Shimla, Feb. 22 -- Himachal Education Minister Rohit Thakur on Friday said that the state government would collaborate with UNESCO to strengthen quality, equitable and inclusive education to every child in the state, adding that the state government would soon sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by exploring potential areas of collaboration to further reform the education system up to higher level.
Chairing a meeting with a delegation from UNESCO on Friday, the Minister said that education had always been a top priority for this hilly state which was quite evident from the fact that today the literacy rate of the state stands more than 83 percent which was merely 7 percent at the time of attaining the statehood status in 1971.
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