Literacy Perspective of India in the Changing Scenario: An Evaluation

Literacy in India is a key for socio-economic progress. Since Independence, the literacy rate has been changed throughout the country. It is result of directed and undirected changes, taken place from time to time. The present paper Literacy in India is a key for socio-economic progress. Since Independence, the literacy rate has been changed examines the ‘cause-effect relationship’ of literacy growth and development in India which has been taken place during different successive periods. In this context, various historic past, education reforms, literacy missions and education policies have been formulated and executed for increasing the literacy rates in the different regions of the country. The paper also touches the areas and related literacy issues including new education policy, literacy mission, and national adult literacy programme which have been proved conducive to boost up the literacy rates in India. The paper also gives an insight to the institutional factors, which has given rise to inter-regional, inter-religious, male-female and schedule and non-scheduled caste variability in literacy rates in India. Keeping in view the literacy perspective, it becomes imperative to focus on qualitative education, so that the country may attain the position, not only in number, but in quality too. In this way, every number of human populations will ensure to become human resources, and ultimately lead to TQM, the total quality management to achieve the desired multiple objectives for development of the people belong to different rural and urban society in the changing scenario of India.