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Recently the Ministry of Education is set to conduct the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Test (FLNAT) as part of the ULLAS – Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram.

About ULLAS Scheme

• Abbreviation: ULLAS stands for Understanding Lifelong Learning for All in Society.
• Aim: To promote lifelong learning and close literacy gaps among those aged 15 and older.
• Foundational Knowledge: The programme seeks to provide citizens with foundational information and skills necessary for personal and national growth.
• Mobile app: The ULLAS User-Friendly Mobile Application is a digital platform that provides access to a variety of learning resources through the DIKSHA portal.
• Objective:  To teach not only Foundational Literacy and Numeracy but also other essential skills for a 21st-century citizen, such as 
  • Critical Life Skills: (financial literacy, digital literacy, commercial skills, health care and awareness, child care and education, and family welfare)
  • Vocational Skills Development: (with an eye towards obtaining local employment)
  • Basic Education: (including preparatory, middle, and secondary stage equivalency)
  • Continuing Education:  (including engaging in holistic adult education courses in the arts, sciences, technology, culture, sports, and recreation, as well as other subjects of interest or utility to local learners, like more advanced material on critical life skills).

News source: PIB