Samagra Shiksha - An Integrated Scheme for School Education
It was announced in Budget 2018-19 as an Integrated Scheme for School Education- aimed at ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education from pre-school to senior secondary classes.
Major Objectives of the Scheme
Provision of quality education and enhancing learning outcomes of students;
Bridging social and gender gaps in school education;
Ensuring equity and inclusion at all levels of school education;
Ensuring minimum standards in schooling provisions;
Promoting vocationalisation of education;
Support States in implementation of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009; and Strengthening and up-gradation of SCERTs/State Institutes of Education and DIETs as nodal agencies for teacher training.
