Dehradun, July 8 -- Uttarakhand has achieved a historic milestone in the field of education by becoming the sixth fully literate state in India under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the ULLAS (Understanding of Lifelong Learning for All in Society) - New India Literacy Programme.

By meeting the prescribed benchmarks for adult literacy, the state has added a new chapter to its educational journey.

After fulfilling the literacy standards laid down by the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education, Government of India, the Governor of Uttarakhand, Lt Gen Gurmit Singh (Retd), accorded approval on July 8 to officially declare Uttarakhand a fully literate state.

Before Uttarakhand, five states--Mizoram, Go...