Kerala was the first state in India to be declared as fully literate. It was on 18th of April 1991. 20 years have elapsed, but no other state could get such a full literacy declaration so far.

The literacy campaign was one of the most important project the LDF government has started. For more than one entire year thousands and thousands classes for the aged and the uneducated were organised throughout Kerala. Most of the classes were in the night and the teachers included students,teachers, government employees and anybody who can teach. No fees, allowances or remuneration was given or taken. The state government gave printed books free to the students. Spectacles were given to the old people to enable them to read.

The programme has given empowerment to the ordinary people. Just like the Land Reforms in the first EMS Ministry in 1957, the declaration of fully literate state was also a landmark in the advance march of Kerala.