Kudumbashree join hands with Saksharatha Mission; Around 2000 people writes Equivalency Test in Attappady

Kudumbashree's activities in collaboration with the Saksharatha Mission to ensure complete literacy in the villages of Attappady in Palakkad district are progressing with excellence. 1925 students appeared for the equivalency test held on 10 December 2023. People from 179 villages have appeared for this equivalency test, which is named as 'Mikavutsavam'. Those who are unable to write the exam at this stage are targeted to write the equivalency exam in March 2024.

The activities in Attappady in conjunction with the Attappady Tribal Special Project and Saksharatha Mission implemented by Kudumbashree was started with the preliminary meeting organized on 7 February 2023. Later, Ms. Binumol, President, Palakkad District Panchayat inaugurated the Project Explanation-Survey Training in the same month. Later, in the months of February and March, a literacy survey was conducted under the leadership of Kudumbashree Special Project Animators and Bridge Course teachers, and 4273 people were found to be illiterate. Later, after the codification of the survey, literacy activities were started.

Animators, bridge course teachers and educated Kudumbashree workers from each village were found as voluntary teachers in the village and the illiterate were trained for literacy test. Literacy Mission provided study aids for teachers and Kudumbashree provided study materials for students. Shri. B.S. Manoj, Assistant Project Officer, Kudumbashree, Shri. Jomon K.J, Coordinator, Shri, Manoj Sebastian, Coordinator, Saksharatha Mission and Ms. Parvathy, Assistant Coordinator give leadership to the literacy activities in Attappady.

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