National Education Mission

National Education Mission ( Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan) was launched in 2018. It was allocated a budget of ₹385.72 billion (US$5.4 billion) in 2019 Interim Union Budget of India. The mission comprises four schemes viz. Saakshar Bharat, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan and Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Teacher Education (CSSTE).[1]

Saakshar Bharat

Saakshar Bharat is a government of India initiative launched by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to create a literate society through a variety of teaching–learning programmes for the non-literate and neo-literate of 15 years and above. It was launched on 8 September 2009 as a centrally sponsored scheme.[2] It aims to recast India's National Literacy Mission to focus on the literacy of women, which is expected to increase the literate population by 70 million adults, including 60 million women. [3] It is a scheme from Department of School Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. The National Literacy Mission covered 597 districts under the Total Literacy Campaign, 485 districts under Post Literacy Programme and 328 districts under Continuing Education Programme. As per the 2001 census, over 127 million adults have been made literate of whom 60% were women, 23% were SC and 12% were ST. [4] The Saakshar Bharat Mission has chosen six villages for 'Model Adult Education Centres' under Lok Shiksha Samiti in the Karimnagar district, in Telangana state.[5]

The National Literacy Mission (NLM) is a nationwide program started by Government of India in 1988 with the approval of the Cabinet as an independent and autonomous wing of the Ministry of HRD (the then Department of Education). It aims to educate 80 million adults in the age group of 15–35 over an eighty-year period. By "literacy", the NLM means not only learning how to read, write and count but also helping people understand why they are deprived and helping them move towards change. In India, 81% of youths from ages 15–24 and 63% of all adults are literate, based on a 2005–2010 UNESCO study.[6]

References
  1. "Education Budget 2019 Highlights: How the education sector and job market will be affected", India Today, 1 February 2019
  2. "The Hindu news report". Chennai, India. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
  3. "New Kerala". Retrieved 9 September 2009.
  4. "Saakshar Bharath". Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  5. "Saakshar Bharat Mission selected 6 villages in Telangana". Retrieved 7 February 2015.


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