Kerala State Literacy Mission Authority
| Abbreviation | KSLMA |
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| Formation | 26 October 1998 |
| Founded at | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Headquarters | Pettah |
| Location |
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Region served | Kerala |
| Services |
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Chairman | Pinarayi Vijayan |
Vice Chairman | V. Sivankutty |
Principal Secretary | Rani George IAS |
Director | A. G. Oleena |
Parent organization | Department of General Education, Government of Kerala |
| Website | literacymissionkerala |
The Kerala State Literacy Mission Authority is an autonomous institution under the Department of General Education, Government of Kerala. It was set up in 1998 for the purpose of co-ordinating and activating the Literacy and continuing education activities launched by the National Literacy Mission, Ministry of Education, Government of India. Its headquarters is in Thiruvananthapuram.
Kerala launched the continuing education endeavour on 26th October 1998 propagating the slogan Education for all and Education for ever six years after it bagged the envious title of total literacy. Presently the KSLMA is fully funded by the Government of Kerala in order to implement literacy, continuing education and life long learning programme designed and developed by the state. The District Literacy Missions are looking after the activities at the district level. The Continuing Education Centers functioning under the local self government institutions spread across the state are the service delivery unit of the mission.
In 2021, Kerala has been included in the Union government’s new literacy scheme Padhna Likhna Abhiyan (Read and Write Campaign), the scheme of adult education, that aims at total literacy in the country by 2030.