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Retention of literacy skills of 3Rs is a world phenomenon. The present study was conducted to evaluate the performance of neoliterates after two years of their graduation. The main focus of the study was to compare the performance of neo-literates from National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) and Department of Literacy and Non-formal Education (DLNEP) in Punjab. For the selection of sample, firstly six districts of the Punjab were randomly selected out of fifteen in three geographical regions of the Province. In the second step, random sampling techniques were applied for selection of neo-literates. From both of the organizations 40 neo-literates were selected from each sample district. Performance of 240 neo-literates was evaluated through a specially constructed achievement test. Test had three parts namely; reading section; writing section and; numeracy section. Test was administered and results were analyzed personally. The results were analyzed by paired sample t-Test through SPSS. The main findings of the study were; there was a significant difference in the performance of neo-literates of both the organizations. Neo-literates of NCHD performed better as compared to the neo-literates of DLNEP. As a whole, majority of the neo-literates of both the organizations relapsed into illiteracy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]