Overview
- Officials said on July 8 that Uttarakhand met the adult literacy benchmarks set by the Department of School Education and Literacy under the National Education Policy 2020 and the ULLAS programme, and the governor has formally approved the declaration.
- State leaders report Uttarakhand’s literacy rate at over 98 percent and credited sustained government campaigns and public participation for reaching the required targets.
- Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and Education Minister Dhan Singh Rawat framed the recognition as a platform to expand digital literacy, financial literacy and continuing education across the state.
- The administrative process began with a state cabinet approval on June 19 and concluded with the governor’s sign-off, using NEP/ULLAS validation rather than a new census count to certify the result.
- Uttarakhand joins Mizoram, Goa, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim in the group of fully literate states, a designation that could shift policy focus from basic literacy drives to lifelong learning and skills access for residents.