Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan News

Politics

Government approves integrated school education scheme

The government has allocated Rs75,000 crore over the next two years for the integrated school education schemea 20% increase over the current amount

2 min read30 Mar 2018
Politics

Budget allocation for school education seen increasing by up to 14%

Innovation in schools, mapping of learning outcomes and school assessments like the national assessment survey are expected to find mentions in the 2018 budget

3 min read12 Jan 2018
Education

Compulsory Aadhaar linkage to mid-day meal deadline extended by 2 months

Move means that more than a 100 million school children will compulsorily need Aadhaar to avail their mid-day meal from 1 September instead of the earlier 1 July deadline

1 min read9 May 2017
Opinion

Building a legal ecosystem for Aadhaar

There is an untenable tension between the approaches of the executive and the judiciary to Aadhaar

4 min read27 Mar 2017
Politics

Economic Survey 2017: Try biometric attendance to tackle teacher absenteeism

The Economic Survey 2017 on Tuesday suggested biometric attendance system for teachers that would be monitored by local communities, parents

1 min read31 Jan 2017
Opinion

Efforts to improve learning must go back to basics

An important ask of budget 2017 is a reformed Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan with a commitment to achievable learning goals and the speedy transfer of money

5 min read26 Jan 2017
Opinion

How efficient is Indian education?

There is a need for measuring the ability of educational systems across states to convert inputs to outputs

4 min read6 May 2016
Education

Private schools fill just 15% of 2.2 mn seats reserved for poor students

In 2014-15, only 346,000 seats were filled out of the total available seats under Section 12(1)(c), reveals an IIM-A survey

1 min read10 Mar 2016
Opinion

Budget 2016 and the social sector

While there has been an overall increase in social sector allocation, these are by no means significant

4 min read1 Mar 2016
Opinion

India’s missing disabled population

The highest rates of disability are amongst those who are vision-impaired, and those who have problems to do with movement

3 min read16 Sep 2015
Load More

Popular Topics

Budget

The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared

25 Articles