Total Literacy Campaign: Problems and Prospects

Recognizing the relationship between literacy and socioeconomic development of the country, the Govt. of India has launched total literacy campaigns in all the districts. Chittoor district is one of the districts to cover 6.25 lakh illiterates in the age group 9 to 35 years. The success of the campaign not only lies in eradication of illiteracy but also in retaining, nurturing and stabilizing it through using the same in the day-to-day activities of the target. Keeping the objectives and strategies adopted in implementing the programme, the present evaluation was undertaken to study various aspects of the programme such as motives for participation, reasons for drop-out, extent of literacy attained, participants, functionaries and community attitude towards the various aspects of the programme etc. Chapter I, of the book briefly narrates the importance of literacy, initiation and developments of the TLC of Chittoor district. The review of literature forms the second chapter. The chapter III presents the problem and objectives, scope of the study, limitations etc. The method of investigation constitutes chapter IV of the book. The chapter V Analysis and interpretation of the data presents the findings in two sections. Section I shows the findings relating to the literacy phase and section II presents the findings relating to the post-literacy stage. The chapter VI presents summary and conclusions of the study.