The Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on May 24, 2018

launched Samagra Shiksha scheme for school education from pre-school to senior
secondary levels.
Objective
The scheme will mainly focus on improving quality of education, enhancing the learning
outcomes and using technology to empower children and teachers.

The scheme will be focused on digital education and it will enhance use of digital
technology in education through smart classroom and digital boards.
Significance
The scheme will provide holistic education for holistic development.

It would help improve the quality of education by focusing on teachers and technology.

An annual grant of Rs 5000- 20,000 will be provided for strengthening of libraries in the
schools

About Samagra Shiksha scheme

 It is an integrated scheme for school education from pre-school to senior secondary
levels.
 The scheme is an integration of three already existing schemes--Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher
Education (TE).
 While states would have the flexibility to prioritise their interventions under the
scheme, learning outcomes and steps taken for quality improvement would be the
basis for allocation of grants under the scheme.

2) Samagra Shiksha Scheme is a paradigm shift in conceptual design of school

education envisaging to integrate teacher, technology and student learning.
Discuss.(250 words)
Reference
Why this question
Education is a critical link to development and progress of a country. Indian
education system suffers from several serious problems- quality of learning and
equitable access being the most important among them. Samagra Shiva Scheme (SSS)
is a newly launched scheme by central government which aims to provide a holistic
approach towards the problems of lower education in India. The scheme has been
lauded as the most significant reform in Indian education sector. The question is
related to GS 2 syllabus under the following heading-
Key demand of the question
The question wants us to write at length about the salient provisions/ features of the
SSS and how it aims to improve the education system in India.
Directive word
Discuss- This is an all encompassing directive which mandates writing in detail about
the key demand of the question. We have to give more stress on the discussion of, how
the SSS will integrate teacher, technology and student learning.
Structure of the answer
Introduction– Give a brief description of SSS and previous schemes which will be
affected/ subsumed by the SSS.
Body-
1. Discuss in points about the salient features of SSS. e.g integration of technology
and teacher, will cover all classes including senior secondary, grade wise subject
wise learning outcomes, active participation of all stakeholders, libraries, sports
facilities etc.
2. Discuss how the SSS will integrate teacher, technology and student learning. e.g
strengthening of SCERTs and DIETs, DIKSHA- the national digital platform for
teachers,Operation Digital Board, Digital initiatives like ShaalaKosh, Shagun,
Shaala Saarthi will be strengthened etc.
Conclusion– mention the holistic approach of SSS which aims to instill academic,
extracurricular and vocational skills among the students. Form a personal opinion on
the feasibility, desirability of the SSS.

World development report 2018 has addressed few immediate challenges in quality of
education. our recent flagship scheme samagra siksha abhiyan seem to have rightly
addressed those problem as this is an integrated scheme for school education extending
support to state from pre -school to secondary school .As the name suggest it sees the
school education holistically without segmenting it into various level of education .
salient features of this scheme are -
1)focus on teacher training and augmenting them with the access to "DIKSHA" a national
digital platform for teachers with high quality learning material thus improving the quality of
education by integrating teachers with technology
2)redesign the concept of education for student learning and bring a shift from content
based learning to competencies.
3)endeavour by government to equip our students with allround skills -academic.extra
curricular,vocational .
4)this scheme is backed by sufficient budget which is more than all the three previous
schemes ( SSA, RMSA and Teacher Education)
5)library grant for each school would help to bring a culture f debate and participation
among students
9)online project monitoring to measure progress against target and monitor process of
implementation of various interventions of integrated scheme .
thus it can be concluded that this is a step to completely overhaul the existing scheme in
school education and to improve the quality of education by bringing together all the stake
holders on the same platform .The scheme is also a step toward digital literacy as e board
and tele -education will help to enhance both the curiosity and an environment of asking
questions about the subjects . But overall success of scheme depends upon the
implementation