The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday authorised a monetary outlay of Rs 1.85 lakh crore for the continuation of the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) until the monetary 12 months 2025-26.
Apart from this, the central authorities additionally expects that the states will collectively spend Rs 1 lakh crore to implement this scheme throughout this era.
SSA is an built-in scheme for courses 1 to 12. It goals to offer inclusive, equitable and inexpensive education.
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan stated that the scheme, authorised on Wednesday, has been upgraded to align with the Sustainable Development Goals of training and the brand new National Education Policy launched final 12 months.
Key NEP suggestions included within the SSA are the National Mission of Foundational Literacy and Numeracy, monetary help for out-of-school youngsters aged 16 to 19, employment of language lecturers, and elevated stipends for woman college students with particular wants.
Under the National Foundation for Literacy and Numeracy Mission launched this month, an expenditure of Rs 500 per 12 months per baby has been authorised for offering teaching-learning materials. In addition, the central authorities will spend as much as Rs 500 per trainer per day on coaching to enhance fundamental literacy.
To promote sports activities, colleges are given an extra grant of as much as Rs 25,000, if no less than two college students of that faculty win medals on the Khelo India School Games on the nationwide stage. There will likely be provision for ‘bagless day’ in school stage, college complicated, internship with native artisans and different measures.
Over the subsequent 5 years, the central authorities expects to cut back the annual dropout charge in elementary training from 4.5% to three.5% by 2025-26.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
