NIPUN Bharat Mission focuses on providing Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) skills to all the learners at the end of Grade 3 by 2026-27 and make learning a joyous and engaging process for all.
The Indian education system has successfully progressed to achieve universal access to education for children at the elementary level. However, providing universal access and achieving a high number of enrollments does not ensure an impressive level of learning in children. In many national-level independent surveys and research studies, it has been found that children in Grade 3 are not able to read and comprehend lower-grade text which is a great concern.
The NIPUN – National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy Bharat Mission was launched in July 2021 as part of the centrally sponsored Samagra Shiksha Scheme under the implementing agency Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education. The word Nipun in Hindi means to get skillful at something. The main aim of NIPUN Bharat Mission is to provide Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) skills to all the children at the end of Grade 3 by 2026-27. Therefore the skills that we are aiming for at a national level are basic literacy and numeracy skills.
