Sikkim soon to achieve 100 percent literacy rate

Sikkim soon to achieve 100 percent literacy rate

Sikkim Chief Minister, Pawan Kumar Chamling,said that Sikkim is on its way to achieve 100 percent literacy rate. While addressing a public meeting during his 32 day tour of the state he said that his government has given top priority to the education and ensured that students from poor background get access to the quality education. “Sikkim is steadily moving towards being a 100 per cent literate state,” Chamling said. Chamling said that in the past two years alone his government has set up 26 colleges and seven universities to provide quality education to the students. “We are also coming up with our own state university,” Chamling said. “The purpose of education should be to become good human beings for which the students must change their mindset,” he added.