Context:

Around 7.64 crore learners successfully passed the biannual Basic Assessment Test under Saakshar Bharat Mission.

About the Saakshar Bharat Mission:


 It is the revamped version of the National Literacy Mission (which was launched in 1988).
 This mission, formulated in 2009, goes beyond reading, writing and arithmetic.
 It seeks to create awareness of social disparities. It aims to create a literate society through a variety of teaching-learning programmes for non-literate and neo-literate of 15 years and above.
 The objective of the Scheme is achieving 80% literacy level at the national level, by focusing on adult women literacy so as to reduce the gap between male and female literacy.
 The four key elements of the programme are:
o Imparting functional literacy and numeracy to non-literates.
o Acquiring equivalency to the formal educational system.
o Imparting relevant skill development programme.
o Promoting a learning society by providing opportunities for continuing education.
 It is under the Ministry of Human Resource Development