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EDUCATION AND CULTURE
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SOCIAL EDUCATION
Social education is also encouraged in the district and was introduced in 1948-49 by the former Madhya Pradesh Government to literate the population with a view to achieving all round development of the villages. The Government of Maharashtra have introduced gram shikshan mohim in order to achieve cent per cent literacy in villages. The villages which show outstanding performance in such work are awarded special prizes and honoured by gram gaurav samarambha. The following-statement shows the progress of literacy under the above mentioned scheme.
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Year |
Number of illiterate persons |
Total No. of Classes |
Total number of beneficiaries |
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Males |
Females |
Total |
Males |
Females |
Total |
1962-63 |
1,25,938 |
2,28,979 |
3.54,917 |
1,059 |
3,126 |
3,036 |
6,162 |
1965-66 |
1,17,516 |
2,22,021 |
3,39,537 |
955 |
8,422 |
6,158 |
15,380 |
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