Learning to read. On Indian Literacy

Project Report from the year 2011 in the subject South Asian Studies South-Eastern Asian Studies grade: For adults language: English abstract: Basic education is the bedrock to do away with poverty and all other social miseries existing in the modern world. India a multi-lingual multi-cultural and multi-religious country is divided into 28 states and 7 union territories with a population of 1.15 billion (according to Census Report 2010). Though adeveloping country the country's economic power is growing steadily providing jobs for the citizens and India claims an international acknowledgement as 'knowledge superpower'. But poignant as it could be India has the largest illiterate population in the world. I interviewed various school teachers and Heads of institutions to find out what is the scenario.