The story so far: The Union Cabinet has approved a new government scheme for the transformation of over 14,000 schools across the country into model institutions to achieve the objectives of the National Education Policy, 2020. This comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the centrally sponsored ‘Pradhan Mantri ScHools For Rising India Schools scheme’, or PM Shri Schools, on Teacher’s Day, to provide improved infrastructure, innovative pedagogy and technology in selected schools.
What is the scheme?
The first mention of the scheme was made in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s 2021 Budget speech where she spoke about the Centre’s vision to transform education in the country. More than 15,000 schools will be qualitatively strengthened for effective implementation of the new national education policy, she said.
