How did Kerala pull off digital literacy feat?

The story so far:

On August 21, Kerala Prime Minister Pinarayi Vijayan declared Kerala as the first completely digital literate state in India, and pointed to the completion of the first stage of the ‘Digital’ Digital Literacy program ‘Digital Literacy program, a intervention at the grass root level between all local essence-general organs. According to the local equity department, a total of 21.87 Lakh Human, which is defined as “digitally illiterate” in a survey survey, successfully completed the training program and cleaned the evaluation.

What did they learn to do?

Trainees, which have not previously met digital devices, were taught to use audio search and video calls using smart phones to use WhatsApp and other social media platforms. Those who were not very old were also taught to access state services and perform digital transactions.

What caused the Kerala government to receive the program?

This is a classic from top to bottom up the flow of the ideas of the government program. In 2021, when some Pulmpara officials specific to Pulmpara realized regularly the long queues in front of a few banks in Panchayat, the Pulmpara was caused by Panchayat in Thiruvananthapuram. A few of the tails were daily paid or Mgnregs workers traveling from interiors to check the account balance only. The traumas of those who had to sacrifice their daily wages to check the balance of accounts and the Panchayat officials thought to teach the use of the basic digital technology necessary in daily life.

Panchayat soon launched the ‘Digi Pulampara’ project in which a survey was conducted in all wards to describe digitally illiterate. 3.917 people defined in this way, the rest was bedridden 3,300 training was given. The core team designed 15 events in three modules for training.

Students from the National Service Program (NSS) engineering colleges and school units in the region volunteers voluntarily registered with KUDUMBASHREE volunteers, SC/ST supporters and members of the Library Council. Mgnregs Worksits and Kudumashree neighborhood groups were classes where people came together. The training was held through young generations with volunteers and the elderly who visited the household people. After the training, a different volunteer set carried out an assessment of each trainee and had to complete at least six of the 15 missions. 96.18% of the trainees in Pulmpara cleared the evaluation. Training was re -training for those who failed. In an event in September 2022, where the Prime Minister declared Pullambara as Pullambara completely digitally literate Panchayat, the program will be expanded throughout the state.

How did the government scaled the Pulampara Digital Literacy model throughout the province?

The government later brought a group of master trainers from all over the state to 2.57 Lakh volunteer trainers brought to the Kerala Local Government Institute from Pulmpara to educate the nuclear team. The research and training process were therefore scaled without large settings and was similar to the total literacy campaign of the late 1980s. In the questionnaire, 1,51 crore people from 83.45 Lakh households participated in the survey, and 21.88 Lakh was described as digitally illiterate. At the state level, the third -party assessment was carried out by the Department of Economics and Statistics, 21.87 Lakh. More than 10 % trainee was re -training at Panchayats, where he failed in evaluation. Questions about whether the survey really handle everyone throughout the state, argues that the local level Kudumbashree workers, who accompany volunteers for the survey, help residents avoid the houses they are knowledgeable.

According to the national digital literacy mission guidelines for digital literacy, training should be given only for those up to 60 years of age. However, the Digi Kerala program includes people of all ages over 100 years of age. According to the data of the department, 15.221 of the trainees were over 90 years of age, while 7.77 Lakh people were between the ages of 76 and 90, between 76 and 90 years between 60 and 75 and 1.35 lakh. data.

What is the next way for the Digi Kerala project?

In the Digi Kerala Declaration, the Prime Minister also announced the Digi Kerala 2.0 project to reject the awareness classes on cyber fraud, to describe and reject the courses and to access government services. At the national level, digital literacy focused on computer literacy, but the Pulmpara Panchayat and the state government focused on the use of smartphones to navigate in daily life. The state government sees this as part of a larger project, which includes the project, which aims to provide the Fiber Fiber Optic Network (KFON) project, universal internet access, and digital division, and to narrow it by offering a cost -free cost of the families of the poverty line (BPL) families (BPL). Uniform Platform.