ULLAS Programme:
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.
- ULLAS Programme 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.
- 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.
- 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)
