(a) whether the attention of the Government has been drawn towards the sub-standard quality of
primary and secondary education in the country;
(b) if so, whether the Government has any plan to bring improvement in curriculum of primary
and secondary education and evaluation system; and
(c) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL ‘NISHANK’)
(a): Quality of education is a comprehensive term that includes learners, teachers, teaching
learning process, learning environment, curriculum, pedagogy, learning outcomes, assessment,
etc. To take cognizance of this, Government of India launched Samagra Shiksha-an Integrated
Scheme for school education, w.e.f. 2018-19, as an overarching programme for the school
education sector extending from pre-school to class XII and aims to ensure inclusive and
equitable quality education at all levels of school education. It subsumes the three erstwhile
Schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and
Teacher Education (TE).
Samagra Shiksha focuses on improvement in quality of education by providing support
for different interventions like in-service training of teachers and school heads, conduct of
achievement surveys at state and national level, composite school grant to every school for
providing a conducive learning environment, grants for library, sports and physical activities,
support for Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan, ICT and digital initiatives, School Leadership
development programme, remedial teaching for academically weaker students, support for Padhe
Bharat Badhe Bharat, etc.
(b) & (c): National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has been advised to
take appropriate steps to review the National Curriculum Framework-2005. The Draft National
Education Policy 2019 is presently under consideration. The revision of Curriculum, Syllabi and
Textbooks for school education would depend on the finalization and approval of the New
Education Policy.
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