Launching a Rapid Action Total Literacy Campaign in Mizoram (RATLC) at Lunglei in southern district, Mr Lalsawta said the basic aim of the RATLC was to meet the objective before the 2011 Census.
''Becoming a number one state in any field is a difficult task in a vast country like India. But, Mizoram has a bright future in literacy and this mission could be accomplished,'' he added.
The Education Minister informed that the desire to become the country's most literate state had acquired the dimension of a mass movement with all the churches, the NGOs and the student bodies cooperating with the government.
Under the Sarva Shiksha Abhyian, efforts are being made to enroll all children aged between six and 14 in schools.
In 2006, Mizoram achieved a literacy rate of 90.27 per cent, second only to Kerala.
Two southern districts - Lunglei and Lawngtlai, and Mamit district in western Mizoram - have been lagging behind other districts of the state in literacy percentage.
According to official records, there are 12,129 illiterate people in Lawngtlai district, 4,200 in Lunglei district and 2845 in Mamit district.
The Rapid Action for Total Literacy Campaign, undertaken in collaboration with the SSA Mission, aims to achieve cent per cent literacy rate in Mizoram.
Parliamentary Secretary S Laldingliana, who accompanied the minister, also said literacy and education were the areas in which Mizoram could become ''number one with much difficulty''.
''In this task, anyone who is able to read and write is a qualified teacher to teach others,'' Laldingliana said.
Laldingliana said the RATLC action plan would last till January and the three districts of Lunglei, Lawngtlai, and Mamit were the targeted areas.
He said the campaign had been launched at this point of time since it is an off-season for the farmers.
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