Saakshar Bharat Programme

It was launched in 2009 with the aim of promoting and strengthening Adult Education, especially of women, by extending educational options to those adults who, having lost the opportunity of access to formal education and crossed the standard age for receiving such education, now feel a need for learning of any type, including, literacy, basic education (equivalency to formal education), vocational education (skill development), physical and emotional development, practical arts, applied science, sports, and recreation.

The program has four basic objectives –

1. Impart functional literacy and numeracy to non-literate and non-numerate adults.
2. Enable the neo-literate adults to continue their learning beyond basic literacy and acquire equivalency to formal educational system.
3. Impart non-literate and neo-literates relevant skill development programmes to improve their earning and living conditions.
4. Promote a learning society by providing opportunities to neo literate adults for continuing education.