Thursday, November 29, 2007

India Iiteracy Statistics 2007

India has a bright future ahead... No doubt about that!
They say there will lack of manpower and crunch of qualified professionals in the future.
On what basis does this surveys come?
We find all people working on some or other job/office/business...everyone..
But what is the present condition?

Check out this news from rediff ,

Acknowledging it is home to 268 million of the world's 771 million illiterates, India on Wednesday cited plans to spend Rs 6,000 crores to make 85 per cent of Indians literate over the next five years.
The acknowledgement came at a presentation on the eve of a conference in New Delhi sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.
The conference on Addressing the Literacy Challenge in South, Southwest and Central Asia: Building Partnerships and Promoting Innovative Approaches is scheduled for November 29-30.
The literacy rate reflected in census data in 2001 was 71 per cent among India's 15-to-35-year-olds. It placed the number of non-literates in 7+ age group at 304 million and in 15-35 age group at 100 million.

checkout the full news at rediff

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