Saakshar Bharat Mission to implemented in Orissa's 19 educational backward districts

Orissadiary, Dec 28, 2010

Report by Dipti Ranjan kanungo, Bhubaneswar: Centrally Sponsored Saakshar Bharat Mission will be implemented in 19 educational backward districts. In the first phase it will be implemented in 3 districts in the year 2010-11.
The School and Mass Education minister Pratap Jena told the media persons here in the Orissa Secretariat on Monday that in the first phase it will be implemented in Kalahandi, Sundargarh and Bolangir district. The Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will inaugurate the project from  15th January to 30th January,2011. About more than 15 thousand adults will be literate in the programme. It has been decided to literate 2 lakh 6thousand 42 in Kalahandi, 1 lakh 78 thousand 381 in Bolangir district, 1 lakh 89 thousand 917 in Sundargarh district.
Lok Sikhya Committee will be frame in every Panchayat and  seven senior citizens will be included in the committee. The Sarpanch will be the Chairman of the Committee. In the budget there is a allocation of Rs 4.5 Lakh for these three districts. The proposal for rest 16 districts has been given to the centre.