MoU signed between Department of School Education & Literacy, Minstry of Education, Govt. of India and the School Education Dept., Govt. of AP.

A
Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Department of School,
Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India and the School
Education Dept., Government of Arunachal Pradesh to establish schools under the
PM Schools for Rising India (PMSHRI) scheme.
"Today, a MoU has been signed between @DselEduMinistry, @EduMinOfIndia, Govt. of India and the School Education Dept., Government of Arunachal Pradesh to establish the #PMSHRI Schools by strengthening the existing schools from the schools managed by State/local bodies," tweeted the Ministry of Education.
The
PM Schools for Rising India or PMSHRI scheme is a centrally sponsored scheme
approved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September 2022. Under this scheme,
development of more than 14500 schools across the country as PM SHRI Schools
will be done by strengthening select existing schools being managed by Central
Government/ State/ UT Government/ local bodies.
Chief
Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Pema Khandu took to his Twitter handle and
writes, "The visionary leadership of Hon PM Shri @narendramodi Ji is
taking the education to a new high.
Glad that an MoU was signed between @DselEduMinistry, @EduMinOfIndia and School Education Dept, Govt of Arunachal, to set up #PMSHRI Schools in the State, today."
PM
SHRI Schools further aims to showcase all components of the National Education
Policy 2020, act as exemplar schools and also offer mentorship to other schools
in their vicinity. It also claims to
deliver quality teaching for the cognitive development of students and will
strive to create and nurture holistic and well-rounded individuals equipped
with key 21st century skills.
The
scheme of PM SHRI schools is to be implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme
with a total project cost of Rs. 27360 crore which includes a central share of
Rs. 18128 crore for the period of five years from year 2022-23 to 2026-27.
PM SHRI scheme will provide high-quality
education in an equitable, inclusive and joyful school environment that takes
care of the diverse background, multilingual needs, and different academic
abilities of children and makes them active participants in their own learning
process as per the vision of NEP 2020.
These centrally sponsored schools will be developed as Green schools, incorporating
environment friendly aspects like solar panels and LED lights, nutrition
gardens with natural farming, waste management, plastic free, water
conservation and harvesting, study of traditions/practices related to
protection of environment, climate change related hackathon and awareness
generation to adopt sustainable lifestyle.
Apart from being enivironment friendly, the pedagogy that will
be adopted in these schools will be more experiential, holistic, integrated,
play/toy-based (particularly, in the foundational years) inquiry-driven,
discovery-oriented, learner-centred, discussion-based, flexible and enjoyable.
The focus will be on
learning outcomes of every child in every grade. Assessment at all levels will
be based on conceptual understanding and application of knowledge to real life
situations and will be competency-based.
The PM SHRI Schools would be
implemented through the existing administrative structure available for Samagra
Shiksha, KVS & NVS. The other autonomous bodies would be involved on
specific project basis as required. These
schools shall be monitored vigorously to assess progress and understand the
challenges faced in implementation of National Education Policy 2020.
The
selection of the PM SHRI Schools will be done through ‘Challenge Mode’ wherein schools
compete for support to become exemplar
schools. Schools would be required to self-apply on the online portal. The
portal will be opened four times a year, once every quarter, for first two
years of the scheme.
The Elementary schools (Class 1-5/1-8) & the Secondary/ Sr.
Secondary Schools (Class1-10/1-12/6-10/6-12) managed by Centre/State/UT
Governments / local self-governments having UDISE+ code would be considered for
selection under the Scheme. Selection would be done through a three-stage
process with definite time lines.
More than 18 lakh students are expected to be direct beneficiaries of
the scheme. Futher impact will be generated through the mentoring and
handholding of the schools in vicinity of PM SHRI schools.
(With inputs from PIB)
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