New Delhi, Aug 4 (UNI) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved continuation of Samagra Shiksha Scheme for School Education for a period of five years from 2021-22 to 2025-26.
Briefing mediapersons about the Cabinet's decision, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said, 'The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its approval for continuation of the revised Samagra Shiksha Scheme for a period of five years, from 2021-22 to 2025-26 with a total financial outlay of Rs 2,94,283.04 crore which includes Central share of Rs.1,85,398.32 crore.'
The scheme covers 1.16 million schools, over 156 million students and 5.7 million teachers of government and aided schools (from pre-primary to senior secondary levels).
It is an integrated scheme for school education covering the entire gamut from pre-school to class XII.
The scheme treats school education as a continuum and is in accordance with Sustainable Development Goal for Education (SDG-4).
The scheme not only provides support for the implementation of the RTE Act but has also been aligned with the recommendations of National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 to ensure that all children 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.
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