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Faster development when India fully literate: Hamid Ansari
Saturday September 08, 2012 11:45:59 PM,
IANS
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Lucknow: Vice President
Mohammad Hamid Ansari Saturday said India's development would be
fast-tracked from the day the country attained complete literacy.
Speaking at the Sakshar Bharat prize distribution ceremony of the
National Literacy Mission Authority at the Ram Manohar Lohia
National Law University here, Ansari said that if the number of
literates increases in the country, India would become a centre of
knowledge.
In his address, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav noted that his
Samajwadi Party (SP) government had taken a host of decisions
aimed at increasing literacy, specially amongst the women.
Citing some of the measures, he said that the government would
provide for a free tablet for students passing class 10 and taking
admission in class 11 and a laptop to all students who pass class
12 and take admission in degree colleges.
By doing so, the state government, other than benefitting the
students, was also aiming at getting parents and guardians to get
connected to internet and inprove their living standards by
increasing their income, Akhilesh Yadav said.
He also said that his government had approved the centrally-aided
national optical fibre network through which all the panchayats
would get broadband access and the countryside would benefit
immensely by the use of internet.
He also said that his government was working towards increasing
the literacy of girls over 15 with the Kanya Vidya Dhan Yojna.
Through this scheme girls would be encouraged to go in for higher
studies and be given Rs. 30,000 as encouragement. Girls from the
minority community passing class 10 would also be given Rs.30,000
in financial aid, he said.
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