National Adult Education Programme (NAEP)

iAbout This Scheme

Launched on 2 October 1978 by Prime Minister Morarji Desai with a target to make 100 million illiterate adults (15-35 years) literate by 1983, the NAEP was India's largest adult literacy programme at that time. It mobilised university students through the NSS and NCC as volunteer teachers and set up adult education centres across villages. NAEP was succeeded by the National Literacy Mission (1988) and later by the Saakshar Bharat programme.

🎁Key Benefits

• Functional literacy training for adults 15-35 years
• Numeracy and life skills education
• Awareness about health, nutrition, and civic rights
• Volunteer teacher mobilisation through NSS/NCC

✅Eligibility Criteria

• 1
  Scheme discontinued — succeeded by National Literacy Mission 1988

📝How to Apply

❓Frequently Asked Questions