Mizoram declared fully literate: the 95 per cent threshold and the ULLAS programme

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Mizoram declared fully literate: the 95 per cent threshold and the ULLAS programme

Background

Background to Mizoram's literacy: the Chakma Autonomous District Council has resolved that a literacy programme be undertaken in a coordinated manner, subject to its Executive Committee's decision and availability of funds, and the state itself has been declared fully literate.
Chief Minister Lalduhoma declared Mizoram fully literate at a function in Aizawl.
Full literacy is defined by the Ministry of Education as above 95 per cent; the PFLS 2023-24 literacy rate was 98.20 per cent.
A door-to-door survey identified 3,026 non-literates, and 292 volunteer teachers led the effort under ULLAS (New India Literacy Programme).

Full-literacy threshold: Above 95 per cent PFLS 2023-24 literacy rate: 98.20 per cent Non-literates identified: 3,026 Volunteer teachers: 292

Why it matters for exams: Full-literacy declarations, the 95 per cent benchmark and the ULLAS scheme are recurring education and states topics.

Kerala PSCUPSCSSC

10 October 2026 Source: Press Information Bureau

In plain words

ULLAS Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram (New India Literacy Programme) — The adult-literacy programme under which Mizoram's volunteer teachers worked.