literacy

Making a difference: Meet this Ghaziabad woman who turned a bus stop into a classroom

Meet Rekha, a retired Civilian Assistant Officer in Defence who found her purpose in educating children at her local bus stop in Indirapuram.

Dec 24, 2022, 18:41 PM IST

International Literacy Day: Narrowing the digital divide amid pandemic scare-In Pics

Despite many efforts being made to promote literacy, even today more than a staggering 700 million people are not literate.
 

Sep 08, 2021, 14:02 PM IST

Haryana witnesses mad scramble for educated brides

Less than a month away from the panchayat elections in the state, guess what Haryana is witnessing a mad scramble for?

Dec 23, 2015, 20:34 PM IST

Re-examine literacy criteria for panchayat polls: Amartya Sen

There is a need for a Constitution bench to deliberate on the Supreme Court's upholding of the Haryana government's decision to make literacy an essential criterion to contest panchayat elections, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen has said.

Dec 18, 2015, 10:10 AM IST