CM-chaired committee to assess status as Kerala aims to become first digitally literate state

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : A committee chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will be constituted to monitor activities in connection with the declaration of Kerala as the first digitally literate state in the country.

A meeting chaired by the chief minister here on Monday was informed that steps have been taken for data collection, training, evaluation and creation of a mobile application and a web portal for the purpose.

The service of volunteers from NCC, NSS, Kudumbashree and Youth Welfare Board will be utilised. The statewide data collection will be held from February 1 to 7 and training will be imparted to learners from April 1 to July 31 as per syllabus prepared by the Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA).