Total number of women made literate by TARA Akshar as on 15th January  2011
State Total no. of students started No. of students dropped out No. of students appeared No. of students failed No. of students passed Overall percentage (Rounded down)
Bihar
16,297 526 15,771 305 15,466 94%
Jharkhand
9,621 57 9,564 85 9,479 98%
Uttar Pradesh
14,846 110 14,736 50 14,686 98%
Madhya Pradesh
17,026 129 16,897 173 16,724 98%
Delhi Region
94 14 80 11 69 73%
Haryana
1,445 30 1,415 54 1,361 94%
Rajasthan 202 4 298 26 172 85%
Uttrakhand 70 0 70 0 70 100%
Total
59,601 870 58,831 704 58,027 97%
Maina Devi is not alone. In the last 2 years, the TARA Akshar programme has enabled over 56,000 women like her in Northern India – completely illiterate – to read and write Hindi in 35 days. And we give them an exam at the end to prove it.
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