Kashmir Impulse Desk

Srinagar, Aug 4

Jammu and Kashmir proudly joins the league of “fully literate” nine states and UTs under the Government of India’s ULLAS (Understanding Lifelong Learning for All in Society) scheme.

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has extended his heartiest congratulations to the teachers, administrators, and every stakeholder for the historic milestone.

In a post of X, LG Sinha wrote: “UT of Jammu and Kashmir proudly joins the league of Fully Literate States/UTs under the ULLAS scheme of the Government of India. With 99.09 percent success, it stands tall as the largest population region to achieve this milestone. Congratulations to our teachers, administrators, and every stakeholder who made this possible. Let us always remember that education is the truest force of empowerment and our collective responsibility is to keep advancing this mission.”

Out of 1,80,317 non-literates identified, 1,78,680 have passed (99.09 percent) under the ULLAS scheme.

The criterion for declaring a state and UT fully literate is achieving a literacy rate of 95 percent or above, acknowledging that 100 percent literacy is unfeasible due to factors such as advanced age and intellectual abilities.

The states and UTs have prepared their strategies and plans and adopted best practices to achieve full literacy in accordance with the above criteria.

So far, nine states and UTs have declared themselves as fully literate under ULLAS.

They are Ladakh, Mizoram, Goa, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sikkim and Uttarakh and J&K is the 10th.

J&K is the state or UT having the largest population among the states and UTs declared so far.