To evolve into a centre of Excellence for Developmental programmes through Material Development, Capacity Building and Research in order to achieve the goals of National Literacy Mission

In a country like India, with diversities in religion culture, traditions and customs, education forms an important component of development in reducing the disparities and in achieving development in all spears of human life. Education is universally recognized as an investment in human resources and a medium to foster and perpetuate values and it is the instrument for bringing out social change. Today, we still have about 26% of non-literate population and almost equal number of Indians below poverty line. In order to address this problem, from time to time, the Government has been implementing different schemes for the eradication of illiteracy in the country. The first step in this direction was to launch the National Adult Education Programme (NAEP) in 1978. The National Literacy Mission (NLM) which was launched in the year 1988 has a focus on campaign approach. State Resource Centres (SRCs) were established throughout country to provide Academic & Technical Resource Support to the ongoing adult literacy programmes in the states. The SRC, Hyderabad is one of the oldest State Resource Centres among the 32 SRCs functioning in the country today.

The SRC functions with the grant-in- aid from National Literacy Mission, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, New Delhi. SRC, Hyderabad is an academic technical resource support institution for the promotion of Adult and Continuing Education. The broad functions of the SRC are :-

• Development of teaching–learning material for literacy programmes
• Production and distribution of literature for neo-literates
• Training of field functionaries on literacy and continuing education
• Undertaking motivational and environment building activities
• Development of publicity materials
• Action Research and Evaluation.
• Monitoring of literacy programmes
• Undertaking innovative and research oriented projects.

To carry out the activities enumerated above, the SRC has highly qualified and experienced academic staff besides administrative and support staff. In addition to this from time to time SRC utilises the services of experts as consultants.

Workshops and seminars are conducted for sensitizing all sections of the society to enlist their participation in the literacy programme. At community level, out reach activities are carried out with PRI members, village education committee members, neoliterate men and women and volunteers and Self Help Groups to maximize their participation in the programme and to help them organize themselves to become active participants in the community development process. To empower the women and develop leadership skills among them, special programmes are carried out such as awareness camps, training of self-help groups, skill development trainings etc.

Sensitization workshops for writers and media persons are organized at district and state levels. Strategy planning workshops are organised to help and explore alternative strategies, models for effective programme implementation. SRC is working to reach the unreached with different strategies by networking with various government and non-government agencies / departments.

• Material and Media Unit
• Post Literacy and continuing Education Unit
• Training Unit