Overview
- The announcement makes Chandigarh the sixth state or Union Territory overall and the second Union Territory to receive the fully literate tag, surpassing the NEP 2020 95% benchmark.
- Authorities report 15,556 adults enrolled in ULLAS, with 14,711 clearing the foundational literacy and numeracy assessment.
- Women's literacy rose from 90.7% to 99.89%, which officials described as a significant step for empowerment.
- Neo‑literates were felicitated at a Chandigarh Education Department event attended by Administrator-Governor Gulab Chand Kataria and Chief Secretary H. Rajesh Prasad.
- Officials credited teachers, volunteers, NGOs and social groups for outreach, while the UT still counts 14,586 out‑of‑school children in a separate survey.