Kerala gets rare distinction
Kerala has become 1st Indian state to achieve 100% primary education.
The state by means of its innovative literacy programme Athulyam aimed at educating those who had been unable to complete their primary education up to fourth standard.
The programme that was launched in March 2013 carried out in two phases and achieved the feat.
Kerala's Education Minister PK Abdu Rabb in Thiruvanthapuram said that the programme was successful .
The programme Athulyam has focussed to provide primary school education to people in the age group between 15 and 50.
It has been reported that 2.6 lakh people took the fourth standard equivalency exam and 2.2 lakh qualified, the examination that was conducted in June 2015.
Examinations were held in 6,613 centres and the qualifying score was set for each subjects.
Qualifying score was set at 30/75 in English and 20/50 in other subjects.
Vice-President Hamid Ansari will be honouring Kerala on 13 January, 2016 for becoming the first state in the country to achieve total primary education
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