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Kerala: Local Literacy Workers Unpaid Since March
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
In Kerala, since March 2021, the âPrerakâ or the literacy workers of the state in non-formal sector have not received any monetary compensation for their services as per a report in
The New Indian Express.
The Preraks of the Kerala State Literacy Mission Authority, work at the local level giving education to around one lakh people in the non-formal education sector.
In 2017, the honorarium given under different categories of preraks was increased to Rs 15,000 for nodal preraks, Rs 12,000 for preraks and Rs 10,500 for assistant preraks. But 4 years later, never has been full amount been due to pay cuts and high targets.
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.