New Delhi, Feb 6: Union Minister of Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Dharmendra Pradhan will inaugurate the two-day ULLAS Mela at the National Bal Bhavan here today.

Union Minister of State for Education Annpurna Devi will also be present at the event.

To achieve the target of 100% literacy by 2030, the Government of India is implementing a centrally sponsored innovative scheme called Nav Bharat Saksharta Karyakram or New India Literacy Program for a period of five years from 2022 to 027. The scheme, popularly known as ULLAS (Understanding of Lifelong Learning for All in Society), is meant to uphold the motto "Jan-Jan Sakshar". The scheme is targeted at all non-literates of age 15 years and above.

"The scheme, in line with New Education Policy 2020, targets adults (aged 15 and above) who could not go to school or attain formal education. It focuses on imparting Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN), through critical life skills, such as Digital Literacy, Financial Literacy, Legal Literacy, Environmental Literacy, Health & Hygiene, etc. Implemented in a hybrid mode, States/UTs have flexibility in offline, online, or combined approaches," read an official statement.

The ULLAS App has been developed to register learners, volunteers and also containing teaching learning material for them. The learners are certified as literate by way of twice-a-year assessments in September & March.

There have been substantial activities carried out under ULLAS in most of the States/UTs. Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education is organising ULLAS Mela on 6th-7th February, 2024 in collaboration with CNCL, NCERT to showcase various National and State level activities under ULLAS- Nav Bharat Saksharta Karyakram.

As many as 700 participants from various States/UTs along with more than 100 dignitaries from the Ministry of Education, States/UTs and various organizations will be participating in the event.

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