Total Literacy Campaign

Partnership Between Government and NGOs to Improve Public Education

January 31, 2019

“The government is not a monolithic organisation. An appropriate characterization of it would be a `multi-headed hydra’ or `Ravana’, based on Indian mythology.” SC Behar highlights the challenges NGOs face in working with the government.

Social Actions That Followed the Total Literacy Campaign

October 25, 2018

The social actions that have followed TLC not only enabled the schooling of children in different ways but also galvanized social actions to address various other development issues.

Quality Schooling for All: Lessons from the Total Literacy Campaign

September 18, 2018

The campaign was first carried out in the Ernakulam District, Kerala and was a joint effort by the district administration and the Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad (KSSP). M.P. Parameswaran, who played a key role in it, in a freewheeling chat with V. Santhakumar.