Mizoram is the first literate state in the country, Kerala backwards; Not only the North, not just the South States will have to take the initiative quickly - North and South States will have to take strong initiatives on the literary criteria

Arinde Pandey, Jagran, New -Delhi. Small states such as Mizoram and Goa have for 37 years a new Alakh with full literacy status in a campaign of literacy in the country. At the same time, the purpose of making the country fully literate by 2030 is also expected to be achieved. The literacy campaign began in the country in May 1988, it is otherwise that the lax attitude of a dozen major states such as Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh is a major obstacle on this road, but it is also not impossible. The literacy campaign in the country began in May 1988. The Ministry of Education, a plan for five years, made a plan for the remaining five years in the target of being full literate of the country. In which special focus was on backward states in this campaign. In this, non-literate people were identified and asked to move forward with an annual target. Among them, states like Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh also shared their plan with the ministry. In which every schoolchildren and children who study B.Ed are linked to this campaign of literacy. In this, schoolchildren are the task of teaching at least two non-literate people during the summer holidays and to teach B.Ed students to fifteen non-literate people. Mizoram and Goa are declared a full literate condition, it is worth mentioning that this success was achieved in the year 2023 within two years of the new literacy mission launched by the Ministry of Education in the year 2023. In May this year, Mizoram and Goa were declared a complete literate state. Earlier, the new standards of literacy were considered the signature only as literate, but in 2023 it sets its new standards. In which it is necessary to have reading, writing and numerical knowledge to be literate. In this campaign, people are now familiar with the useful knowledge used in their lives, including financial transactions, election awareness, general legal knowledge, etc. Complete literacy standard and how to investigate, full literacy means 95 percent literacy, not 100 percent literacy. That is, if any state or country becomes 95 percent literate, it is fully explained. According to the Ministry of Education, the standards of full literacy with the consent of UNESCO were changed in light of the impossible target of 100 percent literacy. It is a matter of not finding out literate people, then gives the census that takes place every ten years. In addition, the states also gather information on this through their survey. Mizoram and Goa identified non-literate people in the recording. Recently, Mizoram and Goa identified non-literate people in their recording themselves. Their registration was done on the gratitude sport related to new literacy. Later they were examined by NIOs. Pass-Fail has been announced. Below, the state can take an exam twice a year. Where Kerala has been in the country for a long time, it was believed that Kerala is the most literate state in the country, but recently once Mizoram was declared to the first literate state in the country, there was a question about Kerala. Kerala was once the most literate state in the country. The ministry made it clear that Kerala was definitely the most literate state in the country. But this percentage has decreased to the new standard of literacy, Second Kerala has not even paid attention to it over the past few years. According to the ministry, the percentage of literacy in Kerala is still about 93 percent.