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Literacy takes a leap

Jharkhand now boasts a healthy literacy figure of 67.63 per cent, up by almost 14 per cent since 2001.

Thanks to the centrally-sponsored Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, almost all the 32,000 villages in the state now have schools compared to only 16,000 in 2000.

Provisional census data released today suggests that literacy figures improved from 54 per cent in 2001 to nearly 68 per cent. Male literacy increased from 67 per cent in 2001 to over 78 per cent. Female literacy too took a leap to 56 per cent from a paltry 40 per cent.

“There have been efforts to improve education. Not only have all villages been covered by primary education, retention of students has also increased,” said development economist Ramesh Sharan.

However, he added that districts with higher urban population had benefited more from the literacy drive.

The literacy rate also varied across districts — with a low of 50 per cent in Pakur to a high of 77 per cent in Ranchi.

Female literacy was highest in Ranchi with 68 per cent followed by East Singhbhum with 67 per cent.