{"id":337683,"date":"2025-05-22T16:10:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T10:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=337683"},"modified":"2025-05-28T18:41:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T13:11:25","slug":"ullas-nav-bharat-saaksharta-karyakram-new-india-literacy-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ullas-nav-bharat-saaksharta-karyakram-new-india-literacy-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"ULLAS \u2013 Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram (New India Literacy Programme)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong>: Mizoram has become the first state in India to be officially declared fully &#8216;literate&#8217; under the ULLAS (Understanding Lifelong Learning for All in Society) initiative.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>About ULLAS \u2013 Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram (New India Literacy Programme)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_337684\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-337684\" style=\"width: 356px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-337684\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Source-Ministry-of-Education-300x287.png?resize=356%2C341&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"356\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Source-Ministry-of-Education.png?resize=300%2C287&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Source-Ministry-of-Education.png?w=452&amp;ssl=1 452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-337684\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Ministry of Education<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>ULLAS stands for <strong>Understanding Lifelong Learning for All in Society.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is also known as the <strong>New India Literacy Programme (NILP).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is a <strong>centrally sponsored initiative<\/strong> that aligns with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Implementation duration<\/strong>: 2022-27.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim<\/strong>: It aims to empower adults <strong>aged 15 and above from all backgrounds<\/strong> who missed formal schooling, helping them integrate into society and contribute to the nation\u2018s growth.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>ULLAS User-Friendly Mobile Application<\/strong> serves as a digital platform providing access to a wide range of learning resources via the <strong>DIKSHA portal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"811\">\n<h2>Definition of Literacy and Full Literacy (as per ULLAS\/NILP)<\/h2>\n<p>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Literacy<\/strong>: Literacy encompasses the ability to read, write, and compute with comprehension. It also includes understanding, interpreting, creating, and critical life skills such as digital and financial literacy.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Full Literacy<\/strong>: Achieving \u2018full literacy\u2019 is defined as reaching a 95% literacy rate in a State or Union Territory.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Criteria for Literacy Certification:<\/strong> Under NILP, a non-literate person is considered literate if they pass the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Test (FLNAT).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Mizoram has become the first state in India to be officially declared fully &#8216;literate&#8217; under the ULLAS (Understanding Lifelong Learning for All in Society) initiative. About ULLAS \u2013 Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram (New India Literacy Programme) ULLAS stands for Understanding Lifelong Learning for All in Society. It is also known as the New India&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ullas-nav-bharat-saaksharta-karyakram-new-india-literacy-programme\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ULLAS \u2013 Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram (New India Literacy Programme)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":337684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,956,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-337683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-schemes-and-programs","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Source-Ministry-of-Education.png?fit=452%2C432&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}