National Education Mission

PM Modi delivering the inaugural address at an NEP 2020 related event in August 2020

The National Education Mission (Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan) is an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class 12, launched in 2018. It was allocated a budget of ₹385.72 billion (US$4.6 billion) in the 2019 Interim Union Budget of India. The stated mission comprises four schemes, namely Saakshar Bharat, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan and the Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Teacher Education (CSSTE).[1] In 2021, the NIPUN Bharat Mission was launched as part of Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan[2], teaching literacy and numeracy skills in universities by Grade 3.[3]

In the 2023–24 Union Budget presented on 1 February 2023, the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan allocated an amount of ₹37,453.47.[4]

The DIKSHA Portal, launched in 2017
  1. ^ "Education Budget 2019 Highlights: How the education sector and job market will be affected", India Today, 1 February 2019
  2. ^ "All about ICT Scheme Under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan". www.idreameducation.org. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Education Ministry launches NIPUN Bharat Mission". @businessline. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Union Budget 2023: School education outlay rises by Rs 5,355 cr". news.careers360.com. Retrieved 2 February 2023.