Wednesday 31 January 2018

SCHEMES UNDER MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT




Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA) SSA  - 

It  is  aimed  at  the  universalisation  of  elementary  education  as  mandated  by  the  86th  Amendment  to  the Constitution  of  India  which  made  free  and  compulsory  education  to  children  between  the  ages  of  6  to  14  as  a fundamental  right.

 Initiatives  and Sub-Programmes  under Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA)

 Shagun  Portal  -  It  has  two  components  i.e  Repository  of  best  practices  to  learn  from  success  stories  & Online Monitoring  of the SSA  implemented  by States  and  UTs

 Padhe  Bharat  Badhe  Bharat  -  To  improve  the  reading  and  writing  skills  of  children  in  classes  I  and  II, along  with  their mathematics skills.

Rashtriya  Avishkar  Abhiyan  (RAA)  -  It  aims  to  motivate  and  engage  children  of  the  age  group  of  6-18 years,  in  Science,  Mathematics  and  Technology  by  Institutions  of    Higher  Education  like  IIT's,  IISER's  and NIT's.

Vidyanjali  -  To  enhance  community  and  private  sector  involvement  in  Government  run  elementary  schools across the country.


Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha Abhiyan  (RMSA)  


 It  is a  centrally sponsored scheme  with  the objective to  enhance  access to  secondary education.

 Initiatives  under RMSA

1.  Shaala  Siddhi  -  It  is  a  web  portal  developed  by  the  National  University  of  Educational  Planning  and Administration  (NUEPA)  to  enable  schools  to  evaluate  their  performance  in  7  key  domains  under  the prescribed  framework.

 2.  Shaala  Darpan  -  It  is  an  e-Governance  platform  that  covers  all  the  KendriyaVidyalayas,  to  improve  quality of learning,  efficiency  of school  administration,  governance of schools & service  delivery.

3.  e-PATHSHALA  -  It  is  a  joint  initiative  of  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  (MHRD)  and  National Council  of  Educational  Research  and  Training  (NCERT)  to  disseminate  all  educational  e-resources  including textbooks,  audio,  video and  non-print  materials.

 4.  Kala utsav  -  To  promote  Arts (Music,  Theatre,  Dance,  Visual  Arts and  Crafts)  in  education in  secondary  stage of the education to  bring  art  in an inclusive  environment.

 5.  SeemaDarshan  -It  is  an  intiative  by  HRD  in  collaboration  with  Ministry  of  Defence  and  Ministry  of  Home Affairs  for  the  students  of  KendriyaVidyalayas  and  NavodayaVidyalayas  to  provide  an  opportunity  for  the children to  experience the  border environment and  to  foster patriotism among  the  students.

Shaala  Sarathi


 It is a  portal  launched  by the Ministry of HRD.
  It is  a  State-NGO-CSR  Portal  to  aid  the  collaboration  among  the  stakeholders  in  sharing  innovative  practices in various schools.

 Shaala  Siddhi  is  a  comprehensive  school  evaluation  system  focused  on  well-defined  quality  based parameters that  facilitates Schools to  make  professional  judgments  for improvement.


All School  Monitoring  Individual  Tracing  Analysis  (ASMITA)


 It is launched  under ShalaAsmitaYojana  (SAY).
SAY  aims  to  track  the  educational  journey  of  school  students  from  Class  I  to  Class  XII  across  the  15  lakhs private and  government  schools in the country.

 ASMITA  will  be  an  online  database  which  will  carry  information  of  student  attendance  and  enrolment, learning  outcomes,  mid-day meal  service and  infrastructural  facilities among  others.  Students  will  be  tracked  through  their  Aadhaar  numbers  and  incase  those  not  having  unique  number  will  be provided

Tithi bhojan

  It is a  community  participatory model followed  by the  Gujarat  government  in the  mid-day  meal  programme.
 Food is voluntarily served  among school  children  by  Villagers.

 Swachh Vidyalaya Initiative


 It  is  a  collaborative  effort  of  Central  Government,  State  and  UT  in  partnership  with  PSU's  and  Private Corporate to  provide funding  to  built  functional  toilets  in every school.

 Awards under this  initative

1. SwachhVidyalayaPuraskar  -  To  Government  schools  for  showing  excellence  in  Sanitation  and hygiene  practice.

2.  SwachhtamVidyalaya  and  HaritVidyalaya  -  TokendriyaVidyalayas  at  regional  level  which  shows excellence in clean and  green environment.

 Global  Initiative  Of  Academic Networks  (GIAN)


It  is  an  initiative  aimed  at  tapping  the  talent  pool  of  scientist  and  entrepreneurs  internationally  by collaborating  Indian  institutes of Higher  Education in  India with  Foreign  academics.

It  is  to  augment  the  country's  existing  academic  resources,  accelerate  the  pace  of  quality  reform  and  elevate the scientific  and  technological  capacity to  global  excellence.

Rashtriya  Uchchatar  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RUSA)

It is  a  centrally  sponsored  scheme  aiming  to  provide  strategic  funding  to  higher  educational  institutions  and improve  the  overall  quality  of  existing  state  institutions  by  ensuring  that  all  institutions  conform  to  prescribed norms and  standard.
  Its target achievement  is to  raise the gross  enrolment  ratio  to  32% by  the  end of 2017.

 BHUVAN - RUSA PORTAL - The National Remote  Sensing  Centre  (NRSC)  of  ISRO  has  developed  a  mobile application  for  uploading  geo-tagged  photographs  and  associated  details  captured  by  the  educational institutions in this  portal  as  part  of the  implementation  of RUSA.

SWAYAM
 Study  Webs  of  Active  Learning  For  Young  Aspiring  Minds  is  an  indigenous  IT  platform  for  hosting the Massive Open Online  Courses (MOOCs).

It  targets  those  students  who  could  not  complete  their  studies  and  professionals  who  wish  to  upgrade  their knowledge.
 Professors  of  centrally  funded  institutions  like  IITs,  IIMs,  central  universities  will  offer  online  courses  to citizens of  India through  this platform.

 However,  it  would  not  run  courses  such  as  engineering,  medicine,  dental,  pharmacy,  nursing,  architecture, and  physiotherapy.

 Swayam Prabha

  The  Swayam  Prabha  is  a  group  of  32  DTH  channels  devoted  to  telecasting  of  high-quality  educational programmes on 24X7  basis  using  the GSAT-15 satellite.

The  channels  cover  higher  education,  school  education  and  assist  the  students  (class  11th  &  12th)  prepare  for competitive  exams.
  The contents  are  provided  by IITs,  UGC,  IGNOU,  NCERT  and  NIOS.


 Information  and  Library  Network  (INFLIBNET),  an  autonomous  Inter-University  Centre  (IUC)  of  UGC maintains  the  web  portal.

INFLIBNET is  involved  in  creating  infrastructure for  sharing  of  library  and  information resources and  services among Academic  and  Research  Institutions.
 It allows students  to  choose  the time of their convenience for  learning.

 It widens  the  scope  of  SWAYAM,  an  online  education  platform  which  covers  teachers  training,  graduate  and post  graduate courses.

 Under  Swayam  Prabha,  the  government  had  one  DTH  channel  in  English  and  Hindi  of  the  32  channels  for telecasting  educational  programmes dedicated  to  teacher training.

 Vittiya  Saksharata  Abhiyan  (VISAKA)


It is a  financial  literacy  campaign.
  It  is  to  actively  engage  the  students  of  Higher  Education  Institutions  to  encourage  them  to  use  a  digitally enabled  cashless economic  system for transfer of  funds.

 Ministry  of  HRD  also  aims  to  make  financial  transactions  completely  digital  in  all  higher  education institutions.

Ishan  Uday  and Ishan  Vikas

Scholarships for undergraduates from northeast.

 Under the  scheme  ten  thousand  fresh  scholarships  are  to  be  provided  for  general  degree  course,  technical  and professional  courses  including  medical  and  para-medical  courses  and  will  be  given  through  Direct  Benefit Transfer  (DBT) to  the  beneficiary  student

 IshanVikas - Select students  from northeast  to  be taken to  IITs,  NITs  etc.  for  internships/ exposure

 Unnat  Bharat
It aimed at   providing  rural  India  with  professional  resource support  from institutes of higher education

  Connecting  institutions  of  higher  education,  including  IITs,  NITs  and  Indian  Institutes  of  Science  Education  & Research  (IISERs)  etc.  with  local  communities  to  address  the  development  challenges  through  appropriate technologies. 

Ek Bharat  Shrestha  Bharat

It was announced  on the occasion of the 140th  birth  anniversary of Sardar  Vallabhbhai  Patel. 

  It  aims  to  actively  enhance  interaction  between  people  of  diverse  cultures  living  in  different  States  and  UTs, with  the objective of  promoting  greater  mutual  understanding  amongst  them.

 As  per  the  programme,  each  year,  every  State/UT  would  be  paired  with  another  State/UT  in  India  for reciprocal  interaction  between the  people.

 Through  this  innovative  measure,  the  knowledge  of  the  culture,  traditions  and  practices  of  different  States  & UTs  will  lead  to  an  enhanced  understanding  and  bonding  between  the  States,  thereby  strengthening the unity  and  integrity of  India.

Bharat  Shrestha  Bharat

It was announced  on the occasion of the 140th  birth  anniversary of Sardar  Vallabhbhai  Patel. 

  It  aims  to  actively  enhance  interaction  between  people  of  diverse  cultures  living  in  different  States  and  UTs, with  the objective of  promoting  greater  mutual  understanding  amongst  them.

  As  per  the  programme,  each  year,  every  State/UT  would  be  paired  with  another  State/UT  in  India  for reciprocal  interaction  between the  people.

Through  this  innovative  measure,  the  knowledge  of  the  culture,  traditions  and  practices  of  different  States  & UTs  will  lead  to  an  enhanced  understanding  and  bonding  between  the  States,  thereby  strengthening the unity  and  integrity of  India. 

Rashtriya  Ekta  Shivir

Rashtriya  Ekta  Shivir  (National  Integration  Camp)  was  organized  recently  as  part  of  Ek  Bharat  Shreshth Bharat  by Kendriya  Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS).

  The  most  unique  feature  of  this  camp  is  that  the  students  from  one  state  of  the  country  represent  the  cultural diversity of another  state of the country.

  It represents  the socio-economic  aspects along  with  the  art  and  culture of various states.

 Shodhganga

 It is  the  repository  developed  to  contain  an  electronic  copy  of  all  M.Phil/Ph.D  thesis  to  make  it  accessible  to  all institutions.

 The  task  of  setting-up  of  this  repository  is  assigned  to  Information  and  Library  Network  (INFLIBNET),  an inter-university centre of  the University  Grants Commission (UGC). 

 It also  provides  access  to  Indian  theses  and  dissertations  in  open  access  to  world-wide  academic  community and  making  visibility of  Indian research  to  other  countries.

Traditional  Knowledge  Digital  Library (TKDL)

  TKDL  is  an  Indian  initiative  to  prevent  exploitation  and  to  protect  Indian  traditional  knowledge  from wrongful  patents  mainly  at  International  Patent  Offices.

TKDL  contains  Indian  traditional  medicine  knowledge  in  a  digitized  format  and  is  available  in  five international  languages (English,  French,  zGerman,  Spanish  and  Japanese
Indian  traditional  medicine  knowledge  in  TKDL  pertains  to  traditional  books  related  to  Ayurveda,  Unani  and Siddha.

  CSIR is  the  implementing  agency  for  TKDL.  Funds  under  the  scheme  are  provided  only  to  CSIR  and  no  funds have  been allocated  to  any  state.

Vishwajeet Scheme

 Vishwajeet scheme aimed to  help top  IITs to  get  top  league in  global  rankings.

 It  had  the  provision  of  funding  to  top  seven  IITs  over  a  period  of  five  years  to  upgrade  infrastructure,  hire foreign faculty and  collaborate with  foreign  institutions.

 Recently,  the scheme  was scrapped  by Union Finance  Minsitry.

 However,  Union  HRD  ministry  has  introduced  ―Higher  Education  Finance  Agency  (HEFA)‖  to  provide support  to  universities for creating  the research  infrastructure.


Operation  Digital  board

The  Central  Advisory  Board  of  Education  (CABE),  an  advisory  body  under  Ministry  of  HRD  recently  passed  a resolution to  take steps towards Operation Digital  Board.

 The idea of Operation Digital  Board  is aimed at  providing  better digital  education in all  schools.

  These  steps  will  be  on  the  lines  of  Operation  Blackboard  of  1987,  which  was  started  with  the  purpose  of providing  minimum  basic  facilities to  all  primary  schools.

This will  offer new opportunities and  ways  of teaching  and  learning  in schools.

Initiatives  to push  e-education

 National Digital  Library  – It  is  an e-library containing  6.5  million  books.

 National Academic Depository  –  It  is for authenticating  all  certificates issued  by academic  institutions.

 These  initiatives  are  expected  to  increase  the  Gross  Enrolment  Ratio  in  the  higher  education  from  24 (201516) to  30 by  2020.

Technical  Education  Quality  Improvement Programme  (TEQIP) 

 TEQIP  is  a  central  sector  scheme  commenced  in  2003  with  World  Bank  assistance  to  improve  the infrastructure and  educational  standards in the  technical  institutions.
  It is  a  long  term  programme  being  implemented  in  3  phase.  Currently  it  is  in  third  phase  of  implementation stage.

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