Govt to launch literacy campaign from January

As committed in the policies and programmes, the Ministry of Education (MoE) is preparing for the first phase of National Literacy Campaign (NLC) from January 14 next year, which aims to make the population literate within two years.

The ministry said it has finalised 'National Literacy Campaign Program Implementation Directives-2008' for implementation of the programmmes at various levels.

In a press meet Friday, Ram Swarup Sinha, acting secretary at the ministry, said they would collect fresh data on illiteracy rate in the country before the execution of the programme.

Textbooks for the campaign will be in local languages like Abadhi, Maithali, Bhojpur, Tamang, Tharu and Dotel apart from Nepali.

The teaching materials will be managed by the local literacy class and funds will be provided to the VDCs and municipalities through district development committees.

Two phases of campaign will be of three months each. The classes will be run by volunteers, as per the government commitment. nepalnews.com ia Nov 22 08