ULLAS Adult Literacy Scheme: Bihar’s Non-Participation Row
Why in the news
Bihar’s decision to stay out of the Centre’s adult literacy programme threatened the aim of full literacy by 2030.
Key facts
- Goal: 100% literacy by 2030, linked to NEP 2020 and global SDG pledges.
- ULLAS: adult literacy for those aged 15+, via surveys, training and certification.
- Declared fully literate under ULLAS: Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Tripura, Mizoram and Ladakh.
- Bihar’s adult gap: nearly 2 crore non-literate adults, including 1.32 crore women.
Exam angle
- Launched: 2022; nodal ministry: Education.
- Bihar had not sent its annual literacy plan, per the Centre.
- Bihar literacy (age 7+): second lowest after Andhra Pradesh.