{"id":43877,"date":"2025-05-22T20:20:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T14:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=43877"},"modified":"2025-05-22T20:47:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T15:17:17","slug":"mizoram-declared-indias-first-fully-literate-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/22-05-2025\/mizoram-declared-indias-first-fully-literate-state","title":{"rendered":"Mizoram Declared India&#8217;s First Fully Literate State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS 2\/Governance&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mizoram has been declared <strong>India\u2019s first fully literate state<\/strong>, marking a historic milestone in the state\u2019s educational journey.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About Literacy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As per the Office of the Registrar General of India, a literate person is someone aged 7 or above who can read and write with understanding in any language.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Department of School Education and Literacy has introduced a<strong> refined definition of literacy <\/strong>aligned with <strong>NEP 2020 and SDG 4.6 goals.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Literacy is now defined as the ability to read, write, and compute with comprehension, along with<strong> critical life skills such as digital and financial literacy. <\/strong>This expanded definition aims to ensure full societal participation and economic progress.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A state\/UT achieving <strong>95% literacy is considered fully literate.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Present Status&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India&#8217;s total literacy rate for individuals aged 7 and above, across both rural and urban areas, stands at<strong> 80.9% for the period 2023\u201324<\/strong>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India&#8217;s literacy rate has grown from 14% at independence to approximately 80.9% in 2023\u201324.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mizoram has achieved <strong>&#8220;full literacy&#8221; status,<\/strong> reaching 98.2%, surpassing the 95% threshold set by the Ministry of Education as per the 2023\u201324 PLFS survey.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Earlier, Ladakh became the <strong>first administrative unit to declare full functional literacy under ULLAS<\/strong> (Understanding of Lifelong Learning for All in Society).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andhra Pradesh (72.6%) and Bihar (74.3%) have the lowest literacy rates, per the PLFS 2023\u201324 MoSPI survey.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f7f7f7\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"481\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/05\/top-ten-states-ut-in-india-with-the-highest-literacy-rates-in-2024.png\" alt=\"top-ten-states-ut-in-india-with-the-highest-literacy-rates-in-2024\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-43920\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f7f7f7; width:315px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/05\/top-ten-states-ut-in-india-with-the-highest-literacy-rates-in-2024.png 481w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/05\/top-ten-states-ut-in-india-with-the-highest-literacy-rates-in-2024-300x263.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebecf0\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>ULLAS &#8211; Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram (New India Literacy Programme)&nbsp;<\/strong><br>&#8211; It is a <strong>centrally sponsored scheme<\/strong> (2022\u20132027) aligned with <strong>NEP 2020,<\/strong> aimed at educating adults aged <strong>15+ who missed formal schooling<\/strong>.<br>&#8211; It has five components- Foundational Literacy and Numeracy, Critical Life Skills, Basic Education, Vocational Skills and Continuing Education.&nbsp;<br>&#8211; It aims to<strong> make Bharat &#8211; Jan Jan Saakshar<\/strong> and is based on the spirit of Kartavya Bodh and is being implemented on volunteerism.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source :IE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Mizoram has been declared India\u2019s first fully literate state, marking a historic milestone in the state\u2019s educational journey.\u00a0<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Present Status\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">India&#8217;s total literacy rate for individuals aged 7 and above, across both rural and urban areas, stands at 80.9% for the period 2023\u201324.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Mizoram has achieved &#8220;full literacy&#8221; status, reaching 98.2%, surpassing the 95% threshold set by the Ministry of Education as per the 2023\u201324 PLFS survey.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Earlier, Ladakh became the first administrative unit to declare full functional literacy under ULLAS (Understanding of Lifelong Learning for All in Society).<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Andhra Pradesh (72.6%) and Bihar (74.3%) have the lowest literacy rates, per the PLFS 2023\u201324 MoSPI survey.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/22-05-2025\/mizoram-declared-indias-first-fully-literate-state\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43877"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43921,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43877\/revisions\/43921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}