Thori Rural Municipality of Parsa has been declared literate. Thori-3 was formally declared literate in a ceremony organized on Saturday at Sikaribas.
In this way, Thori Parsa has become the first literate municipality in the district and the seventh in Madhesh province. Lal Bahadur Shrestha, head of Thori rural municipality, officially declared his municipality as a literate municipality. He said that they are proud that Thori has succeeded in making history in Parsa district. Chief guest of the ceremony, District Coordination Committee Parsa chief Niranjan Shah Sonar said that this success of Thori Rural Municipality has increased the dignity of the district residents. He said that the success achieved by Thori in the field of education is exemplary.
Bhupal Kumar Joshi, Head of Education Division of Thori Rural Municipality, said that 98.86 percent of the population was found to be literate out of 15,978 people during a survey in 3,809 households of the municipality. He said that out of the 12 indices determined to be declared literate, 8 indices have been completed so that the municipality is capable of being declared literate.
An organization called Asaman Nepal had conducted a special campaign in the municipality for 4 years to make the municipality literate. Dharmendra Chaurasia, the representative of the organization, was also honored on the occasion.
