India, Oct. 5 -- Since the launch of 'Saksham' - a first-of-its-kind initiative of the education department of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) - over 1,000 trained teachers are imparting core literacy and numeracy skills to over 30,000 students from classes 3 to 8 in 128 Marathi- and Urdu- medium schools of the corporation.

Shekhar Singh, municipal commissioner, PCMC, said, "PCMC is committed to the successful implementation of the 'Saksham' initiative, focusing on improving students' academic levels through enhanced literacy and numeracy skills under the National Education Policy 2020 and NIPUN (National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy) Bharat Mission."

'Saksham' was launched on A...