NIPUN Bharat Mission

28-07-2024

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Overview:

Recently, the Women and Child Development Minister introduced NIPUN BHARAT in Rajya Sabha.

About NIPUN Bharat Mission: 

  • The National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN Bharat) Bharat mission was launched by the Ministry of Education.
  • The mission will focus on children of age group of 3 to 9 years including pre-school to Grade 3.
  • 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.
  • The goals and objectives of the mission are required to be achieved by all Govt., Govt. Aided and Private Schools so that universal acquisition of Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) skills can be achieved by 2026-27.
  • It has been launched under the aegis of the centrally sponsored scheme of Samagra Shiksha, will focus on providing
    • Access and retaining children in foundational years of schooling; teacher capacity building; development of high quality and diversified Student and Teacher Resources/Learning Materials; and tracking the progress of each child in achieving learning outcomes.

Q1: What is Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan?

It is an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class 12. The scheme has been prepared with the broader goal of improving school effectiveness measured in terms of equal opportunities for schooling and equitable learning outcomes.

Source: How educated mothers of young kids can be asset for NIPUN