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CHENNAI, DEC. 11. The Rotary International movement commemorated its centenary year in Chennai with renewed focus on literacy. At a function held here on Saturday, M.A.M. Ramaswamy, member of Parliament and Pro-Chancellor of Annamalai University, inaugurated the Rotary's `100 Schools Project' which seeks to spark a revolution to turn `Schools into Smiles', by creating a totally rejuvenated educational environment for the benefit of the least privileged children. "Literacy campaign should be made a mass movement. Rotary International has the resource potential and immense motivation to take part in literacy dissemination," he said. Glenn E. Estess Sr., President, Rotary International, said there were two billion people in the world who could not read or write. A large number of them were in India." This was an opportunity to join together to talk about an important topic of concern — literacy. There are many people suffering without education and we, family of Rotarians, can do a lot. The Rotary's success should inspire to do more," he said. P.N. Murthy, Adviser, Tata Consultancy Services, gave a presentation titled `Literacy in India — What is the way ahead? He said the problem of adult literacy could be solved with the mighty presence of the 1.6 million Rotarians in the world. He explained a TCS approach for adult illiterates to be motivated for self-learning, by tackling one of the three Rs at a time, with the importance for reading. Sushil Gupta, convener, Rotary International's presidential celebration, said Rotarians from all over the country, many other countries and teachers took part in the celebration.
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