New Delhi, May 7 -- The Ministry of Education plans to extend the National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN) Bharat Mission, the main scheme promoting foundational literacy and numeracy, till Class 5, officials said.

Launched in July 2021, the National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy is a mission to ensure all children attain foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) by Grade 3 by 2026-27.

It aims to achieve universal proficiency in reading, writing, and arithmetic for children aged 3-9 years.

"We have a proposal to extend the NIPUN Bharat Mission till Class 5. The PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan Result 2024 put the literacy and numeracy figures at 60 per cent...