Telangana News

When compared to the national average literacy rate of 74.04%, the figures of Telangana stands at a poor 66.46%, witnessing the poor literacy rate in the state. But when the age group of 7 to 24 years is taken, the state literacy average is higher than the national average. 

People aged between 18 and 24 years have registered 90% and 79.5% literacy ratio respectively at the state level. This is higher than the national average, which stands at 89.3% and 79.1% respectively in the corresponding age group.

But the literacy rate among the age group of 28-80 years is very low and that is reducing the overall literacy rate of the state. 

"We have appointed consultants from the UNICEF and the Centre For Good Governance to study and suggest strategies to improve the literacy levels in Telangana. Our aim is to take Telangana to the top 3 most literate states in India in the next few years and number one in the country in the next 15 years through strategic interventions," said special chief secretary of the planning department, BP Acharya.