The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the continuation of the revised Samagra Shiksha Scheme for a period of five years i.e., from 2021-22 to 2025-26.
Context
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the continuation of the revised Samagra Shiksha Scheme for a period of five years i.e., from 2021-22 to 2025-26.
About Samagra Shiksha scheme
- The Samagra Shiksha scheme is an integrated scheme for school education which covers education from pre-school to class XII.
- Launched by: Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education.
- Launched in 2018, it subsumed the Centrally Sponsored Schemes of Sarva ShikshaAbhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), and Teacher Education (TE).
- The scheme treats school education by Sustainable Development Goal for Education (SDG-4).
- The scheme supports the implementation of the RTE Act and is aligned with the recommendations of NEP 2020.
Implementation of the Scheme
- State level: It is implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme through a single State Implementation Society (SIS) at the State level.
- National level: At the National level, there is a Governing Council/Body headed by the Minister of Education and a Project Approval Board (PAB) headed by the Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy.
- The scheme ensures that all children have access to quality education.
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The scheme covers 1.16 million schools, over 156 million students, and 5.7 million Teachers of Govt. and Aided schools (from pre-primary to senior secondary level).
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- Major Interventions: The major interventions proposed under the scheme are:
- Universal Access including Infrastructure Development and Retention
- Foundational Literacy and Numeracy
- Gender and Equity
- Inclusive Education
- Quality and Innovation
- Financial support for Teacher Salary
- Digital initiatives
- RTE Entitlements including uniforms, textbooks, etc.
- Support for ECCE
- Vocational Education
- Sports and Physical Education
- Strengthening of Teacher Education and Training
- Monitoring
- Program Management
- National Component
