On the third anniversary of NEP 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam 2023 at Bharat Mandapam in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. On Sunday at the Bharat Mandapam in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, the Union Minister of Education and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Dharmendra Pradhan, unveiled the ULLAS: Nav Bharat Saksharta Karyakram logo, tagline, and mobile app.
Union Minister Pradhan highlighted the launch of the ULLAS mobile application as an important step in utilizing technology's ability to provide access to basic literacy. “This user-friendly and interactive app is available both on Android and ios and will serve as a digital gateway for learners to engage in diverse learning resources through the DIKSHA portal of NCERT. The ULLAS app can be used for registration of learners and volunteers either through self-registration or by surveyors”, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan stated.
The Minister underlined that ULLAS will place a high priority on improving functional literacy, vocational competencies, and many crucial life skills including financial literacy, legal literacy, digital literacy, and empowering individuals to participate in nation-building of the country. “It also fosters a culture of continuous learning and knowledge-sharing in communities across India”, he claims.
The ULLAS (Understanding Lifelong Learning for All in Society) project, which fosters an environment for learning that reaches every person and closes the gaps in essential life skills and basic reading, is set to revolutionize education and literacy throughout the country. “It imparts basic education, digital and financial literacy, and critical life skills to citizens aged 15 and above who lost on the opportunity to go to school. It is being implemented through volunteerism”, the minister stated. “The new logo and slogan, ‘ULLAS: Nav Bharat Saksharta Karyakram’, reflect the enthusiasm and vigor of the campaign. It symbolizes the light of knowledge spreading across every corner of the country, empowering citizens with the power of education, and igniting the flame of curiosity and learning in every individual making Jan Jan Sakshar”, the minister added.
The program is intended to motivate participants to participate in it through a sense of duty or Kartavya Bodh for the sake of nation-building, and it will honor student volunteers with school/university credits and other forms of recognition like certificates, letters of appreciation, felicitations, etc.
