Pawan Kumar Chamling, Sikkim Chief Minister, said that state is now all set to achieve its target of 100 percent literacy rate and will attain the same by 2018. Chamling was present at the private Shri Ramasamy Memorial (SRM) University where he was conferred Doctorate of Literature (Honoris Causa) by the university.
Chamling said that his government has always given the priority to the education since it assumed the power in 1994 for the betterment of the state and to safeguard the future of the younger 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.
“Today, it is heartening to see that education in Sikkim is no longer a privilege enjoyed by a few. The tremendous increase in the number of educational institutions in the state over the last two decades coupled with our policy of free education upto college level and other facilities have ensured that education is accessible to one and all, irrespective of caste, creed or economic background,” the chief minister added.
Further stressing on the importance of the education he added "Education plays an important role in shaping the new generation not only in professional career, but as human beings too."
SRM provides higher education in Sikkim along with the other parts of the country.