Chennai, Dec 16 (BPNS)
Tamil Nadu minister for school education, Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi has said that the state would educate 5 lakh people under the National Literacy programme. He said that in the previous year the state educated 3.15 lakh people under the programme and even overcame the set target of 3.10 lakh people. He said that the target for this year was 4.8 lakh and that he was confident of overcoming the target and touching the 5 lakh mark.
The minister was speaking at a public function in Erode on Friday.
Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said that the Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin had allocated, 9.83 crores of rupees under the National Literacy Programme in Tamil Nadu for providing basic literacy programmes including reading and writing for children and adults alike.
The Tamil Nadu school education minister said that the scheme would ensure 100 per cent literacy in the state and after this, there was no need to continue the programme.
He said that the school education department was conducting 208 types of sports for the students and added that instructions have been given to the school education department not to disturb sports periods.
The minister also said that increasing the literacy programme was a social responsibility and added that presently the state of Tamil Nadu has 80% literacy and that it would touch 100% literacy soon through the programmes implemented by the Chief Minister.
The school education minister also said that the Chief Minister had assured of a drug-free Tamil Nadu and appealed to all the people to take part in the campaign against the use of drugs.
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