Governance
In News: Two-day workshop for Samagra Shiksha, Kerala (SSK) Thiruvananthapuram district block resource centre (BRC) personnel in connection with implementation of the NIPUN Bharat Mission began at Neyyattinkar
NIPUN bharat mission:
Aim
- The NIPUN Bharat Mission, being implemented through the Samagra Shiksha aims at identifying the limitations in foundational reading skills with comprehension and writing and doing basic mathematical operations of students in Class 3 and addressing them
About
- National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy mission under Ministry of Education
- The mission’s target is to ensure that every Class 3 student has foundational literacy and numeracy by the 2026-27 academic year.
- NIPUN Bharat focuses on transforming the monotonous education system into an integrated, enjoyable, all-inclusive and engaging.
- It instructs teachers or educators to prepare a study plan that develops the students’ literary and basic language skills.
- A district-level task force has been constituted to implement the mission successfully in the district and coordinate activities.
- Surveys carried out at the national level have found that children who were in Class 1 at the start of COVID-19 and are now in Class 3 experience learning gaps.
Major initiatives
- Constitution of National Steering Committee for the implementation of NIPUN Bharat Mission
- Development of Vidya Pravesh Guidelines and Module for Grade I
- Launch of NISHTHA-FLN for teachers and school heads of preschool to Grade V
- Launch of NISHTHA ECCE for-master trainers/ resource persons for training of preschool teachers/Anganwadi workers
- Conduct of Foundational Learning Study (FLS)
- Creation of DIKSHA FLN portal for availability of FLN resources
- Conduct of 100 Days Reading Campaign
- Development of Guidelines for Parent Participation in Home-based Learning during School Closure and Beyond
- Dvelopment of Guidelines for Community Engagement in Foundational Learning; Training of Academic Task Force (ATF) and District Task Force Members (DTFs)
- National Conference on Initiatives in Foundational Learning: Voices from the Ground to exchange best practices, share status and understand challenges
- Continuous tracking and monitoring (monthly, quarterly, annually) of the mission implementation in all the states and UTs.
Source The hindu
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