Accelerating State Education Tender

Project Status ProposedSource of Funding Amount Loan accelerating state education program to improve resultsOrdinary capital resources US 300.00 million To address the ongoing challenges in school education and to improve the quality of education the ministry of education moe launched a new flagship scheme in 2018 samagra shiksha which combines the previous two schemes ssa and rmsa and teacher education. Samagra shiksha aims to provide holistic integrated support for the states school education from preschool to senior secondary schools with unified administrative structure. Compared to the previous schemes the new scheme shifts its focus to ensuring the quality of education particularly inclusive and equitable learning outcomes. The nep 2020 further sets the countrys vision of quality education for the future with emphasis on strong foundational skills and learnability to equip the young with 21st century skills requirements which range from foundational literacy and numeracy exposure to vocational education at earlier grades critical thinking experiential learning student-centered learning and to socioemotional soft skills. Aligned with the nep 2020 vision the proposed program will support the moes samagra shiksha focusing on the selected five states assam gujarat jharkhand tamil nadu and uttarakhand. The program aims to accelerate learning outcomes in primary and secondary education by assisting the five states to i develop quality government schools as leader schools across each state ii improve learning environments in schools with adequate facilities resources and required subject teachers iii strengthen foundational learning for primary students iv introduce science technology engineering and mathematics stem vocational and 21st century skills learning for secondary students v create and adopt digital learning contents appropriate for local contexts and in local languages vi enhance the capacity of teachers principals and local officers vii establish the states assessment cells for robust tracking of learning outcomes and vii strengthen an integrated mis for efficient management of the state educational system. The selected five states have varying types of ongoing learning interventions many of which are at pilot stages. The proposed program will help the states to scale up successful interventions. It will also help the states to align core parts of the system toward coherent learning outcomes. India has been one of the fast-growing economies over the past decade averaging the growth of 7 during 2012-2019. India is also undergoing a major demographic transformation. More than half of its 1. 3 billion population are now under age 25. By 2026 india will have the worlds largest and youthful working-age population aged 15-59 with 900 million people. The government of india is committed to capitalize on demographic dividend to become an advanced knowledge-base