Over one lakh people belonging to marginalised sections achieve literacy in Kerala in four years
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Last Updated: Feb 19, 2021, 01:33 PM IST
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Besides tribals, a large number of fisherfolk people and migrant workers who came to Kerala from other states in search of jobs were also among those who either achieved literacy or pursued their discontinued studies through equivalency courses, officials sources said.
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In a historic achievement, a total of 1,08,057 illiterate people, majority of them belonging to the marginalised sections, have been initiated into the world of letters in the last four years in Kerala, according to government figures. It was also a period (2016-2020) that saw most number of tribal people achieving literacy in the last 30 years in the southern state, it said.