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S. Vasudeva Rao and P. Viswanadha Gupta Andhra University  \nIndia  \nLiteracy is a process which dispels and promotes rational thinking and moulds human beings into becoming responsible citizens. The absence of literacy directly and indirectly retards the development of individuals, society, community and the country. For the success of any program, people should be motivated by providing necessary congenial environments, socio-economic conditions and committed efforts on the part of implementing bodies. In spite of the number of efforts made by central and state governments in India, still illiterates remain. This paper identifies factors responsible for people remaining illiterate and suggests strategies to adopt for achieving better results in the district which has the lowest literacy rate in the state and country.  \nLiteracy is one of the key aspects of human resource development. In order to quantify the human resources of the country, the State and central governments have launched a number of educational (both formal and non-formal) programs for the promotion of literacy. As a result, large pools of illiterates were made literates. However, a vast majority of the illiterates are here, particularly among females.  \nLiteracy is a process, which dispels ignorance and promotes rational thinking. Literacy thus moulds a person to become a responsible citizen. In a democratic society, people cannot remain as silent spectators to the vast changes that are taking place in the society. But they have to participate effectively not only in decisionmaking processes, but also in formulation and implementation of developmental programs. To achieve this objective, all the citizens need to be educated. In other words, literacy is the tool for development.  \nWomen, who contribute half of our population, have the dubious distinction of maintaining a lower profile in many social, educational and economic aspects across the world. In the context of India, the phenomenon has been further worsened with women occupying lower positions in terms of educational, health, political and economic aspects and relegated to lower positions in society. Women have been treated as lesser contributors to society in terms of social and economic development issues. Though women have favourable attitudes and appropriate capacities to contribute to society, the social milieu in developing countries like India has always positioned women with a lesser role to play in social and economic issues.  \nWomen constitute an important segment among the less-advantaged sections of society by virtue of their backwardness in terms of social, educational and economic development irrespective of their religion, caste and creed. In the last few decades, this aspect has been much debated at the international level and a global movement has been initiated in terms of gender sensitisation.  \n􀀸6 B. S. Vasudeva Rao and P. Viswanadha Gupta Low female literacy: factors and strategies 􀀸􀀷  \nProfessor Kanta Ahuja (1995:1), the Vice-Chancellor of Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati University in Ajmer, Rajasthan State, stated that ‘girls were being kept out of school because their parents did not appreciate the importance and value of education. The condition of the school and the quality of education, especially in the government schools in the rural areas, were other bottlenecks in attracting children towards school’. She feared that, unless the widening gender gap was reduced, illiterates in the age group 15–35 years would only be women.  \nThe World Declaration of Education for All was proclaimed at the World Conference on Education for All held in March 1990 at Jomtie. Article-1 of the Declaration read: ‘Every person – child, youth and adult – shall be able to benefit from educational opportunities designed to meet their bas","cbCaiqowOZ4IzXNH","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqowOZ4IzXNH","pdf",150189,"English","# Significance of the study\n# Locale and sample of the study\n# Administration and data collection","[{\"question\":\"What data collection method did the study use?\",\"answer\":\"Data were collected through a schedule developed for the study. 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