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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | City falls, rises too, census 2011 | slips on literacy rank, sex ratio improves over 2001 by Pankaj Dhiman

City falls, rises too, census 2011 | slips on literacy rank, sex ratio improves over 2001 by Pankaj Dhiman

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published Published on Apr 2, 2011   modified Modified on Apr 2, 2011
Authorities in Chandigarh don't seem to be doing enough for raising literacy rate as compared to other states and union territories. In 2011, the city came down to eighth position on the all-India literacy list. In the 2001 census, it had the sixth highest literacy rate in the country.

This happened in spite of increase in overall literacy here.

Though Chandigarh has achieved the Planning Commission target of 85% literacy, it couldn't match the progress made by other territories on this front.

Educationists are also amazed that the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) run by the government has also not been good enough to improve city's literacy ranking.

''SSA is being run in every government school. The literacy rate should have grown by leaps and bounds,'' said principal of DAV School, Sector 15, Rakesh Sachdeva.

The UTs of Lakshadweep, Puducherry and Daman and Diu are ranked second, third and sixth on the list, above Chandigarh.

Punjab is ranked 21st while Haryana is at 22nd position.

''It seems that target groups, especially those in lower income groups, are not benefiting from literacy awareness campaigns run by various non-government organizations,'' he added. The only silver-lining can be having a good place in areas like girl child growth ranking list, which is expected to be released next week.

Director of Chandigarh census department, T N Bindhyeshwari, said, ''Along with other sectors, the city might make up ground in this area. Chandigarh is also expected to fare well in the field of infrastructure and number of households where both spouses are employed.''

''We are compiling the data and that is expected to take two to three more days. After that, we will release it. That will be helpful in describing actual position of the city,'' she said.

Home and education secretary Ram Niwas said he was busy and couldn't comment on the issue.


The Times of India, 2 April, 2011, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/City-falls-rises-too-census-2011-slips-on-literacy-rank-sex-ratio-improves-over-2001/articleshow/7847658.cms


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