Q. Recently Cabinet approves continuation of Samagra Shiksha Scheme for Schoool Education from 1st April, 2021 to____________.
a) 31st January, 2022
b) 31st March, 2024
c) 31st March, 2026
d) 31st January, 2024
ANSWER:- c)
RELATED FACTS:-
- On August 4, 2021 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister has given its approval for continuation of the revised Samagra Shiksha Scheme for a period of five years i.e., from 2021-22 to 2025-26 with a total financial outlay of Rs.2,94,283.04 crore which includes Central share of Rs.1,85,398.32 crore.
- The Samagra Shiksha scheme is an integrated scheme for school education covering the entire gamut from pre-school to class XII.
- The scheme treats school education as a continuum and is in accordance with Sustainable Development Goal for Education (SDG-4).
- The scheme not only provides support for the implementation of the RTE Act but has also been aligned with the recommendations of NEP 2020 to ensure that all children have access to quality education with an equitable and inclusive classroom environment which should take care of their diverse background, multilingual needs, different academic abilities and make them active participants in the learning process.
- In order to enhance the direct outreach of the scheme, all child centric interventions will be provided directly to the students through DBT mode on an IT based platform over a period of time.
- 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).
By – ABHISHEK KUMAR
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