ULLAS Programme Latest News
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)”.
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
Last updated on Sep, 2026
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