On May 25,2018, The Union Minister of Human Resources and Development Mr. Prakash Javedekar launched the “ Samagra Shiksha “scheme .
This scheme is targeted towards providing education from pre-school till class 12.
Objective:
This will maintain quality of education, involvement of recent practices and inclusion of technology for the empowerment of students and teachers.
Salient Features of “Samagra Shiksha “scheme :
This scheme promises to increase the budgetary allotment for school education by 20% for the upcoming year.
- This scheme will consist of the three components considered earlier for school education . They are : Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA),Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Traning .
- The budget has been enhanced for school education from Rs. 28000 crore from 2017-18 to Rs. 34000 crore from 2018-19. And it would be further increased to Rs. 41000 crore in 2019-2020.
- The number of schools to be benefitted by this scheme is : 11,50,000.
- The amount granted will be : Rs. 5000 for primary, Rs. 10000 for upper primary & Rs. 25000 for SSC and HSC schools.
- Another scheme called “ Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhyalaya Scheme “ has been extended from class 6-8 to class 6-12 for providing educational and hostel facilities to the girl child from disadvantageous sections of society.
- An annual grant of Rs. 5000 to Rs. 20000 would be given for strengthening libraries of the schools.
- “DIKSHA”– the national digital platform for teachers would put high quality teaching learning resources for ready use of teachers. 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.
About Sarva shiksha Abhiyan:
This scheme has been operational since 2000-01 by the then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee. IT aims to provide universal primary and elementary education to every child of the age group of 6-14 years as mandated by the 86th amendment of the constitution of India.
About Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan :
This scheme was launched in 2009 and it aims to enhance the registration of students for secondary education from 52% to 75% and to ensure proper educational opportunities given to students belonging to age group of 15-16 years.
