KUPWARA, Oct. 25 -- A total of 16,447 non-literate learners appeared for the Foundation Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Test (FLNAT-1) conducted across 301 Samajik Chetna Kendras in 13 educational zones of Kupwara district on Sunday under the ULLAS-Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram.

The Education Department made arrangements for the assessment with the involvement of 1,836 volunteer teachers, 301 superintendents, 302 supervisors, 13 zonal coordinators and 104 cluster nodal persons.

Teams from the Chief Education Officer's office, Samagra Shiksha, zonal offices and district-level units monitored the assessment. Zonal Education Officers and their teams also coordinated the exercise across the district.

Chief Education Officer Kupwara Manz...