বুধবার, অক্টোবর ২১, ২০০৯

A news-AVillage free from Illiteracy-The Daily Indipendent

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Hundred per cent illiteracy-free Kawamara village will remain as a model for Bangladesh. Ultimately, illiteracy will be totally eradicated from the country by the year 2014 as per government declaration.Dr Murad Hasan, Member of Parliament (MP), elected from Jamalpur-4 constituency said this while addressing a function held in the new embankment area at Kawamara village of Sarishabari upazila in Jamalpur district on the occasion of the official declaration of Kawamara village cent per cent illiteracy free. ACCESS-Cordaid Project of Dhaka Ahsania Mission organised the programme on Sunday last, says a press release.He further said, efforts will be made to turn Daulatpur and Tarakandi villages hundred per cent illiteracy free in near future. At the same time, the illiteracy free villagers will be brought under the coverage of sanitation and poverty eradication programmes. Following the footsteps of Dhaka Ahsania Mission, everyone irrespective of party affiliation and opinion should come forward to make Bangladesh illiteracy free within a short time, the lawmaker said.Presided by former headmaster of Pingna Secondary School Md Bahauddin Mia, the occasion was attended by Sarishabari Upazila Chairman Abdul Malek, ex-Religious Affairs State Minister Maolana Nurul Islam and Dhaka Ahsania Mission Programme Division Deputy Director Dewan Sohrab Uddin as special guests. Besides, ACCESS--Cordaid Project Co-ordinator Kamal Kumar Joarder and Sarishabari Regional Co-ordinator Md Rabiul Islam were present. It is worth mentioning, Kawamara village has a population of 2 thousand 346. Of them, 207 people were illiterates. This is because of untiring efforts of Mission's Paira Ganokendro members and 70 volunteers for eight months the aforesaid village has become illiteracy free. Before giving official recognition, upazila administration followed proper procedures. For sustainability, 207 neo literates will be brought under Continuous Education and Skill Development Programme.

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