which is defined as the inability to read or write in any language.
  • To make people functionally literate, a major campaign was launched on Independence Day 2020, in association with the school education department, Anganwadi & social workers, women and child development department, to educate women and senior citizens.
  • Within two years, the entire district has become functionally literate and people were able to write their names, count and read, making Mandla the first district in the country to achieve this distinction.
Source- Hindustan Times 

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