Write a note on literacy in karnataka
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The economic development of a country is possible only when the citizens of the country are literate. Education improves an individual from within. It also develops his overall personality and stimulates a sense of civic responsibility in him. Education is given top priority by all the state governments in India.
The government of Karnataka has given high priority to education and the state’s social welfare department has launched several developmental programs, schemes and scholarships to promote literacy in the state. To bring education to the door step of the underprivileged children, the government has provided various facilities. For children, who live in remote areas and cannot travel long distances to attend schools and colleges, the government has provided hostel facilities. Other aids like incentive scholarships, financial assistance, books and cash prizes are also given to the students to promote education in the state. Karnataka, which is the seventh largest state in India and the ninth largest in terms of population, has a growing literacy rate. As per the 2011 census analysis, the literacy rate in Karnataka is 75.36%, which is better than the overall literacy rate of India at 74.04%. Nearly 82.47 % of males and 68.08% females living in Karnataka are literate. The literacy rate has increased in the state when compared to the census analysis of 2001. Earlier, the literacy rate in Karnataka was 67.04 %. The literacy rate of males was 76.29% and that of females was 57.45%.
Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka, has high literacy rate of 87.67 percent which is second to the Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka which has the highest literacy rate of 88.62 percent.
The total number of literates in Bengaluru district is 7,512,276 as per the census of 2011. The male literacy rate in the district is 91.01 percent while the female literacy rate is 84.01 percent.
The Chamarajnagar district of Karnataka also has a low literacy rate of 61.12 percent, third only to Raichur and Yadgir district which have a literacy rate of 60.46 percent and 52.36 percent respectively.
As per reports of 2006, there are nearly 54,529 primary schools in the state with 252,875 teachers and 8.495 million students and 9,499 secondary schools with 92,287 teachers with 1.384 million students. Karnataka has 481-degree colleges which run under the state administration.
Explanation:
The economic development of a country is possible only when the citizens of the country are literate. Education improves an individual from within. It also develops his overall personality and stimulates a sense of civic responsibility in him. Education is given top priority by all the state governments in India.
The government of Karnataka has given high priority to education and the state’s social welfare department has launched several developmental programs, schemes and scholarships to promote literacy in the state. To bring education to the door step of the underprivileged children, the government has provided various facilities. For children, who live in remote areas and cannot travel long distances to attend schools and colleges, the government has provided hostel facilities. Other aids like incentive scholarships, financial assistance, books and cash prizes are also given to the students to promote education in the state. Karnataka, which is the seventh largest state in India and the ninth largest in terms of population, has a growing literacy rate. As per the 2011 census analysis, the literacy rate in Karnataka is 75.36%, which is better than the overall literacy rate of India at 74.04%. Nearly 82.47 % of males and 68.08% females living in Karnataka are literate. The literacy rate has increased in the state when compared to the census analysis of 2001. Earlier, the literacy rate in Karnataka was 67.04 %. The literacy rate of males was 76.29% and that of females was 57.45%.