Education is the root cause of progress and development. It helps man and society to think and act according to the needs. Education acts as an instrument for generating socio-economic growth and makes the people to become critical and active participants in the process of liberating themselves from ignorance, misery, degradation, injustices, exploitation, inequalities and economic and social evils since education is a powerful tool for social change. The Kerala State Literacy Mission Authority has been playing a decisive and remarkable role in non-formal education sector providing literacy, continuing and lifelong education to adult learners. The KSLMA is presently focusing its attention on the Equivalency. Equivalency programmes are organized with a view to provide an alternative education to adult learners that is equivalent to the existing formal system of education be it related to formal or vocational education. The KSLMA through its literacy and continuing education programmes plays a remarkable role in the overall development of the state. The Equivalency education makes a positive impact on the economic, social and cultural spheres of development of the state and nation.

Development, Education, Literacy, Non-formal, etc.