PATNA: The state education department reviewed the progress of a literacy programme launched in nine selected districts for the children of mahadalits, dalits, and extremely backward communities, in collaboration with the Directorate Of Mass Education and Pratham, and decided to expand it to all remaining districts in Bihar.
Education minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary, who chaired the review meeting, told this newspaper on Tuesday that the scheme’s performance in all nine districts over the last three years was found to be quite satisfactory, and it was decided to implement the same pattern of educating deprived children in all districts.
