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It is evident that India needs a long-term plan for foundational learning, complemented by an effective financing system, to sustain the enrollment rate which is currently 98.4 per cent at
the primary level but drops to 79.6 at the per cent secondary level and further falls drastically to 57.1 per cent at the higher secondary level. Improving this requires strategic and
sustainable interventions at the foundational stage as children are not transitioning from primary school to high school at the expected rate due to their low level of FLN skills. NIPUN is a
much-needed intervention, but its success will require enhanced investment in numerous interventions such as developing contemporary classroom material, teacher training and awareness, and
leveraging technology to reduce administrative costs. An all-encompassing mission of this manner can only succeed when backed by political will and coordination at all levels of
implementation. Since education is on the concurrent list, increased central funds can only lead the way for increased state-specific FLN allocations, incentives, and strategies such as
capacity building & qualitative development of foundational stage teachers, creation of FLN materials, and building awareness around the campaign and its importance.