Government of Punjab has established a separate Department for Literacy & Non-Formal Basic Education aiming at to address the problem of dropouts at the primary level and meet the emerging demand for Non-Formal Basic Education with functional Literacy and livelihood skills. In collaboration with international agencies like UNESCO & JICA, Literacy and NFBE Department has developed various Projects
i.e. Punjab Accelerated Functional Literacy & Non Formal Basic Education Project, Campaign for Enhancement of Literacy (04 Districts), Community Learning Centres (Sahiwal Division) and Brick kilns Project (Multan & Khanewal Districts) to combat the menace of illiteracy and achieve the goal of 100% literacy by 2020
