Mangalore : The International Literacy Day was jointly celebrated by the Taluk Panchayat, the Jana Shikshana Trust, Sugrama Sangha, and Apna Desh Nava Saakshakran at ZP premises on September 8.

Participating as the chief guest on the occasion, MP Nalin Kumar Kateel this day must be celebrated since the world now consists around 4 billion literate people.

But still there are situation arising when we feel that we have still not achieved our goal in the matter of education. Hence more need to work on it, he said.DK ZP CEO Dr. Vijayaprakash, MLA U. T. Khader, old age education officer Malleshappa, and others were present.