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Indian Education System

  • The Indian School Education System is one of the largest in the world having 15 lakh+ schools, 97 lakh+ teachers, 26 crore+ students.

  • The National Education Policy 2020 aims to address the many growing developmental imperatives of our country and bring transformative changes in education.

  • NEP 2020 proposes the revision and revamping of all aspects of the education structure, including its regulation and governance, to create a new system that is aligned with the aspirational goals of 21st century education, including SDG4.

  • Department of School Education and Literacy through its flagship schemes of Samagra Shiksha and PM POSHAN strives to enhance the education outcomes in terms of improving quality along with access and equity, across all levels.

Objective

Objective of Mission Education

  • To improve the learning outcomes of 10 identified districts.
  • Atleast 50% of students acquire Proficiency level in foundational literacy and Numeracy by Grade 3, as per NIPUN Bharat Framework.
  • To ensure that the average Language & Mathematics scores in class 3 and 5 of these districts are improved at least equal to national average as per baseline of NAS 2021.
  • Ensure sustainability of the initiatives taken and achievements made in one year.
  • To demonstrate that the educational performance can be improved in short span of time with focused, targeted and concerted efforts, which can further scaled up across the Country.
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Mission Education - Low Performing District (LPD)

  • 10 districts have been identified based on their performance in NAS 2017 on various indicators.
  • This Mission proposes to ensure time bound achievement of the goals and outcomes envisaged in the programme for the identified low performing districts and ensure their sustainability through systemic improvements.
  • Targeted approach has been adopted to provide specific interventions to achieve the objective in stipulated time period of one year i.e. January 2022- March 2023
  • Existing resources along with new resources being proposed in Samagra Shiksha 2022-23 will be utilised to obtain this objective.