Morung Express News
August 28
KOHIMA: Nagaland’s female literacy rate has increased from 33.72 percent in 1981 to 55.70 percent in 1991 and to 61.92 percent in 2001.
Literacy rate amongst women in all the districts, except Mon and Tuensang is much higher than the national average. Female literacy rate ranges from 37.12 percent in Mon to 84.4 percent in Mokokchung as against the all India average of 34 percent in Bihar to 95 percent in Mizoram.
The female literacy rates in Mokokchung, Wokha and Dimapur are comparable with the literacy rates in some of the developed countries.
Mon and Tuensang, in line with the overall literacy rates in these districts, had much lower female literacy rates in 2001.
The male literacy rates have been consistently higher than the female literacy rates in all districts.
“Over the last four decades there has been a difference of 10 percent or more in the literacy accomplishments of men and women in all the districts”, according to the latest report of the Nagaland State Human Development office.
These differences are related with the lower levels of enrolment of girls in comparison to boys, the report added.
