ULLAS Programme

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Recently, Uttarakhand has become the country’s sixth fully literate state under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the ‘ULLAS’ (Understanding Lifelong Learning for All in Society) programme.

About ULLAS Programme

• It is a centrally sponsored initiative that aligns with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
• It aims to empower adults aged 15 and above from all backgrounds who missed formal schooling.
• Focus: The programme focuses on imparting functional literacy including reading, writing, and numeracy skills, and enriches learners with critical life skills, fostering lifelong learning.
• It is implemented through volunteerism and promotes social responsibility.
• It encourages learners to access educational content in regional languages via the DIKSHA Portal and the ULLAS mobile app.
• Implementation Period: 2022-2027.
• Target: The target is to provide Foundational Literacy and Numeracy to 5 (five) crore learners, with 1 crore learners per year by using “Online Teaching, Learning and Assessment System (OTLAS)”. 

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Components of ULLAS

• Foundational Literacy and Numeracy,
• Critical Life Skills (financial literacy, digital literacy, legal literacy, healthcare and awareness, childcare and education, family welfare, etc.),
• Basic Education for providing appropriate equivalence
• Vocational Skills (Skill development will be a part of the continuous learning process for neo-literates to obtain local employment),
• Continuing Education (This includes engaging holistic adult education courses in arts, sciences, technology, culture, sports, and recreation, as well as other topics of interest or use to local learners)

Source: LM