Andhra Pradesh literacy rate of 66.4% is the worst among all states in India, lower than Bihar’s 70.9%. Telangana’s literacy rate of 72.8% is also well below the national average of 77.7% while Assam is beyond the average mark, at 85.9%. Karnataka’s literacy rate of 77.2% pales in comparison to Uttarakhand’s 87.6%. The data relating to education for the period 2017-18 was released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) and it revealed that in case of literacy, notions of “devel