10 lakh class IX and X students to educate 1.2 crore illiterates in Bihar
According to a recent decision, the Bihar government in a massive drive for literacy in the state is going to put its 10.5 lakh class IX and X students in the role of educators for the 1.2 crore adult illiterate people in Bihar. This plan will be implemented under a five-month literacy campaign ‘Sakshar Bharat Yojana’ to be launched from November 11 next. According to Principal Secretary (HRD) Anjani Kumar Singh, the scheme proposes to use a cadre of 10.50 lakh class IX and X students as volunteers to teach basic reading and writing skills to the illiterate people in Bihar. The students will be given extra 10 marks in the social science subject in the matriculation examination for this effort.