๐PM SHRI (PM Schools for Rising India) Scheme
On the occasion of Teacherโs Day 2022, the Prime Minister of India announced a new initiative - PM SHRI Schools (PM ScHools for Rising India).
PM SHRI (PM Schools for Rising India) is a centrally sponsored scheme, approved in 2022 by the Government of India, which aims at developing over 14,500 schools managed by the Central Government, State Governments, UT Governments, local bodies, KVS, and NVS.
More than 18 lakh students are expected to be direct beneficiaries of the scheme.
The scheme, which comes under the Department of School Education and Literacy, intends to nurture students to become engaged, productive, and contributing citizens, aligning with the goals of the National Education Policy 2020 for an equitable, inclusive, and pluralistic society.
The scheme carries a total project cost of Rs 27,360 crore, with a central share amounting to Rs 18,128 crore over a five-year period from 2022-23 to 2026-27.
The PM SHRI 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.
The PM SHRI schools will have convergence with various existing schemes such as Samagra Shiksha for teacherโs salary, quality inputs & digital resources etc., PM POSHAN for Mid-Day meal, ICDS for ECCE linkages, Jal Jeevan Mission for drinking water, National Child Labour Project (NCLP) for mainstreaming of child labour withdrawn & rehabilitated, Assistance to Disabled Persons (ADIP) for provision of Aids & Appliances, School Health Programme (SHP), Department of Rural Development for provision of playground, boundary wall, toilets etc.
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