This slide-share is about a project on the eradication of illiteracy from the district Aligarh,U.P.India.

1. Final Project: Citizen Engagement
Citizen Engagement in Eradication of Illiteracy in
the District of Aligarh, U.P.
India
Mohammad Allam

2. The Education

3. Introduction
• Citizen Engagement is an important aspect of modern
democracy. Citizen engagement brings transparency, working
culture, accountability etc by closing the gap between the
government, other stakeholders and citizen.
• The present problem of illiteracy of district Aligarh, India has
been taken into consideration for a would be project for
citizen engagement.
• Aligarh is a district in state of Uttar Pradesh, India. This district
is known for world famous Aligarh Muslim University and Lock
industries. According to the Census 2011,the total population
of Aligarh is 3,673,889.The male and female population is
1,951,996 and 1,721,893 respectively with sex ratio of
882/1000.(http://www.census2011.co.in/census/district/514-
aligarh.html)

4. Literacy Ratio of the District
• According to of the Census 2011,the average literacy
ratio of the district is 67.52.The average literacy ratio of
male and female is 77.97 and 55.68 respective. The
literacy ratio of the district is lower than the national
average ratio.
(http://www.census2011.co.in/census/district/514-
aligarh.html)
• The average literacy of the nation as 2011,is 74.04.The
national average literacy ratio for male and female is
82.14 and 65.46
respectively.(http://www.census2011.co.in/literacy.ph
p

5. Illiteracy of the District and Citizen
Engagement
• About 33 percent of the population of the district is
illiterate. The illiteracy among women is more than
men. The literacy has increased just to about 9
percent from 2001(58.48).There is need to enhance
the literacy rate to speed up the development
process. In my opinion, in enhancement of the
literacy ratio, citizen engagement can play important
role. For citizen engagement ,following “Model
Project” could be implemented to remove the
illiteracy.

6. Project :Citizen Engagement for
Eradicating Illiteracy
• Objectives of the Project
I. Enhancing literacy rate of the district with multi tasking
approach-education with skill development
II. Bringing together stakeholders of education for positive
change in mechanism of delivering education
III. Bringing transparency, implementation, accountability
and feedback mechanism in education system
IV. Use of technology in bringing effective literacy
V. Bringing active participation of citizen in spreading of
education

7. Stakeholders of the Illiteracy Eradication
a) Central Government
b) State Government
c) Local self-Government
d) Private Educational Institutions
e) Non-Governmental Organizations
f) Citizen of the district
The present project is based on the active participation of
the citizen as a main stake holder.

8. Structure of Project for Citizen Engagement for Eradication of illiteracy
Selection of
illiterate Group
Assembling them at
one place
Educating them
with the help of
stakeholders
Evaluating the
progress
through test
Giving Feed back
Send them back
in their area to
educate
illiterate in own
areas
failure
pass
Citizen
&
stake
holder
s

9. Discussion on Project
• Citizen and all stake holders would select the areas of the district
where there are illiteracy e.g. Jamalpur, Sarai Rahman, jeevangarh
etc . There has been found that some areas are prone to illiteracy.
After selection, all the selected would assemble at a centre where
the citizen who voluntarily have offered their service to teach them
would impart education to the selected.
• The course for illiteracy should be in multi-tasking including
education, hygiene, basic skills ,living style etc.
• The course should be six months duration.
• The financial burden should taken by the governments and citizen
who wish to contribute for the betterment of the society.

10. • After 6 month education and training, there should be a test
to evaluate their learning.
• The test would be before the citizen gathering in public with
the help of electronic Board. There would be test of writing,
reading and skill demonstration.
• After passing the test they should send to their respective
places where they act as resource person for training of local
people(rural or urban areas) and the same cycle of project
would run.
• In case of failure, they should be send back to education
centre again for learning and training.

11. Strength of the project
• The important thing in this project is the involvement
of the citizen and all the stake holders of the district.
• The involvement of the citizen in whole system of
project
• Financial sharing of all stake holders
• Chain system of educating more and more people
• Check and balance at every level
• Multi-dimensional approach

12. Can this Citizen Engagement Project be
Successful?
• Yes! the project can be successful as there is democratic system of
governance in the district. The district has both Gram Panchayat(at village
level in rural area-66.8% people live) and Municipal Corporation (in urban
area).There is also Zila Parishad/Panchayat comprising on both rural and
urban areas.As a result there is strong coordination among the citizen.
• The Central and State governments have passed the Right to Education Act
which could boost the education of out of School Children.
• The Right to Information could make the whole process transparent and
accountable.
• There would be strong participation of the ‘representatives of the people’.
• There would be public system of evaluation of the participants

13. Conclusion
• Aligarh is one of the famous districts of India. Yet, its
literacy rate is lower .The present project is to
enhance the literacy rate with the help of citizen
engagement and other stake holders.
• The project is based on the active involvement of the
citizen; the system of government is democratic and
there is local self government. As a result, there is
chance of success of the project in eradication of
illiteracy.

14. • Thank you