Figure 2: No Copyright Infringement Intended

Context:

• Ministry of Education has set up a national steering committee to oversee progress of Nipun Bhart and provide policy-level guidance.
• The steering committee will be chaired by Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

About Nipun Bharat:

• The vision of NIPUN Bharat Mission is to create an enabling environmentto ensure universal acquisition of foundational literacy and numeracy, so that every child achieves the desired learning competencies in reading, writing and numeracy by the end of Grade 3, by 2026-27.
• NIPUN Bharat will be implemented by the Department of School Education and Literacy and a five-tier implementation mechanismwill be set up at the National- State- District- Block- School level in all States and UTs, under the aegis of the centrally sponsored scheme of Samagra Shiksha.
• The launch of NIPUN Bharat marks an important step undertaken by the Department of School Education and Literacy, among a series of measures taken for implementation of the National Education Policy 2020.

Implementation

• It will be implemented by the Department of School Education and Literacy.
• Under the aegis of the centrally sponsored scheme of Samagra Shiksha a five-tier implementation mechanism will be set up at the National- State- District- Block- School level in all States and UTs.

Focus Area:

• NIPUN Bharat envisages making the experience of learning at the foundational stage Holistic, Integrated, Inclusive, Enjoyable, and Engaging.
• The focus of the programme is on providing access and retaining children in foundational years of schooling; development of high quality and diversified Student and Teacher Resources and Learning Materials; teacher capacity building; and tracking the progress of each child in achieving learning outcomes.
• To support and encourage students, along with their schools, teachers, parents, and communities, in every way possible, to help realise the true potential of children and propel the country to new heights.

Expected Outcomes:

• Foundational skills enable to keep children in class thereby reducing the dropouts and improve transition rate from primary to upper primary and secondary stages.
• Activity based learning and a conducive learning environment will improve the quality of education.
• Innovative pedagogies such as toy-based and experiential learning will be used in classroom transactions thereby making learning a joyful and engaging activity.
• Intensive capacity building of teachers will make them empowered and provide greater autonomy for choosing the pedagogy.