Around 3,000 persons from various local bodies in Kollam district are set to undergo training as part of ‘The Citizen’, a Constitution literacy campaign jointly organised by the Kollam district panchayat, District Planning Committee and the Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA).
The training will commence March first week, said Kollam district panchayat president Sam K. Daniel here on Thursday. The district-level inauguration of the campaign will be held on August 14 this year.
The campaign, implemented through local self-governments, will educate everyone above the age of 10 on the basic principles of the Constitution. Seven lakh families in the district will be given classes on the Preamble of the Constitution, history, fundamental rights, legal redressal measures and courts. A handbook on the Constitution and a model on which the Preamble is inscribed will be distributed to families and institutions. Government and private institutions, voluntary organisations and…