Odisha HRD

PIB: Educational Complex in Low Literacy Pocket for Development of Women Literacy in Tribal Areas

May 7th, 2008

Following is from http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=38541.

EDUCATION COMPLEXES FOR WOMEN IN LOW LITERACY POCKETS
	16:49 IST

Rajya Sabha 

  No project has been sanctioned in the last three years (2005-06 to 2007-08) in districts other than identified low literacy districts and areas having Primitive Tribal Groups (PTG) girls population under the scheme “Educational Complex in Low Literacy Pocket for Development of Women Literacy in Tribal Areas”, revised and renamed as “Strengthening education among ST girls in low literacy districts” in 2007-08.

 

            The details of identified districts under the scheme “Educational Complex in Low Literacy Pockets for Development of Women Literacy in Tribal Areas” in which the projects were sanctioned during the last three years is annexed.

 

            The Government is implementing the Literacy Programmes of National Literacy Mission in 597 districts of the country with special focus on female literacy, a targeted scheme of strengthening education among Scheduled Tribe girls in low literacy districts, as well as, the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan with specific components to improve girls education in all districts of the country.

 

            This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Shri M.A.A. Fatmi in reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

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Annexure

 

S.No.	State	Name of District
1	Andhra Pradesh	Srikakulam
		Vizianagaram
		Visakhapatnam
		Khammam
		Warangal
		Adilabad
		Guntur
		Prakasam
		Nellore
		Cuddapah
		Kurnool
		Mehboobnagar
		Rangareddy
		Medak
		Nizamabad
		Karimnagar
		Nalgonda
2	Chattisgarh	Bastar
3	Gujarat	Kutch
		Banaskantha
4	Himachal Pradesh	Solan
5	Jharkhand	West Singhbhum
6	Karnataka	Raichur and Mysore
7	Madhya Pradesh	Shahdol
		Harda
		Ratlam
		Betul
		Jhabua
		Satna
		Sidhi
		Dondori
		Anuppur
8	Maharashtra	Thane (for PTGs*)
		Nanded (for PTGs*)
9	Orissa	Rayagada
		Dhenkanal
		Koraput
		Cuttack
		Keonjhar
		Malkangiri
		Angul
		Mayurbhanj
10	Rajasthan	Sawai Madhopur
		Chittorgarh
		Udaipur
11	West Bengal	Murshidabad

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