COIMBATORE: Samagra Shiksha has arranged field trips for the illiterate this year to manage routine life challenges under the New Indian Literacy Programme. An officer from district Samagra Shiksha told TNIE, "NILP, which aims to ensure basic education to the illiterate who don't know read and write, is implemented through the Directorate of Non-formal and Adult Education. Through these field …
Jiang Shumei shows her six books at home in Heilongjiang province. Now, the 87-year-old grandmother from Northeast China's Heilongjiang province is the proud author of six books. I never imagined, even in my wildest dreams, that I would publish a book one day," says the resident of Suihua city. "Mom's writing is always concise and straight to the point, so …
Around 250 illiterate inmates of the Fatehpur prison will be taught to read and write under the guidance of 11 educated ones, officials said on Tuesday. A verandah in front of the barrack has been turned into a classroom and a blackboard will be installed there, Superintendent of Fatehpur district prison Mohd Akram Khan told PTI. "There are 1,400 inmates …