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The Government of India has approved a scheme called the New India Literacy Programme to improve adult education and promote lifelong learning in accordance with the National Education Policy 2020.

Features of the scheme:

• The school will be the unit for implementation of the scheme.
• The survey of beneficiaries and voluntary teachers will be conducted in the schools.
• Performance Grading Index will be adopted for assessment at the state/UT and district levels on a yearly basis. 
• An Outcome-Output Monitoring Framework will be set up for annual achievement survey of learning outcomes. 
• Priority will be given in terms of categories to the girls and women, SC/ST/OBC/Minorities, Persons with Special Needs, marginalised/nomadic construction workers, labourers. 

Objectives of the scheme: 

• The objective of the scheme is to deliver the necessary components that intend to skill the youth and make them suitable for employment.
• It focuses on providing financial literacy, digital literacy, commercial skills, health care and awareness, vocational training and so on. 
• It will be implemented through volunteerism and will be through online mode. 
• The materials and resources will be provided digitally with easy access to the registered volunteers. 
• It will cover the non-literates of the age of 15 years and above in all states and union territories. 
• It will also assist to achieve the target of foundational literacy and numeracy for FY 2022-27 which aims to cover 5 crore learners by using Online Teaching, Learning and Assessment System (OTLAS) in collaboration with the National Informatics Centre, NCERT and other institutions.