It can break the nexus between ignorance and poverty which, according to Swami Vivekananda, are the two basic sin in life. Therefore literacy work must be made life centered and poverty must be eliminated with the help of literacy. Poverty alleviating programmes in the country are the first level of response to overcome the problem. The Government has initiated several income generating programmes with the goal to improve the standard of living of the people. Many of these schemes area for vocational training to develop and upgrade existing skills.
Literacy is an essential pre-requisite for vocational training.
In today's World of advanced technology, vocational skills are essential for employment. The literacy programme combined with other developmental programme should be a life long process which is other wise known as continuing education for a truly sustainable development. The literacy programme and continuing education programme linked with vocational training programmes will have significant impact in the level of living of various strata of poverty stricken masses. Poverty must be eliminated with the help of literacy and proper implementation of different policies and programmes of the Government from time to time. This requires, people to acquire new knowledge, information and skills, which provides an impetus for development.