Gagan Kumar Kamat, Observer from the Ministry of Education to Ladakh visited various Literacy centres in Kargil on March 19 and monitored the smooth conduct of the assessment.

New India Literacy Program (NILP) is a new Central Sponsored Scheme on Education for all that is in alignment with the recommendation of the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020.

Around 10,000 Adult Learners in the UT participated in the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Test at 369 Literacy Centres in both Leh and Kargil districts. 496 VTs and 369 teachers were engaged for supervisory staff during the test.

The Observer visited Government Middle Schools of Chaukiyal, Throngos, and Goshan where he monitored the examination process taken to assess the foundational numeracy and literacy of the learners of concerned areas.

He interacted with the volunteer trainers and learners and asked them about the procedure of learning and took an assessment of the examination procedure.

He directed the concerned to complete the works under the assessment of foundational numeracy and literacy at the earliest.

Director School Education, Ladakh, Dr. Safdar Ali also visited various centers and interacted with the adult learners during the assessment test. Chief Education Officers and Zonal Education Officers also visited and inspected the centers for monitoring.

The Assessment Test was conducted as per the guidelines of the Ministry of Education, Question- Cum-Answer Booklet (QAB) translated into local languages was issued to the adult learners for the attempt and collected for evaluation at the Zonal level. The adult learners were enthusiastic and passionate during the test which is a stepping toward literacy.

It was informed that 4,183 learners were enrolled in District Kargil for the first phase of NILP. The second phase of the program will be conducted for leftover illiterates which are around 16,000 in the district including Zanskar Sub Division.