National Education Mission (Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan) was launched in 2018. It was allocated a budget of in

2019 Interim Union Budget of India The 2019 Interim Union Budget of India was presented by acting Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on 1 February 2019. The government introduced Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi and Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Mandhan. Highlights In the budget, the f ...

. Samagra Shiksha 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. The mission comprises four schemes viz. Saakshar Bharat,

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (), or SSA, is an Indian Government programme aimed at the universalisation of Elementary education "in a time bound manner", the 86th Amendment to the Constitution of India making free and compulsory education to children ...

Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) (translation: ''National Mission for Secondary Education'') is a centrally sponsored scheme of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, for the development of secondary education ...

and Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Teacher Education (CSSTE). In 2021, the NIPUN Bharat Mission was launched as part of Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan to ensure that universal acquisition of foundational literacy and numeracy skills for all children in India by Grade 3.

Saakshar Bharat

Saakshar Bharat is a government of

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initiative launched by Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh Manmohan Singh (; born 26 September 1932) is an Indian politician, economist and statesman who served as the 13th prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He is also the third longest-serving prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru and Indir ...

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. 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. It is a scheme from Department of School Education, Ministry of Education,

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. The National Literacy Mission covered 597 districts under the

Total Literacy Campaign National Education Mission (Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan) was launched in 2018. It was allocated a budget of in 2019 Interim Union Budget of India. Samagra Shiksha is an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school ...

, 485 districts under Post Literacy Programme and 328 districts under

Continuing Education Programme National Education Mission (Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan) was launched in 2018. It was allocated a budget of in 2019 Interim Union Budget of India. Samagra Shiksha is an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school ...

. 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. The Saakshar Bharat Mission has chosen six villages for 'Model Adult Education Centres' under Lok Shiksha Samiti in the Karimnagar district, in Telangana state. The National Literacy Mission (NLM) is a nationwide program started by

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 Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, huma ...

", 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.

NIPUN Bharat Mission (National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy)

Ministry of Education has launched a National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN Bharat), for ensuring that every child in the country necessarily attains foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) by the end of Grade 3, by 2026–27.The mission will focus on children of age group of 3 to 9 years including pre-school to Grade 3. The children who are in Class 4 and 5 and have not attained the foundational skills will be provided individual teacher guidance and support, peer support and age appropriate and supplementary graded learning materials to acquire the necessary competencies. The estimated budget for the NIPUN Bharat Mission is Rs 2,688 crores for FY21-22.

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