UPSC Articles
World Bank’s STARS project
Part of: Prelims and GS-II – Education
Context Performance of World Bank aided project STARS was reviewed recently.
What is STARS?
- STARS stands for Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States Program (STARS).
- It is a new Centrally Sponsored Scheme
- Ministry: Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education.
- Objective: To improve the quality and governance of school education in six Indian states.
- Six states are– Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, and Rajasthan.
- Beneficiaries: Some 250 million students (between the age of 6 and 17) in 1.5 million schools, and over 10 million teachers will benefit from the program.
Reform initiatives under the project include
- Focusing more directly on the delivery of education services by providing customized local-level solutions.
- Addressing demands from stakeholders, especially parents, for greater accountability; giving special attention to students from vulnerable section.
- Equipping teachers to manage this transformation.
- Recognizing that teachers are central to achieving better learning outcomes.
- Investing more in developing India’s human capital needs by strengthening foundational learning for children.
