State Resource Centre for Adult Education, Uttrakhand, under the aegis of RLEK was awarded the prestigious NLMA- UNESCO Literacy award for its outstanding achievements in the field of Adult Literacy for the year 2011.
The citation and trophy was conferred by Her Excellency, the President of India to Ms. Ruchi Kukreti, Chairperson SRC, Uttrakhand, on the occasion of International Literacy Day function organized at Manekshaw Centre, Delhi Cantt, New Delhi on 8th September 2011.The State Literacy Mission Authority of Uttrakhand has also won the Satyen Mitra Literacy Award for its work in the field of Adult Literacy this year.
It is to be noted that RLEK was awarded the UNESCO - NLM Award in the year 1998 in recognition of its outstanding contribution to the Adult Education program for the minority communities by RLEK. It is a unique feat that the parent organization and its sister organization both have been proud recipient of this esteemed award.
"The current program - Saakshar Bharat is a very ambitious program that has set high targets for itself. I am glad that the SRC Dehradun has made its mark and contributed to this program at the national level. We must aim that in the forthcoming years Uttrakhand is one state that addresses the issue of women illiteracy in the entire state and focus toward bringing the district with poor literacy rate in parity with other high literate districts". said Ms. Ruchi Kukreti, Chairperson, State Resource Centre.
On the occasion of International Literacy Day, an International conference on Women's Literacy for inclusive and sustainable development is being organized from 8-10 September 2011 at Manikshaw Centre, New Delhi. Her Excellency, President of India inaugurated this function. The conference is attended by minister level delegates from E-9 countries, SAARC countries and international as well as national organizations. In the conference eminent personalities and ministers from India and abroad will share their experiences in the field of Adult literacy. The deliberations of the International conference were webcasted through National Informatics Centre (NIC). In SRC Uttrakhand this was watched by eminent educators, social workers and people from the field of education, like Mr. Arvind Mishra, Joint Director, NSS, Ms. Archana Bajpayee, Azim Premji Foundation, Ms. Kamala Pant, Ms. Kusum Rani Naithani, Principal, Narishilp, Ms. Jahnavi Tiwari from Disha organization, Mr. Kaustubh Pant etc.
