Nawalparasi, which aims to declare itself a literate district by the end of the current fiscal, still has around 40,000 illiterate people.

1. Illiteracy still prevails in Nawalparasi
Nawalparasi, which aims to declare itself a literate district by the end of the current fiscal, still
has around 40,000 illiterate people.
According to a recent survey carried out by a group of teachers and students studying in Grade
IX and X, as many as 39,951 persons are yet to become literate in the district. Authorities,
however, claim they will attain their target by the end of the fiscal citing the aggressive literacy
campaigns across the district.
“Of the total 73 VDCs and one municipality in the district, 17 VDCs have already been declared
literate. Literacy classes are going on at full pace in other VDCs to meet the target,” said Acting
District Education Officer Toyanath Lamsal.