The Ministry of HRD has taken a landmark step and completely overhauled the existing Schemes in School Education to treat schooling as a smooth transition from pre-school, primary, upper primary, secondary and senior secondary level. Therefore, HRD Ministry announced on Thursday the launch of ‘Samagra Shiksha’ programme subsuming three existing schemes:
- Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)
- Rashtriya Madhyamik Shikskha Abhiyan (RMSA)
- Teacher Education (TE).
This has been done to treat school education holistically, from pre-school to Class XII.
Bridging gaps :- The programme will focus on
- Quality education and Enhancing learning outcomes of students
- Bridging social and gender gaps in the school education
- Promoting vocalisation of education
HRD Ministry on Samagra Shiksha - Integrated Scheme for School Education :-
- Focusing on empowerment of girls, therefore, the upgradation of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) has been extended from class VI-VIII to class VI-XII.
- CWSN (Children With Special Needs) girls from Class I to XII would be given a stipend of ₹200 per month.
- To focus on the importance of libraries & to ensure that “Padhega Bharat Badhega Bharat”, schools would be given an annual grant of ₹5,000 to ₹20,000 under the initiative.
- Every school will get sports equipment under the SamagraShiksha, at the cost of Rs. 5000 for Primary, Rs. 10,000 for Upper Primary & up to Rs. 25,000 for SSC & HSC schools to inculcate & emphasize relevance of sports to realise the dream of “Khelega India Khilega India”.
- Scheme will focus on strengthening this crucial pillar by making SCERTs and DIETs the nodal agencies for teacher training.
- The Scheme will support ‘Operation Digital Board’ in all secondary schools over a period of 5 years, so as to enhance the use of digital technology through smart classrooms, digital boards and DTH channels. The Digital initiatives like ShaalaKosh, Shagun, ShaalaSaarthi will be strengthened.
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