Lok Sabha Question No. 192 (STARRED), answered on 2019-12-02
Subject: Samagra Shiksha
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Hema Malini

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 192 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02 nd DECEMBER, 2019

## Samagra Shiksha

* 192. SHRIMATI  HEMA MALINI:

## Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether one of the main objectives of the 'Samagra Shiksha' scheme is to bridge social and gender gaps in school education;
- (b) if so, the extent to which the scheme has been successful in achieving its objectives so far;
- (c)  whether  the  main  emphasis  of  the  said  scheme  is  on  improving  the  quality  of  school education by focusing on two T's - Teacher and Technology and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether there is any difficulty in implementing the scheme at various levels; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a) to (e):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a) to  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 192 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND DECEMBER, 2019 ASKED BY SHRIMATI HEMA MALINI REGARDING SAMAGRA SHIKSHA.

(a) to (b): Yes Sir. Samagra Shiksha is an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class XII and aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education at all levels of school education.

It was launched in 2018-19 and subsumes the three erstwhile centrally sponsored schemes of   Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE). Samagra  Shiksha  also  provides  financial  assistance for  implementation  of      The  Right  of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE)  Act, 2009, which provides every child of the age of 6-14 years, the right to free and compulsory education in a neighbourhood school till the completion of his or her elementary education. Section 8(C) and 9(C) of the RTE Act, 2009 makes it  obligatory  upon  the  'Appropriate  Government'  and  'Local  Authority'  to  ensure  that  a  child belonging to weaker section and the child belonging to disadvantage group are not discriminated against and prevented from pursuing and completing elementary education on any grounds. Section 12(1)(c)  of  the  Act  mandates  all  private  aided,  Special  Category  schools  and  private  unaided schools to  admit in  class  I  (or  below)  to  the  extent of  at  least  25% of  the  strength of  that  class, children belonging to weaker sections and disadvantaged groups and provide free and compulsory education  till  its  completion.  Financial  assistance  under  Samagra  Shiksha  is  also provided  for various  components including  setting  up,  up-gradation  and  running  of  Kasturba  Gandhi  Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV), setting up of residential schools/hostels, free uniforms, free text books, stipend for  Girls  with  Special  Needs from Classes 1 to 12 and self defence training for girls  from upper primary to senior secondary stage.

(c)  to  (e):      Samagra  Shiksha emphasises on improving quality of education  through two T's  Teachers and Technology and focuses on enhanced capacity building of teachers and school heads, strengthening Teacher  Education  Institutions  like  SCERTs  and  DIE Ts  to  improve  the  quality  of overall  teachers  education. Strengthening  of  ICT  infrastructure  in  schools and DIKSHA digital portal have also been supported under Samagra Shiksha.

The Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  has  launched  a  National  Mission  to  improve learning outcomes through an Integrated Teacher Training Programme called NISHTHA  - National Initiative  for  School  Heads' and Teachers'  Holistic Advancement under  the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of  Samagra  Shiksha  in  2019-20.  This  massive capacity  building  programme  has  been integrated  with  technology  to  ensure  smooth  facilitation,  availability  of  digital  content  and technology  enabled  teaching  methods  to  support  the  teachers.  A  Mobile  App  and  Learning Management System (LMS) have been developed by NCERT for this purpose.

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