Nipun Lakshay

*NIPUN Lakshya* is part of the *NIPUN Bharat Mission*, launched by the Government of India to ensure foundational literacy and numeracy in children by the end of Grade 3 by 2026-27. Here are the key details:

What is NIPUN Bharat?
*Full Form*: National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN).
*Objective*: The mission aims to enable children to attain foundational literacy and numeracy skills (reading, writing, and arithmetic) by the time they complete Grade 3 (around age 9).
*Implementation Period*: 2021 to 2026-27.
*Target: The mission’s primary target is to achieve learning outcomes defined under the **National Education Policy (NEP) 2020*.

NIPUN Lakshya
The term *Lakshya* refers to the “goals” or targets set for achieving foundational literacy and numeracy. These include: *Proficiency in Reading*: All children must be able to read age-appropriate texts; *Numeracy Skills*: Children should be able to perform basic mathematical operations and understand numbers; *Measurement of Progress*: Defined learning outcomes and benchmarks to track children’s progress over time.