The first executive committee of the Samagra Shiksha Kerala, formed after subsuming the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan and the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan, has approved a ₹1,506-crore draft Plan for implementing academic activities this financial year.
The draft Plan will be presented at a meeting to formulate the annual Plan at the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development on May 10.
The executive committee, presided over by General Education Secretary A. Shajahan, approved projects from the primary to the higher secondary and vocational higher secondary levels.
These include projects that have achieved success at the primary level and are proposed to be extended to the secondary level. Projects to bridge the gaps found in national and State-level surveys on the State’s public education sector are also included.
The draft Plan proposes to overhaul language improvement programmes such as Malayalathilakkam, Hello English, and Surili Hindi and extend them to more levels and schools. Proposals that prioritise science, social science, and mathematics are included.
Learning improvement programmes, teacher training, and new training activities for sectors, including vocational, are included in the draft Plan. Projects that aim at long-term planning for maintenance and reconstruction of schools in the wake of the floods at the start of the last academic year are also included.
Money will be set aside for free uniform, textbooks, and academic-related activities before any expenditure is incurred for other activities.
Samagra Shiksha, Kerala, Director A.P. Kuttykrishnan was present at the meeting.
