Five districts of Karnali yet to be declared as achieving full literacy
The state government had also allocated Rs 20 million for this purpose in that fiscal year.
KATHMANDU: Five districts in Karnali have yet to be declared as districts achieving full literacy.
The state government had stated in its policy and programs for the fiscal year 2019/20 that the Karnali State would be declared as achieving full literacy within three years.
The state government had also allocated Rs 20 million for this purpose in that fiscal year.
According to the Karnali State Education Directorate, out of the 10 districts in the state, five are yet to be declared as achieving fully literate status.
Although a campaign had been run for making the five districts literate within three years, that goal could not be achieved as the campaign could not reach the remote nooks and corners of the state.
The local levels of Mugu, Humla, Jumla, Kalikot and Dolpa remain to be declared as fully literate, said Balbir Sunar, an officer at the Educational Development and Examinations Management Section at the Ministry of Social Development.
Officiating director at the State Education Directorate, Deepa Hamal opined that the quality of education could not be maintained in the state due to the lack of coordination among the three tiers of the government – the federal, state and local. She also pointed out to the paucity of budget for running programs to achieve full literacy in these districts.
The state government had provided Rs 17 million as an incentive to 79 local levels of the province in the fiscal year 2019/20, the year the campaign was launched.
As per government statistics, the literacy rate in Karnali is 66 percent.
The National Planning Commission (NPC) has set the target of increasing the literacy rate in the state to 95 percent until the fiscal year 2025/26.
