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When Will India Achieve Universal Adult Literacy : Status And Prospects, Venkatanarayana Motkuri
When Will India Achieve Universal Adult Literacy : Status And Prospects, Venkatanarayana Motkuri
Venkatanarayana Motkuri Mr.
The main objective of the paper is to assess the prospects of achieving universal adult literacy with a policy intervention factor through adult literacy programmes targeting different age groups. The paper begin with the analysis examining the status and disparities across sub-population groups distinguished by location, gender and caste, and across, states with respect to literacy. Then it proceeds to explore the prospects of literacy rate in India with a modelling of simulation exercise while considering different policy interventions. In this respect it is observed that the performance of India in literacy rate is relatively poor. The progress in the …