NIPUN Bharat Mission

30.07.2024

NIPUN Bharat Mission

 Why in the news?   

          The new National Education Policy (NEP 2020) was launched four years ago and there are a set of interlinked social and demographic trends which, if leveraged, could provide a boost to the NIPUN Bharat Mission.

About NIPUN Bharat Mission:

• The National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN Bharat) Bharat mission was launched by the Ministry of Education.
• The mission will focus on children of the age group of 3 to 9 years including preschool to Grade 3.
• A five-tier implementation mechanism will be set up at the National- State- District- Block- School level in all States and UTs, under the aegis of the centrally sponsored scheme of Samagra Shiksha.
• The goals and objectives of the mission are required to be achieved by all Govt., Govt. Aided and Private Schools so that universal acquisition of Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) skills can be achieved by 2026-27.
• It has been launched under the aegis of the centrally sponsored scheme of Samagra Shiksha, will focus on providing

○Access and retaining children in foundational years of schooling; teacher capacity building; development of high quality and diversified Student and Teacher Resources/Learning Materials; and tracking the progress of each child in achieving learning outcomes.

                                                                Source: Indian Express

Ques :- Consider the following statements regarding the NIPUN Bharat Mission:

Statement-I

It focuses on children of the age group of 3 to 9 years to acquire Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) skills.

Statement-II

 It is one of the centrally sponsored schemes of Samagra Shiksha.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

A.Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, and Statement-II is the correct explanation for Statement-I.

B.Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, and Statement-II is not the correct explanation for Statement-I.

C.Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect.

D.Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct.

Answer A