Srinagar, Sept. 5 -- Jammu and Kashmir has been declared a fully literate Union Territory under the ULLAS-Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram, achieving a literacy rate of over 95 per cent and securing the 10th position nationally, Education Minister Sakeena Masood Itoo said on Saturday.

Addressing a Teachers' Day function at SKICC Srinagar, the minister said J&K had become the largest State or Union Territory in the country so far to attain the status of a fully literate UT. According to Government of India norms, literacy levels exceeding 95 per cent are treated as full literacy.

According to an official statement, Itoo said the achievement reflected the impact of literacy initiatives carried out across the Union Territory and highlighted...