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EDUCATION AND CULTURE
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SOCIAL EDUCATION
The schemes for promoting social education were implemented through District Development Boards under the guidance of the Regional Social Education Committee for the Maharashtra region. Under the Community Development Projects and National Extension Service, programmes aimed at eradication of adult illiteracy were launched.
With the growth of primary and secondary education in the district, the people have now become alive to the problem of spreading
literacy amongst the illiterate people. The problem was tackled under the scheme of "Adult Education" in the district from 1935 onwards. From 1962, the scheme came to be known as "Gram Shikshan Mohim " in the State and all people, young and old, took part in it. All villages have celebrated " gram gaurav" ceremonies and even "taluka gaurav" ceremonies. The following statement shows the progress of the scheme in the district from 1961-62 to 1969-70:
Year |
Number of villages with wadis |
Number of people made literate |
1961-62 |
118 |
63,857 |
1962-63 |
296 |
80,019 |
1963-64 |
285 |
45,216 |
1964-65 |
118 |
19,728 |
1965-66 |
218 |
31,358 |
1966-67 |
1,047 |
92,044 |
1967-68 |
N.A. |
N.A. |
1968-69 |
N.A. |
N.A. |
1969-70 |
1 |
861 |
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2,083 |
3,33,083 |
N.A. -Not available.
The people are given instructions from " gav vikas shala " a publication of the Government and they are tested in their achievements by setting suitable questions every year. Nearly 50,000 new literates had appeared at those tests up to 1969, out of whom more than 40,000 passed. They were awarded certificates by the Zilla Parishad. Ahmadnagar. Among the neo-literates nearly 100 persons had passed the P. S. C. Examination during 1969. |
