Module 5: Mid-Day Meal Scheme, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan & Samagra Shiksha

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Mid-Day Meal Scheme (MDMS):

Launched as the National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education (NP-NSPE).
Extended to upper primary classes (Classes VI to VIII) in 2007, addressing both education and hunger across all government schools, madarsas, and maqtabs.
Since 2015-16, expenditure is shared between the Central and State Governments in a 60:40 ratio.

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) & RTE Act 2009:

SSA serves as the primary designated operational vehicle for implementing the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, enforcing the 86th Constitutional Amendment which made free and compulsory education for children aged 6–14 years a fundamental right.
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV): Residential schools at the upper primary level for girls belonging to SC, ST, OBC, and minority communities; merged with SSA in April 2007.

Samagra Shiksha (Integrated Scheme for School Education):

Launched by the Ministry of Education in 2018-19 as an overarching program treating school education holistically from pre-school to Class XII. It subsumed three erstwhile schemes: Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), and Teacher Education (TE).

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SSA serves as the primary designated operational vehicle for implementing the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, enforcing the 86th Constitutional Amendment which made free and compulsory education for children aged 6–14 years a fundamental right.
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV): Residential schools at the upper primary level for girls belonging to SC, ST, OBC, and minority communities; merged with SSA in April 2007.

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SSA serves as the primary designated operational vehicle for implementing the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, enforcing the 86th Constitutional Amendment which made free and compulsory education for children aged 6–14 years a fundamental right.
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV): Residential schools at the upper primary level for girls belonging to SC, ST, OBC, and minority communities; merged with SSA in April 2007.

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Which three erstwhile schemes were subsumed under the overarching Samagra Shiksha scheme in 2018-19?

Samagra Shiksha subsumes Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), and Teacher Education (TE).

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SSA serves as the primary designated operational vehicle for implementing the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, enforcing the 86th Constitutional Amendment which made free and compulsory education for children aged ______.

6–14 years a fundamental right

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV): Residential schools at the upper primary level for girls belonging to SC, ST, OBC, and minority communities; merged with SSA in ______.

April 2007