Srinagar, Sept. 5 -- Education Minister Sakina Itoo on Friday announced that Jammu & Kashmir has achieved the status of a 'Fully Literate Union Territory' under the ULLAS-Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram (NBSK), with a reported literacy rate of over 98 percent.

Taking to microblogging site X, the Minister said, "With deep honor, I declare that Jammu & Kashmir has achieved the noble distinction of becoming a Fully Literate Union Territory, recording an outstanding literacy rate of 98.43% under the ULLAS -NBSK."

She said that Jammu & Kashmir is now fully literate. "Let us celebrate this with pride."

"From the mountains of Kashmir to the plains of Jammu, our teachers, officers, volunteers, and learners carried the torch of education into e...