Andhra Pradesh   

Away from school

— Photo:K.R. Deepak

DAILY grind: Tribal girls carry firewood at Vakapalli village in the Agency in Visakhapatnam district. Even as the world celebrates World Literacy Day on September 8, most of the tribal girls in the villages are not sent to school. The female literacy rate in the rural areas of Visakhapatnam district is 36.21 per cent.

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