School Education During Pandemic
Source : PIB
GS II : Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources

Why in News ?

Union Education Minister chaired a meeting with School Education Secretaries of all States & UTs

• Discuss the various measures adopted for management of education system during COVID.
• The different strategies adopted for online and offline learning in Schools so far and the way forward.

Key Facts

• During the COVID Government is committed to turn the situation into opportunity by doing new experiments to ensure safety and academic welfare of students.
• Initiatives in 2020-21
  • Provide hybrid education comprising of both offline and online teaching methods.
  • Expansion of DIKSHA under PM eVIDYA.
  • DTH TV channels under the bouquet of SWAYAM PRABHA TV channels.
  • Launch of online NISHTHA training for teachers at DIKSHA.
  • Launch of Manodarpan to cater to the socio-emotional and psychological needs of the students.
  • Initiatives taken to reach out to children without access to digital education.
  • He also underlined the importance of involving various stakeholders for effective implementation of the National Education Policy 2020.
  • Samagra Shiksha an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class 12
• Major Areas of Intervention are
  • Identifying and mainstreaming of Out of School Children and ensuring sustained Enrolment, Retention and Transition
  • Academic learning & cognitive development of students
  • Capacity building- with specific focus on blended and home-based learning including student assessments and data use
  • Nutritional, socio-emotional support
  • Digital education and monitoring, tracking and remediation.

About Samagra Shiksha

• The goal of improving school effectiveness measured in terms of equal opportunities for schooling and equitable learning outcomes.
• It subsumes the three schemes of
  • Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)
  • Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)
  • Teacher Education (TE)
• Major interventions are
  • Focus on Quality of Education
  • Digital Education
  • Girl Education
  • Inclusion and Skill Development
  • Sports and Physical Education

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