Lok Sabha Question No. 82 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-03
Subject: FLNAT under ULLAS
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Basavaraj Bommai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 82 ANSWERED ON 03.02.2025

## FLNAT under ULLAS

## 82. Shri Basavaraj Bommai:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a)  the  number  of  learners  who  have  been  registered  and  appeared  for  the  Foundational Literacy  and  Numeracy  Assessment  Test  (FLNAT)  conducted  under  Understanding  of Lifelong Learning for All in Society (ULLAS) - Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram;

- (b) the number  of  participants who  have  been  certified in FLNAT,  State-wise  and district-wise, especially in Karnataka; and

(c) whether any initiatives have been taken by the Government under the ULLAS programme to  support  multilingual  testing  and  preserve  linguistic  diversity  in  alignment  with  New Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a) to (c):  The New India Literacy Programme (NILP) popularly known as ULLAS - Nav Bharat  Saaksharta  Karyakram,  is  being  implemented  from  FY  2022-23  to  2026-27.  The scheme aligns with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and targets non-literates aged 15 years and above who have missed formal schooling and provide educational opportunities to them to make them literate.

A  total  number  of  1,10,69,400  learners  have  been  registered  and  appeared  in  the FLNAT under  the  scheme  of  ULLAS  -  Nav  Bharat  Saaksharta  Karyakram  till  now.  The Statements regarding number of participants who have been certified in FLNAT, both state- wise and district-wise especially in Karnataka are annexed at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively. Under the ULLAS scheme, the ULLAS Primer i.e. the learning teaching material has been  developed  in  26  languages.  The  FLNAT  (Foundational  Literacy  and  Numeracy

Assessment Test) takes place in regional languages.

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## Annexure-I

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.82 FOR 03.02.2025 ASKED BY SHRI BASAVARAJ BOMMAI, HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF  PARLIAMENT,  REGARDING  'FLNAT UNDER ULLAS'.

State-wise number of participant who have been certified in  FLNAT  under ULLAS - Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State/UT               | Total Certified   |
|-----------|------------------------------------|-------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 3,260             |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh                     | 0                 |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 17,398            |
| 4.        | Assam                              | 63,801            |
| 5.        | Bihar                              | 0                 |
| 6.        | Chandigarh                         | 3,144             |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh                       | 1,52,805          |
| 8.        | Daman &Diu and Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 1,879             |
| 9.        | Delhi                              | 21,817            |
| 10.       | Goa                                | 1,471             |
| 11.       | Gujarat                            | 6,443             |
| 12.       | Haryana                            | 0                 |
| 13.       | Himachal Pradesh                   | 14,500            |
| 14.       | Jammu &Kashmir                     | 1,34,797          |
| 15.       | Jharkhand                          | 2,80,145          |
| 16.       | Karnataka                          | 3,56,328          |
| 17.       | Kerala                             | 58,826            |
| 18.       | Ladakh                             | 31,937            |
| 19.       | Lakshadweep                        | 0                 |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh                     | 43,48,028         |
| 21.       | Maharashtra                        | 3,54,735          |
| 22.       | Manipur                            | 2,701             |
| 23.       | Meghalaya                          | 8,671             |
| 24.       | Mizoram                            | 253               |
| 25.       | Nagaland                           | 28,541            |
| 26.       | Odisha                             | 57,949            |
| 27.       | Puducherry                         | 0                 |
| 28.       | Punjab                             | 1,81,046          |
| 29.       | Rajasthan                          | 15,47,368         |
| 30.       | Sikkim                             | 5,768             |
| 31.       | Tamilnadu                          | 15,16,223         |
| 32.       | Telangana                          | 0                 |
| 33.       | Tripura                            | 3,456             |
| 34.       | Uttar Pradesh                      | 3,81,464          |
| 35.       | Uttarakhand                        | 26,169            |
| 36.       | West Bengal                        | 0                 |
|           | Total                              | 96,10,923         |

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.82 FOR 03.02.2025 ASKED BY SHRI BASAVARAJ BOMMAI, HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF  PARLIAMENT,  REGARDING  'FLNAT UNDER ULLAS'.

District-wise number of participants of Karnataka who have been certifies in FLNAT under ULLAS - Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram

| Sl. No.   | District Name     | Learners Certified   | Learners Certified   | Learners Certified   |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| Sl. No.   | District Name     | Male                 | Female               | Total                |
| 1.        | Bengaluru (Rural) | 2957                 | 7886                 | 10843                |
| 2.        | Bengaluru(Urban)  | 8494                 | 10187                | 18681                |
| 3.        | Chickballapur     | 2678                 | 7028                 | 9706                 |
| 4.        | Chitradurga       | 4424                 | 8692                 | 13116                |
| 5.        | Davanagere        | 2955                 | 9462                 | 12417                |
| 6.        | Kolar             | 3218                 | 8149                 | 11367                |
| 7.        | Ramanagara        | 3499                 | 5840                 | 9339                 |
| 8.        | Tumkur            | 2770                 | 6341                 | 9111                 |
| 9.        | Madhugiri         | 3153                 | 4081                 | 7234                 |
| 10.       | Shivamogga        | 3969                 | 8733                 | 12702                |
| 11.       | Bagalakote        | 5042                 | 12605                | 17647                |
| 12.       | Belagavi          | 4570                 | 1058 1               | 15151                |
| 13.       | Chjkkodi          | 3710                 | 8678                 | 12388                |
| 14.       | Dharwad           | 5759                 | 10037                | 15796                |
| 15.       | Gadag             | 2423                 | 3509                 | 5932                 |
| 16.       | Havfri            | 3359                 | 4904                 | 8263                 |
| 17.       | Uttarkannada      | 3103                 | 9035                 | 12138                |
| 18.       | Vijayapura        | 7404                 | 9591                 | 16995                |
| 19.       | Ballari           | 4441                 | 7515                 | 11956                |
| 20.       | Vijayanagara      | 3945                 | 8004                 | 11949                |
| 21.       | Bidar             | 6928                 | 7451                 | 14379                |
| 22.       | Kalaburagi        | 4948                 | 8988                 | 13936                |
| 23.       | Koppal            | 4051                 | 8363                 | 12414                |
| 24.       | Raichur           | 3696                 | 5468                 | 91 64                |
| 25.       | Yadgiri           | 3749                 | 4626                 | 8375                 |
| 26.       | Chamarajnagar     | 2646                 | 3779                 | 6425                 |
| 27.       | Chickmagaluru     | 1688                 | 4282                 | 5970                 |
| 28.       | Dakshina Kannada  | 53                   | 198                  | 251                  |
| 29.       | Hassan            | 2620                 | 8468                 | 11088                |
| 30.       | Kodagu            | 975                  | 2121                 | 3096                 |
| 31.       | Mandya            | 3229                 | 9418                 | 12647                |
| 32.       | Mysore            | 4735                 | 10502                | 15237                |
| 33.       | Udupi             | 96                   | 519                  | 615                  |
| Total     | Total             | 121287               | 235041               | 356328               |

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