Agartala, June 23 (UNI) Tripura has become the third Indian state to be ‘fully literate’ after Goa and Mizoram. The literacy rate of the state had been more than 90 per cent for over a decade, but was lagging in a few parameters, which have now been achieved.
In a ceremony on Monday, Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha, holding the education portfolio in the presence of the central government officials here, announced the achievement of a new benchmark in the country’s pursuit of universal education.
Dr Saha said, according to the report of the Periodic Labour Force Survey 2023–24, Tripura’s literacy rate stood at 93.7 per cent. However, with the recent successes of the ‘ULLAS’ campaign, this figure has now risen to 95.6 per cent. As per the criteria set by the government of India, states or Union Territories achieving over 95 per cent literacy are granted the status of "fully literate".