Registration of illiterate persons under centrally sponsored ‘Saakhshar Bharat Scheme’ (literate India Scheme) have started in gram Panchayats across Mahasamund, official sources said.
Under this programme directives have been issued to register the illiterate people from June 16 to 30 in ‘Gram Panchayat lok Sikhya Kendra’ and ‘Sakhyarata Kendra.’As part of this programme, the registration of illiterate people have started across Mahasamund. After registration, classes to make them literate would start. In ‘Machewa Gram Panchayat’ 14 women and two men have enrolled themselves to take education at the 'lok Sikhya Kendra’.
Similarly 10 women went to the lok Sikhya Kendra in Kharora and enrolled them self to become literate. Motivator Saraswati Chandrakar welcomed them putting tilak on their foreheads. In Machewa village Sarpanch Kishan Dewangan distributed different items including the books, slates etc to the learners.