Government launches Samagra Shiksha scheme to improve quality of school education
The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) launched Samagra Shiksha scheme to improve quality of school education. The scheme aims at improving quality of education, enhancing learning outcomes and using technology to empower children and teachers. The scheme subsumes three existing schemes: Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shikskha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE) to treat school education holistically, from pre-school to Class XII.
Samagra Shiksha scheme
Samagra Shiksha Scheme aims at unifiying learning from pre-school to class 12 levels by treating education holistically as continuum from pre-school to class 12. It encapsulates elements of previous scheme and focuses on digital education by giving emphasis on integration of two Ts – Teacher and Technology.
Objectives of scheme
- Provision of quality education
- Enhancing learning outcomes of students
- Bridging social and gender gaps in school education
- Promoting vocationalisation of education
- Strengthening teacher education institutions like SCERTs and Diets to improve quality of teachers
- Providing annual grant of Rs 5,000 to Rs 20,000 per school for strengthening of libraries
Significance
Samagra Shiksha is first integrated scheme extending unified support to states from pre-school to senior secondary levels. It is paradigm shift in conceptual design of school education by treating school holistically as continuum from pre-school, primary, upper primary, secondary and senior secondary levels.
The scheme builds on grade-wise, subject-wise Learning Outcomes and largest National Achievement Survey (NAS)-2017-18 to strategize district level interventions for improving quality of education. It will help to shift focus of student learning from content to competencies.
The scheme envisages active participation of all stakeholders especially parents, school management committee (SMC) members, community and state functionaries towards efforts to ensure quality education to children.
It also extends benefits of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya scheme, under which girls from disadvantaged sections are provided education with hostel facility from class 6-8 to class 6-12.
The scheme focuses on strengthening teachers, the crucial pillar of education system by making SCERTs and DIETs nodal agencies for teacher training. These institutions will be strengthened to emphasize integration of in-service and pre-service training structures in states to make it need-focused and dynamic. This will strengthen quality of teaching in schools across levels.
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Month: Current Affairs - May, 2018
Shiva
June 1, 2018 at 12:10 amIt’s a good scheme and I support it for the betterment and quality education. But it’s being 2 months running the ssa teachers in sikkim are not getting their extension order. The schools are running without a ssa teachers. Now on this coming 18th of June the students have their 1st term exam but due to the delay of extension order of ssa teachers many subjects has not been taught or less. So in the ground level of education system its being doing negligent. So how our poor students get the quality education. True but sad.
Shiva
June 1, 2018 at 12:10 amIt’s a good scheme and I support it for the betterment and quality education. But it’s being 2 months running the ssa teachers in sikkim are not getting their extension order. The schools are running without a ssa teachers. Now on this coming 18th of June the students have their 1st term exam but due to the delay of extension order of ssa teachers many subjects has not been taught or less. So in the ground level of education system its being doing negligent. So how our poor students get the quality education. True but sad.
Shiva
June 1, 2018 at 12:15 amSorry to say but in sikkim it’s being 2 months running that the ssa teachers are not getting their extension order. And on coming 18 June the students have 1st term exam but most of the subjects has taught very less chapters. Department is still have no reaction on this matter so how quality education can be successful. True but sad for poor students.
Shiva
June 1, 2018 at 12:15 amSorry to say but in sikkim it’s being 2 months running that the ssa teachers are not getting their extension order. And on coming 18 June the students have 1st term exam but most of the subjects has taught very less chapters. Department is still have no reaction on this matter so how quality education can be successful. True but sad for poor students.
Debasish
June 1, 2018 at 12:19 pmWooooooooooow… helpful
Debasish
June 1, 2018 at 12:19 pmWooooooooooow… helpful
Ashvin
June 25, 2018 at 3:04 pmGood for Quality of Education but Teachers Of Sarva siksa abhiyan confused bcoz his/her contract are not renew in UT of DAman and Diu so ……I hope Govt. tack positive decision soon as possible…
Ashvin
June 25, 2018 at 3:04 pmGood for Quality of Education but Teachers Of Sarva siksa abhiyan confused bcoz his/her contract are not renew in UT of DAman and Diu so ……I hope Govt. tack positive decision soon as possible…
meenu
July 4, 2018 at 10:17 pmrmsa heads donot get salary from last three months
meenu
July 4, 2018 at 10:17 pmrmsa heads donot get salary from last three months
Lokman Miah
July 14, 2018 at 12:31 pmIt is helpful but 5000-20000 for development of library is not enough .
Lokman Miah
July 14, 2018 at 12:31 pmIt is helpful but 5000-20000 for development of library is not enough .
Lokman Miah
July 14, 2018 at 12:31 pmIt is helpful but 5000-20000 for development of library is not enough .
Lokman Miah
July 14, 2018 at 12:31 pmIt is helpful but 5000-20000 for development of library is not enough .
O P Sharma
August 1, 2018 at 3:57 pmIt is good to see subsumes of three scheme into one Samagra Shiksha. It will definitely improve the quality of education and will beneficial to the most deserving disadvantageous categories of our society. But to derive its maximum outcomes, its execution/implementation at various stages needs to be ensured holistically and budget for libraries in the school needs to be enhanced at least 10,000 – 30000.
O P Sharma
August 1, 2018 at 3:57 pmIt is good to see subsumes of three scheme into one Samagra Shiksha. It will definitely improve the quality of education and will beneficial to the most deserving disadvantageous categories of our society. But to derive its maximum outcomes, its execution/implementation at various stages needs to be ensured holistically and budget for libraries in the school needs to be enhanced at least 10,000 – 30000.