Samagra Shiksha Scheme for School Education will continue from 2021 to 2026

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.

• Major Interventions: The major interventions proposed under the scheme are:
  1. Universal Access including Infrastructure Development and Retention
  2. Foundational Literacy and Numeracy
  3. Gender and Equity
  4. Inclusive Education
  5. Quality and Innovation
  6. Financial support for Teacher Salary
  7. Digital initiatives
  8. RTE Entitlements including uniforms, textbooks, etc.
  9. Support for ECCE
  10. Vocational Education
  11. Sports and Physical Education
  12. Strengthening of Teacher Education and Training
  13. Monitoring
  14. Program Management
  15. National Component