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Kerala has become the first Indian state to achieve 100 per cent primary
education.
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It was declared by the Vice President Hamid Ansari during his speech at special
ceremony organised at Thiruvananthapuram.
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Kerala state was able to achieve 100 per cent primary education through its
flagship primary education equivalency drive Athulyam Scheme.
Key facts of Athulyam Scheme
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The programme was meant to provide primary school education to people aged
between 15 and 50. It was launched in March 2013 and was carried out in two
phases.
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The state level literacy mission aimed at educating those who had been unable
to complete their primary education up to fourth standard.
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The main focus of the mission is inclusion of deprived sections viz. the
scheduled caste, scheduled tribe, physically, financially weak and mentally
disabled among others.
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The second stage of the scheme was Mission 676 that also aimed at targeting
those who had dropped out of the formal education process.
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Prior Athulyam Scheme, Kerala state government had launched fourth standard
equivalency programme in 2000 in association with local bodies.
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Under this programme Kannur district of state became the first district to
achieve 100 per cent primary education in the country in 2001.