Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan Current Affairs, GK & News
Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is a centrally sponsored scheme under which the Union Government provides financial assistance to states and UTs for establishing and operating residential schools and hostels in hilly regions and small and sparsely populated areas. This is to enable universal enrolment in areas like tribal habitations. Recently, Education Ministry announced that all schools and hostels funded by this scheme will be named as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose residential schools or hostels
STARS Project: World Bank approves 500 million USD for education
On June 28, 2020, the World Bank approved 500 million USD to improve learning outcomes in India. Highlights The project is to focus governance of government schools in 6 Indian states. The fund allocated by the World Bank is to be used to implement the project called STARS (Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States). The ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Education • India and the World Bank • Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan • Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan • Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan • Stars • Teacher education • World Bank
What is Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan?
The Union Budget of 2018-19 proposed that without segmentation from pre-nursery to class 12, school education must be treated holistically. Samagra Shiksha is an overarching programme in the sector of school education extending from pre-school to class 12. The programme was prepared with a broader goal for improving the overall school effectiveness, that is measured ..
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Central government • Education • Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan • Union budget of India