Mysuru has nearly 3 lakh illiterate adults and a target has been set to achieve total literacy by the end of 2030, said Additional Deputy Commissioner Shivaraj.
As per the 2011 census, the literacy rate in Karnataka is 75.36 percent and the number of literates was 72.79 percent in Mysuru district. Several programmes are being launched to improve literacy rate and plans are afoot to survey illiterate adults through anganwadi and ASHA workers, the ADC said, while presiding over a meeting of District Adult Education and discuss literacy programmes.
Mr. Shivaraj said efforts will be made to make illiterates literate with the help of educated persons in each household, after getting the survey report.
