Sikkim set to become fully literate in 2018 : CM Chamling
Sikkim set to become fully literate in 2018 : CM Chamling Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling said that his govt has given utmost priority to the education since assuming power in 1994 in order to safeguard the future of the young generation. Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling, who was conferred Doctorate of Literature (Honoris Causa) on 6th December by the private Shri Ramasamy Memorial (SRM) University, today said the state is set to become a fully literate by 2018. Chamling said that his government has given utmost priority to the education since assuming power in 1994 in order to safeguard the future of the young generation. "It is because of our sustained efforts for more than two decades that Sikkim is set to become a fully literate state by 2018," he said at the first convocation of the university in Sikkim where Governor Shriniwas Patil conferred the D.Litt on Chamling. "Today, it is heartening to see that education in Sikkim is no longe...