Samagra Shiksha

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Key Information

India's Ministry of Education envisions to treat school education holistically without segmentation from pre-nursery to Class 12. Samagra Shiksha is their overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class 12 and has been prepared with the broader goal of improving school effectiveness measured in terms of equal opportunities for schooling and equitable learning outcomes. It subsumes the three erstwhile Schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE). The major objectives of the Scheme are 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 DIET as a nodal agencies for teacher training.


Lead Implementing Government(s)

India

Location(s)

South Asia

India

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2018 -

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education, Government of India

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Primary completion
  • Primary enrollment
  • Primary to secondary transition
  • Secondary completion
  • Secondary Enrollment

Other skills

  • Rights/empowerment education
  • Vocational training

Quality

  • School facilities
  • School quality
  • Teacher training

Cross-cutting areas

  • Digital literacy
  • Empowerment
  • Gender equality
  • Menstrual hygiene management
  • Mentorship
  • Other cultural practices
  • Sports

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys (both in school and out of school), Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Pre-school
  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
  • Vocational

Other populations reached

  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male

Participants include

  • Orphans and vulnerable children
  • People with disabilities

Program Approaches Back to Top

Access to school

  • Alternative learning centers/mobile schools/home schools
  • Improving transportation

Curriculum/learning

  • Remedial education/skills

Educational Technology

  • Digital learning materials/programs

Facilities construction/improvement

  • Construction/improvement of classrooms
  • Construction/improvement of schools

Increased availability of learning materials

  • Textbooks (unspecified)

Learning while working

  • Apprenticeship/internship
  • Vocational training
  • Work-study

Other

  • Sports programs

Reducing economic barriers

  • Addressing cost of school supplies
  • Conditional cash transfers (including non-cash goods) to individuals/households
  • Scholarships/stipends for school fees
  • Uniforms

Tutoring/strengthening academic skills

  • Literacy - in the classroom

Water and sanitation

  • Construction/improvement of sex-specific toilets

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Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased enrolment in primary school
  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased progression to secondary school
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased school enrolment (general)
  • Increased years of schooling

Cross-cutting goals

  • Improved critical consciousness
  • Improved health - other
  • Increased employment/job-related skills
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms