Karnataka - Belgaum   

Towards eradicating illiteracy

Belgaum: Manjushree, organising secretary of Ekal Abhiyan, on Saturday highlighted the role of women in the Ekal Movement aimed at eradication of illiteracy, particularly among tribal children.

Speaking at a two-day conference of workers of Ekal Abhiyan here, she said that women activists and workers played an important role in achieving the noble objectives of the movement. She said that the movement by the Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation was aimed at eradicating illiteracy in rural areas and tribal belts of the country with support from women in urban areas by 2011 through Ekal Vidyalayas.

There were 26,000 schools, 5,000 workers, 20 field organisations in various States and eight support agencies participated in the movement towards creating a network of non-formal schools to educate and empower children in rural areas. In the State, there were 990 schools. The main objective of the movement was to liberate rural and tribal children from exploitation, provide them basic education through non-formal schools and make them self-reliant, she said.

Shradha of Chinmaya Mission inaugurated the conference. Industrialist Suresh Hundre was present. Kanchan Parulekar, chief of ‘Swayam Siddha’, a Maharashtra-based women’s organisation, released a book.

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