India's literacy rate shows progress. The rate is 80.9% for those aged seven and above. Lakshadweep and Kerala lead in literacy. Bihar, Mad...

The caste survey report presented in the Bihar state assembly today revealed that 34% of families in the state lived in poverty, with a mon...

Bengal has occupied the top position and Bihar languished at the bottom in the 'large states' category on the 'Index on Foundational Litera...

Over 60% women in 12 states and union territories have never used the internet.

According to the study, after Kerala, Delhi has the best literacy rate at 88.7 per cent, followed by Uttarkhand's 87.6 per cent, Himachal P...

Typically, states with relatively low literacy rates also tend to have the highest gender skews, but that is not always true. Andhra Prades...

Poll-bound Bihar is historically one of the poorest regions of the country with all the features of a grossly under-developed economy.

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has launched a mobile app in Bihar to aid digital literacy in the state.

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will launch a Disha mobile app tomorrow, which can be used to learn about computers and Internet.

Rajan visited Kasturba Gandhi Balika school here, around 60 km from state capital Patna, to have a first hand view of the noble educational...

It has become a highly addictive habit among some people to fall back on random, incorrect numbers to hit out at Modi.

Literacy among women in Bihar has leapfrogged to over 53 per cent from 33 per cent 12 years ago due to sustained efforts of the government.

These states will now start getting funds in the ratio of 75:25 as against the existing ratio of 65:35.

The plan will be executed under a five-month literacy campaign 'Sakshar Bharat Yojana' to be launched from November 11 next, according to a...

Bihar's population growth rate has dipped by 3.45% to 25.07% in the past one decade till 2011 compared to 28.62% in a decade earlier.

Even as there was a sense of achievement at the improvement in the literacy rate, questions are being raised about what constitutes literac...

Overall, Bihar emerged as a star performer with steady improvement in enrolment. Enrolment of boys in the state was 95.6% and that of girls...