LUCKNOW, March 22 -- Ahead of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 rollout in the 2025-26 academic session, 4.5 lakh government school teachers and 1.45 lakh Shiksha Mitras (para teachers and instructors) have been trained in Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN). This initiative aims to enhance learning outcomes for 1.48 crore students across 1.32 lakh government schools under the Basic Shiksha Parishad.

Director general school education, Kanchan Verma, said that it's been four years since the implementation of NEP 2020, and the basic education department has accomplished the task of introducing NCERT books in all government schools in a phased manner. NCERT books were introduced in classes 1 and 2 in the ongoing session 2024-25,...