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NIPUN Bharat Mission

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NIPUN Bharat Mission

  • The Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education launch National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN Bharat).
  • The launch of NIPUN Bharat marks an important measures taken for implementation of the National Education Policy 2020.
Key points:
  • This scheme would provide an enabling environment in a bid to ensure universal acquisition of foundational literacy and numeracy.
  • Every child should achieve the desired learning competencies in reading, writing and numeracy by the end of Grade 3, by 2026-27.
  • NIPUN Bharat is likely to emphasise goal setting and accountability for State governments.
  • It also provide guidelines for teacher training, assessment and the creation of printed resources, according to people who helped develop the mission.
  • The goal is to enrol children in school, and then to ensure that they finish Class 10.
  • It could recommend a 60-90 day focus on foundational literacy and numeracy before transitioning to a regular timetable

Implementation:

  • NIPUN Bharat will be implemented by the Department of School Education and Literacy.
  • A five-tier implementation mechanism will be set up at the National- State- District- Block- School level in all States and UTs, under the aegis of the centrally sponsored scheme of Samagra Shiksha.

Funding:

  • Money will be allocated from the flagship Samagra Shiksha scheme,
  • For 2021-22, the budget estimate for Samagra Shiksha was ₹31,050 crore, a 20% drop from the previous year’s estimate of ₹38,750 crore.

Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan

  • It is an integrated scheme for school education extending support to States from pre-school to senior secondary level.
  • The scheme was launched to improving the quality of school education.
  • It subsumes the three Schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE).
  • It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme.
  • The emphasis is on improving the quality of school education by focussing on the two T’s – Teacher and Technology.

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