Lok Sabha Question No. 2228 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-09
Subject: Upgradation of SSA  to Align with NEP 2020
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Vijay Kumar Dubey, Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab, Shri Ravindra Shukla Alias Ravi Kishan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 2228 ANSWERED ON 09/12/2024

## Upgradation of SSA to Align with NEP 2020

## 2228.   Shri Vijay Kumar Dubey:

Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab:

Shri Ravindra Shukla Alias Ravi Kishan:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the achievements of New Education Policy (NEP) since its launch in 2020;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  upgraded  the  Samagra  Shiksha  Scheme  to  align  it  with National Education Policy 2020; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a) A  number  of  transformative  changes  have  taken  place  both  in  school  and  higher education after  announcement  of  National  Education  Policy (NEP  2020).  In  School Education several initiatives have been taken such as alignment of Samagra Shiksha with the recommendation of the NEP; National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding  and  Numeracy  (NIPUN  Bharat)  for  ensuring  foundational  literacy  and numeracy  by  the  end  of  Grade  2;  Vidya-Pravesh  Guidelines  for  Three-month  Play-based School Preparation Module; PM e-VIDYA to unify all efforts related to digital/online/on-air education to enable coherent multi-mode access to education; DIKSHA (Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing) as One Nation One Digital Platform having e-Books and e-Contents; launch of National Curriculum Framework for Foundational Stage (NCF-FS) and Jadui Pitara for play-based learning teaching material tailored for children between the age group of 3 to 8 years; National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-SE)

to  address  the  entire  educational  journey  uptil  secondary  stage.  PARAKH  (Performance Assessment,  Review,  and  Analysis  of  Knowledge  for  Holistic  Development);  NISHTHA (National  Initiative  for  School  Heads'  and  Teachers'  Holistic  Advancement)  Elementary, Secondary, FLN  &  ECCE;  Vidya Samiksha Kendra; Integrated Teacher Education Programme; National Professional Standards for Teachers (NPST); National Digital Education  Architecture  (NDEAR)  for  creating  a  unifying  national  digital  infrastructure  to energise  and  catalyse  the  education  ecosystem,  implementation  of  a  scheme  'New  India Literacy Programme or ULLAS' targeting all nonliterates age 15 years and above, etc.

PM  SHRI  Scheme  has  been  launched  with  an  aim  to  develop  more  than  14,500 selected schools as exemplar schools that offer leadership to other schools in the neighbourhood, showcasing all the initiatives of NEP 2020.

(b) and (c) The  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  is  implementing  an integrated Centrally Sponsored Scheme for School Education- Samagra Shiksha from 201819. The scheme has been revamped/ redesigned and aligned with the recommendations of the National Education Policy, 2020. It aims to ensure that all children, from pre-school to class 12, have access to quality education with an equitable and inclusive classroom environment which should take care of their diverse background, multilingual needs, different academic abilities and make them active participants in the learning process.

The Samagra Shiksha scheme also plays an instrumental role in translating the vision of National Education Policy 2020 at grass root level and building a strong foundation for an equitable and just society. Accordingly,  new major interventions which have been incorporated in the revamped/ redesigned Samagra Shiksha scheme based on the recommendations of the National Education Policy 2020 are as follows:

-  Universalising  access  to  quality  education  by  provision  for  new/  upgradation  of  schools from pre-primary to senior secondary level and strengthening of existing schools including provision of barrier free access for Divyang children. Addition of new subjects instead of Streams in existing senior secondary schools.
-  Support  for  mainstreaming  of  out  of  school  children  extended  from  elementary  level  to children in the age group of 16-19 years through open schooling @ ₹ 2000 per child per grade.
-  Transport  facility  extended  to  secondary  level  upto  ₹  6000  per  annum,  for  children  in difficult sparsely populated areas.
-  Residential  schools/hostels  named  Netaji  Subhas  Chandra  Bose  Avasiya  Vidyalayas  in hilly terrain, small and sparsely populated areas for children without adult protection who are in need of shelter and care.
-  Support  for  NIPUN  Bharat  Mission  on  Foundational  Literacy  and  Numeracy  through provision of TLM upto ₹ 500 per child per annum, ₹ 150 per teacher for teacher manuals and resources, ₹ 10-20 lakh per district for assessment, Teacher training on FLN.
-  Provision  for  qualitative  and  innovative  interventions  such  as  Holistic  Progress  Card (HPC), sports grant, library grant, composite school grant, teacher training, strengthening

of  TEIs,  assessment  cell,  Bagless  days,  internships  with  local  artisans,  curriculum  and pedagogical reforms etc.

-  Self-Defence  training  for  girls  under  'Rani  Laxmibai  Atma  Raksha  Prashikshan'  and amount for the same has been increased from ₹ 3000 to ₹ 5000 per month.
-  Separate  provision  of  stipend  for  CWSN  girls  @  ₹  200  per  month  for  10  months,  in addition to student component from pre-primary to senior secondary level.
- Annual identification camps for CWSN at block level @₹ 10000 per camp and equipping of Block Resource centres for rehabilitation and special training of CWSN, and training of special educators & Block Resource Persons.
-  Support  under  Vocational  Education  extended  to  Government  aided  schools  also  in addition to  Government  Schools  and  grant/number  of  job  roles/sections  linked  to enrolment and demand.
- Provision of Classroom cum workshop for Vocational Education in schools serving as Hub for  other  schools  in  the  neighbourhood.  Provision  of  transport  and  assessment  cost  for schools serving as spokes.
- Provision of ICT labs, Smart classrooms, virtual classrooms and DTH channels.
- Child tracking for tracking the learning level of children for students of Government and Government aided schools.

Further, as per norms of the Samagra Shiksha, the annual plans are prepared by the States and UTs as per their requirements/ priority and the same is reflected in their respective Annual  Work  Plan  and  Budget  (AWP&B)  Proposals.  These  plans  are  then  appraised  and approved by the Project Approval Board (PAB) in the Department of School Education & Literacy in consultation with the States and UTs as per the programmatic and financial norms of the scheme and physical and financial progress of the State for the interventions approved earlier.  Furthermore,  Education  is  in  the  concurrent  list  of  the  Constitution  and  major responsibility of implementation of NEP 2020 following prescribed norms and standards falls under the domain of the States and UT Governments.

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