thiruvananthapuram the united nations educational scientific and cultural organization unesco was willing to work with the state government in the field of education and culture said shigeru aoyagi director and unesco representative to bhutan india maldives and sri lanka ahead of the emerging kerala meet when the state is trying to woo investors it is very important to display the capability of the human resource here which should include the portrayal of the rich culture of the state unesco is willing to work with the state in this regard he told toi aoyagi also hailed the rich reading culture of the state as well as the role played by the library movement in boosting this while indias neighbouring countries are struggling to raise their literacy level this state achieved that way back in the 90s countries like bangladesh and pakistan have reached only the 50 mark he said political will coupled with determination at the grassroot level has been the key to such a success this model should be emulated by indias neighbouring countries as well he said though it may be comparatively easy to create political will in this regard the real task will be to generate interest at the grassroots he said aoyagi said literacy could be promoted in rural areas only by inculcating the habit of reading in people keralas achievement cannot be ignored especially at a time when unesco is devoting the decade 200313 to promote literacy he said during his twoday visit to the state shigeru aoyagi held discussions with chief minister oommen chandy industries minister p k kunhalikutty and education minister p k abdu rabb and expressed unescos willingness to work in cooperation with the state