The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Mass Literacy Programme - An Effective Medium to Impart Nutrition Education


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In India women constitute 50 per cent of the human resource and a great majority of them are illiterate. According to 1991 census, the overall literacy rate in India is 52.1 percent, the female literacy being 39.4 percent and the male literacy being 63.9 percent. To eradicate illiteracy, the Government of India launched the National Adult Literacy Programme all over the country on 2nd October 1978. This programme aims at providing nonformal education and developing skills in writing, reading and numeracy among the 15 to 35 year old women and men who are Illiterate. The National Literacy Mission aims at imparting functional literacy to 100 million people by the year 1995 through this programme.
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S. Premakumari
Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore-641 043, India
K. Gowri
Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore-641 043, India

Abstract


In India women constitute 50 per cent of the human resource and a great majority of them are illiterate. According to 1991 census, the overall literacy rate in India is 52.1 percent, the female literacy being 39.4 percent and the male literacy being 63.9 percent. To eradicate illiteracy, the Government of India launched the National Adult Literacy Programme all over the country on 2nd October 1978. This programme aims at providing nonformal education and developing skills in writing, reading and numeracy among the 15 to 35 year old women and men who are Illiterate. The National Literacy Mission aims at imparting functional literacy to 100 million people by the year 1995 through this programme.