NEW DELHI: After three years of community engagement including even those residents aged 100 and older, Kerala has India’s first fully digitally literate state.
Efforts began in Pullampara, a village near the state capital Thiruvananthapuram, when rural workers employed under a government scheme started receiving payments digitally into their bank accounts. They needed to go online to confirm that their wages had been paid correctly.
“Villagers needed digital literacy to see their salary in bank. The digital transfer of salary was the spur for a new digital learning,” Rajesh P.V, head of the Pullampara village council, told Arab News.
“In 2022, with the help of the government, we managed to start the campaign for digital literacy.”
The campaign was initially aimed at those aged up to 60, but older villagers also showed interest.
