Lok Sabha Question No. 33 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-11-29
Subject: Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, Sandhya Ray, P.P. Chaudhary, Mahendra Singh Solanky, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav, Rajbahadur Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 33 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.11.2021

## Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan

33. SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA:

SHRI MAHENDRA SINGH SOLANKY: SHRI RAJBAHADUR SINGH: SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY: SHRIMATI SANDHYA RAY: DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of aims, objectives, goals and interventions of Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan 2.0;
- (b)  whether  under  the  Samagra  Shiksha  Abhiyan  2.0  the  Government  is  planning  to provide direct financial assistance to students;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether there are provisions under the scheme for facilitation of digital boards and virtual classrooms owing to the current digitisation of education; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a)  to  (e):  The  aim  of  the  redesigned  Samagra  Shiksha  Scheme  is  to  universalize access to school education; to promote equity through the inclusion of disadvantaged groups and weaker sections, and to improve the quality of education across all levels of school education from pre-primary to class XII. The major objectives of the Scheme are: (i)  Support  States  and  UTs  in  implementing  the  recommendations  of  the  National Education  Policy  2020  (NEP  2020);  (ii)  Support  States  in  implementation  of  Right  of

Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  (RTE)  Act,  2009;  (iii)  Focus  on  Early Childhood Care and  Education; (iv) Emphasis on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy; (v) Thrust on Holistic, Integrated, Inclusive and activity based Curriculum and Pedagogy to impart 21st century skills among the students; (vi) Provision of quality education and enhancing  learning  outcomes  of  students;  (vii)  Bridging  Social  and  Gender  Gaps  in School Education; (viii) Ensuring equity and inclusion at all levels of school education; (ix)  Strengthening  and  up-gradation  of  State  Councils  for  Educational  Research  and Training (SCERTs)/State Institutes of Education and District Institutes for Education and Training  (DIET)  as  nodal  agency  for  teacher  training;  (x)  Ensuring  safe,  secure  and conducive learning environment and maintenance of standards in schooling provisions and (xi) Promoting vocational  education.

The major interventions, across all levels of school education, proposed under the  scheme  are:  (i)  Universal  Access  including  Infrastructure  Development  and Retention;  (ii)  Foundational  Literacy  and  Numeracy,  (iii)  Gender  and  Equity;  (iv) Inclusive  Education;  (v)  Quality  and  Innovation;  (vi)  Financial  support  for  Teacher Salary; (vii) Digital initiatives; (viii) RTE Entitlements including uniforms, textbooks etc.; (ix)  Support  for  ECCE;  (x)  Vocational  Education;  (xi)  Sports  and  Physical  Education; (xii) Strengthening of Teacher Education and Training; (xiii) Monitoring; (xiv) Programme Management; and (xv) National Component.

The redesigned Samagra Shiksha recommends to enhance the direct outreach of  the  scheme by providing child  centric interventions directly to the students through DBT mode.

Under  Samagra  Shiksha  financial  assistance  is  provided  to  States/  UTs  for various ICT and Digital initiatives for setting up of ICT labs, smart classrooms including support for digital boards, virtual classrooms and DTH channels.  States have an option to avail non-recurring grant for setting up of ICT labs in schools having classes 6 to 12 up to ₹ 6.40 lakh per school and recurring grant of up to  ₹ 2.40 lakh per school per annum for a period of 5 years OR non-recurring grant of ₹ 2.40 lakh for Smart Class rooms (Maximum 2 smart classrooms per school) and recurring grant  of ₹ 0.38 lakh. The  recurring  cost  includes  support  for  instructor,  E  Content  and  Digital  Resources, Charges for Electricity and Internet connectivity, etc.

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