Samagra Shiksha Scheme

Why in news?

• Cabinet approves continuation of Samagra Shiksha Scheme for School Education till  March, 2026

About the Samagra Shiksha Scheme:

• The Samagra Shiksha scheme is an integrated scheme for school education extending from pre-school to class 12.
• The scheme treats school education as a continuum and is in accordance with Sustainable Development Goal for Education (SDG-4)
• The scheme has been prepared with the broader goal of improving school effectiveness measured in terms of equal opportunities for schooling and equitable learning outcomes
• Samagra Shiksha is a sector-wide development programme which subsumes the then existing Centrally Sponsored Schemes of
  • Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)
  • Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)
  • Teacher Education (TE)

Major objectives of the scheme are:

• Provision of quality education and enhancing learning outcomes of students
• Bridging social and gender gaps in school education
• Ensuring equity and inclusion at all levels of school education
• Ensuring minimum standards in schooling provisions
• Promoting Vocationalisation of education
• Support States in implementation of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009
• Strengthening and up-gradation of SCERTs/State Institutes of Education and DIET as a nodal agencies for teacher training

Funding pattern:

• Samagra Shiksha Scheme is implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme.
• It is 100% centrally sponsored for Union Territories without Legislature.
• The funds sharing ratio is 60:40 for all other States and Union Territories with Legislature.
• For the North-Eastern States and the Himalayan States, the fund sharing pattern for the scheme between Centre and States at present is in the ratio of 90:10.

PRELIMS QUESTION:

Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding Samagra Shiksha scheme?

1. The scheme is fully funded by the Union Government

2. The scheme is discontinued after the implementation of National Education Policy 2020

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer