CAMPE, Campaign for Popular Education, The decade of the 1990s symbolized a collective effort in attaining ‘Universal Literacy’ all over the world. The Government of Bangladesh responded positively to the declaration of the Jomtien World Conference on Education for All (EFA) by making primary education compulsory. At the same time, the NGOs involved in literacy sector also came forward to supplement and complement the state effort with a commitment to eradicate illiteracy from the country by the year 2005.