Last Update: December 17, 2022, 5:48 pm IST
Ambil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said the state would educate 5 lakh persons under the National Literacy Program (Representational image).
Poyyamozhi said that Chief Minister MK Stalin has allocated Rs 9.83 crore under the National Literacy Program in Tamil Nadu to provide basic literacy programs including reading and writing for children and adults.
Tamil Nadu School Education Minister, Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said on Friday that the state will educate 5 lakh people under the National Literacy Programme.
Poyyamozhi said Chief Minister MK Stalin has allocated Rs 9.83 crore under the National Literacy Program in Tamil Nadu to provide basic literacy programs including reading and writing for children and adults.
Speaking at a public function in Erode, he said that last year, the state educated 3.15 lakh people under the program and even crossed the set target of 3.10 lakh.
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He said that the target for this year was 4.8 lakh and he was confident of surpassing the target and touching the 5 lakh mark.
Tamil Nadu’s school education minister said the scheme would ensure 100 per cent literacy in the state and there was no need to continue the program after that.
He said that 208 types of sports are being organized by the School Education Department for the students and instructions have been given to the School Education Department not to disturb the sports period.
The minister also said that it was a social responsibility to enhance the literacy program and added that at present, the state of Tamil Nadu has 80 per cent literacy and it will soon touch 100 per cent literacy through the programs implemented by the Chief Minister.
He also said that the Chief Minister had assured a drug-free Tamil Nadu and appealed to all people to participate in the campaign against drug abuse.
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