AR organises Saksharta Ka Amrut
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, August 17 2021:
44 Assam Rifles of 22 Sector/IGAR (East) on Tuesday organised Saksharta Ka Amrut as part of Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav.
According to PIB Defence, the unit provided books, stationery, writing materials, clothing and eatables to the children of Child Care Home Tamenglong as a part of the event and to enhance the knowledge bank of the kids.
Speaking on the occasion, Tamenglong battalion commandant stressed on the objective of education to consolidate and improve the learning skills already acquired by the neo- literates with a view to making them self-reliant not only in the sphere of reading, writing and numeracy skills but in other areas of life as well.
In his address to the students, chief medical officer of the battalion said that literacy cannot make a person wise but education can.
Although literacy is often equated with education yet, 'is not the same.
Literacy is a just a step towards education, the CMO added.