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Orissa
school girls to get free cycles
Wednesday January 05, 2011 07:45:34 AM,
IANS
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Bhubaneswar: Orissa
Tuesday decided to distribute free bicycles to Class 10 girl
students with an aim to improve the state's female literacy rate
which has remained considerably low compared to the national
average.
"All girl students studying in Class 10 in government and
government-aided schools will be given free bicycles," Chief
Minister Naveen Patnaik here told reporters announcing his
government's decision.
Patnaik also said the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe male
students studying in Class 10 in government and government-aided
schools will also given the same facility.
He said the bicycles will be distributed from the coming academic
season this year and about 177,000 students will benefit from it.
The female literacy rate in Orissa is 50.97 percent against the
national average of 54.28 percent.
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