Kulathupuzha may be a sleepy village located on the outskirts of Kollam, but the grama panchayat is now the first completely Constitution-literate local body in the State.
The feat was achieved as part of ‘The Citizen’, a constitution-literacy campaign jointly organised by Kollam district panchayat, District Planning Committee, and Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA). Governor Arif Mohammed Khan will make the declaration at a function to be held at Kulathupuzha on August 28.
As part of the campaign, all residents above the age of 10 were educated on the Constitution, its history, fundamental rights, and legal redressal measures. More than 29,000 persons from 9,388 families in the panchayat were made Constitution-literate through systematic efforts. The local body has also installed the Preamble of the Constitution in all households, government, quasi-government, and private institutions, and schools.
