More than 33,663 neo-literates will appear in Basic literacy Assessment (BlA) conducted in all 250 centers of the district on August 20 by the District literacy Committee.
A neo-literate is an adult or an adolescent who did not or could not make use of the available educational opportunities on time, and who at a later stage acquired the skills of literacy through formal or non-formal approaches,said SDO cum Secretary of District literacy Committee Rabindra Prasad. In such a scenario, he or she will have a better opportunity to rise in their lives, so far untouched by them.
“Under the District literaacy Committee launched by the National literacy Mission, the BlA test is conducted twice a year ,” said SDO Garhwa. He looks after the implementation of the mission in the district.
Census 2011 revealed that Chiniya block of the district reported only 47 per cent literacy rate in the district, SDO said.
SDO again said that Garhwa DC Neha Arora has given to the task to the all officials (DC to Panchayat sewaks.