Three Year Achievements of MHRD

lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kkTHREE YEARS’ ACHIEVEMENTS MAY 2014 - MAY 2017 MHRD Government of India Ministry of Human Resource Development

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ProfileSCHOOL EDUCATION (Numbers are in Lakhs)Particulars Elementary Secondary Higher Secondary Schools Govern- Aided Private Total Govern- Aided Private Total Govern- Aided Private Total ment ment 2.39 ment 10.77 0.67 3.06 14.5 1.01 0.396 0.98 0.46 0.19 0.48 1.13Students 1169.21 153.07 644.89 1967.17 173.9 83.92 133.63 391.45 88.4 61.78 97.17 247.35Teachers 46.74 6.85 27.18 80.77 6.61 3.08 4.8 14.49 2.87 1.35 2.38 6.60 More than 15,000 NCTE approved colleges conducting 25,000 courses for TeachersMHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Expanding Education SCHOOL EDUCATION Kendriya Vidyalaya ◊ 59 Kendriya Vidyalayas started in 3 years and 50 new sanctioned. Total 109 Navodaya Vidyalayas ◊ 62 new Jawahar Navodaya Vidylayas sanctioned of which 27 will be operational from this academic year.MHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Quality Initiatives LEARNING OUTCOMES f’k{kk dh miyfC/k;ka ◊ RTE Act was passed in 2009, but Learning Outcomes were not defined ◊ Learning Outcomes notified to benchmark competency to be achieved by students in each standard ◊ This will create accountability across all stakeholders teachers, parents and studentsMHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Quality Initiatives... CHANGE IN NO DETENTION POLICY ◊ CABE unanimously decided to give the right to States to detain or not to detain students ◊ States authorized to detain students in V and/or VIII standard after giving 2 chances ◊ The Bill in this regard is in circulationMHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Quality Initiatives... BOARD EXAMINATION FOR CLASS X ◊ Earlier 50% CBSE students used to appear for board exams and the others did not ◊ Board exams now made mandatory ◊ This has been welcomed by all stakeholders ◊ All State Boards and CBSE have agreed not to inflate marks in board examinations, making them realisticMHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Quality Initiatives... REFORMS IN TEACHER EDUCATION ◊ Affidavits received from more than 7,000 Teacher Education colleges ◊ Show-cause notice issued to those who haven’t submitted affidavits ◊ 2017-18 to be zero year as no new B.Ed/ D.Ed colleges to be sanctioned ◊ Pre-service and In-service teacher education is under complete revamp ◊ Practical lessons would be conducted in Government schoolsMHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Quality Initiatives... SHIKSHAN MANTHAN ◊ Five Regional Workshops of all stakeholders organized for Innovation in pedagogy, teaching, learning and improvement of quality ◊ Four Workshops in Raipur, Pune, Guwahati, Bengaluru already conducted and next in ChandigarhMHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Quality Initiatives... Success of Government Schooling NAVODAYA VIDYALAYAS ◊ 9,567 students appeared for JEE ◊ 3,567 cracked JEE Mains ◊ 481 admitted to IITs last yearMHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Quality Initiatives... KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS ◊ 1,140 KVs provide quality education for masses at highly affordable cost ◊ Online admissions for EWS category completed ◊ HRD to expand KV network with innovative modelMHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Quality Initiatives... KGBV (Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya) ◊ Upper Primary Residential Schools for Girls ◊ Schools for girls from SC, ST, OBC and other minority/ disadvantaged sections of society ◊ There are currently 3,703 KGBVs functional across India ◊ 94 new KGBVs sanctioned in 2017-18MHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Quality Initiatives... STATE GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS ◊ Quality Initiatives by many States have succeeded in attracting students from Private Schools to Government Schools ◊ Shikshan Manthan will ensure more States to follow on this route ◊ All efforts are being taken to improve Quality of Education in Government SchoolsMHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Reaching Out... MID-DAY MEAL SCHEME ◊ India has world’s largest Mid-day Meal scheme, serving 10-crore students in 11.5 lakh schools with nutritious food ◊ Economic Cost involved per student Meal Type Primary Secondary Rice based (Per Student (Per Student per day) per day) Rs. 6.64 Rs. 9.6 Wheat based Rs. 5.7 Rs. 8.2MHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Reaching Out... ADULT LITERACY ◊ 3-crore illiterate adults have achieved basic literacy ◊ Functional skills have been imparted. • Electoral Literacy: 100% enrolment of wom- en and youth, resulting in enhanced voting percentage • Financial Literacy: More than 10 million beneficiaries bank accounts under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana opened • Legal Literacy: Awareness created about laws, rules, procedures; rights, duties and entitlements; sex determination, domestic violence, prevention of atrocities etc.MHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

ProfileHIGHER EDUCATIONUniversities Colleges IIT - 23 IIM - 20 800 41,864 NIT - 31 IIIT - 20 IISER - 7 Teachers Students14,37,753 2,84,84,746MHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Expanding Education... HIGHER EDUCATION... ◊ 7 new IIMs at Sirmaur, Nagpur, Sambalpur, Amritsar, Bodhgaya, Jammu and Vishakapatnam ◊ 6 new IITs established in Jammu, Bhilai, Dharward, Goa, Palakkad and Tirupati ◊ 1 new IIIT established at Kurnool (Temporary campus at Kancheepuram) ◊ 2 new IISERs at Tirupati and Berhampur ◊ 1 new NIT established ◊ New Central University established at MotihariMHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Quality Initiatives... INSTITUTES OF EMINENCE ◊ 20 World Class Universities to be created ◊ 10 in Private and 10 in Public Sector ◊ Guidelines finalised ◊ To achieve world class status in a decade ◊ Selection to be made in challenge modeMHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Quality Initiatives... HEFA (Higher Education Financing Agency) Non-profit company registered as NBFC ◊ HEFA to raise Rs. 20,000 Crores through market leveraging budgetary support of Rs. 1,000 Crore ◊ To finance creation and upgradation of research and other infrastructure ◊ To create world class research facilities in India ◊ Canara Bank is the agency and the scheme is operationalMHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Quality Initiatives... RUSA (Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan)◊ Rs. 4816 Crore sanctioned for 1366 Institutes to improve infrastructureCentral assistance provided for:◊ 16 Universities through upgradation of autonomous colleges and clustering of colleges◊ 60 new model degree colleges◊ Upgradation of 54 colleges to model degree college◊ 29 new professional colleges◊ Infrastructure grant to 1250 colleges and 117 universitiesMHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Quality Initiatives... TEQIP -III ◊ Phase III of TEQIP to improve quality of technical education launched with Rs. 2,600 crores funding from World Bank and Government of India ◊ Focus on most backward regions, north-east and hilly states ◊ J&K, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and north eastern states, A & N Island, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Rajasthan coveredMHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Quality Initiatives... IMPRINT (Impacting Research Innovation & Technology) ◊ A unique initiative to fund Research Projects in 10 domains with most social relevance ◊ 258 Projects have been sanctioned at Rs. 595 Crore ◊ This will boost research effort in the countryMHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Quality Initiatives... UAY (Uchchatar Avishkar Yojana) ◊ Industry funded research projects focussed on innovation ◊ Meaningful Industry-Institute- Academia interaction initiated for the first time ◊ 92 Project proposals accepted ◊ 300 faculty and students working on these projects will boost joint ventures of universities/institutes/industryMHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Quality Initiatives... INCUBATION & START-UPS • Started in IITs/NITs/IIMs/Universities for incubating start-ups ◊ 6 new research parks ◊ 16 Tech business incubators ◊ 15 Start-up centres • More than 600 start-ups supported till now • IIT Madras research park is fully functional with 20 Lakh square-feet research areaMHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Quality Initiatives... GIAN (Global Initiative of Academic Networks) ◊ In a first, a new initiative to invite foreign faculty for courses in India ◊ 640 courses conducted by renowned Professors from 58 countries in 2016-17 ◊ 800 Faculty will visit India in 2017-18 to conduct courses ◊ This has resulted in faculty interaction worldwide and enhancement of perception of Indian Education ScenarioMHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Quality Initiatives... WI-FI IN CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES ◊ 38 Central Universities to be Wi-Fi en- abled from July 2017 TOWARDS ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE ◊ Academic & Research Audit of 11 central universities is in progress which will improve the academic and research qualityMHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Quality Initiatives... SWAYAM ◊ India’s own MOOCs which will provide Any Time Learning (ATL) and Any Where Learning (AWL) ◊ Will also be available on 32 DTH channels ◊ It includes Lecture Material/Tutorials/ Interactive Sessions/Tests and Certification ◊ Pilot run of 300 courses already started and receiving good response ◊ Choice Based Credit System will give flexibility to students for selecting courses of their choiceMHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Quality Initiatives... HACKATHON ◊ Unique opportunity for engineering students for working on projects to find digital solutions for various citizens’ problems ◊ 30 Departments/Ministries gave 600 problem statements ◊ 42,000 students from over 2,000 engineering colleges participated ◊ Worked for 3 months on the problem statements ◊ On April 1 & 2,  10,000 students worked non-stop for 36 hours and submitted digital solutions for about 200 problems ◊ All solutions will be taken further to create productsMHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Quality Initiatives... ◊ 66 Lakh books and documents are available online ◊ 3 lakh registered users https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/MHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Quality Initiatives...MHRD Government of India NATIDOENPAOLSAICTOARDYEMIC Ministry of Human Resource Development ◊ To store Educational Certificates in Digital Format from this year NATIONAL TESTING AGENCY ◊ An autonomous, self-sustaining premier testing organization to conduct all entrance examinations for higher education institutions ◊ This would free CBSE, AICTE etc. so that they can focus more on academics lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk

Reforms in RegulationsREFORMING UGC/AICTE◊ The process of Reforming two Regulators of Higher Education - UGC & AICTE- is in progress◊ Graded autonomy to be introduced◊ More freedom for Quality Institutions and regulation for Institutions with low quality◊ Incentivising autonomy for Quality Institutions◊ IIM Bill in Parliament to grant complete autonomy to IIMs◊ Expansion of Open Learning◊ ODL rules revamped and online regulations in progress to bring in transparency, ensure quality and provide students with better opportunitiesMHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Reforms in Regulations... REFORMING NAAC, NBA, NIRF ◊ NAAC Accreditation and Assessment procedures have been further revised to benchmark quality of an Institute ◊ NIRF has been successfully conducted for the last 2 years and will be improved further ◊ This has ensured healthy competition among educational institutionsMHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Digital Literacy Campaign Vittiya Saksharta Abhiyan ◊ Vittiya Saksharta Abhiyan(Digitial Financial Literacy Campaign) after Demonetisation is a roaring success ◊ 4.30 Lakh volunteers from 4892 institutions taught 20 lakh families ◊ 19.34 Lakh individuals were converted to using digital payments ◊ 1.23 lakh shops converted to using digital payments ◊ The campaign will continue throughout the yearMHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Equity Initiatives SCHOLARSHIPS School Education ◊ 3.7 Lakh school students given National Means-Cum-Merit Scholarship at the rate of Rs. 500 per month ◊ 9.65 Lakh school girls benefitted at the rate of Rs. 3,000 per annum under National Scheme of Incentive to Girls Higher Education ◊ 3,38,493  scholarships granted to meritorious students of Colleges/ Universities at Rs.10,000/ 20,000 per year in the last 3 years ◊ 2.1 Lakh beneficiaries under all UGC fellowship/ scholarship schemes during last 3 years       ◊ PG scholarship by AICTE to 40,000 students per year @ Rs. 12,400 per month per student for Engineering & Pharmacy ◊ 4,000 girls students of colleges were given scholarship of Rs. 5,000 per annumMHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

Equity Initiatives...Central Sector Interest Subsidy Scheme (CSISS)◊ iInncteormeset issulbessisdtyhparnovRids.e4d.o5nlaekdhuscation loans to EWS students, whose parental◊ pFuelrlioindte+re1sytesaurb)sidy provided by the Government during moratorium period (course◊ 4,39,818 students benefitted with an amount of Rs. 2,290 crores in the last three yearsSpecial Scholarship Scheme for J&K students◊ 24,200 scholarships granted◊ @ Rs. 2.25 lakhs per year, per student for Engineering courses◊ @ Rs. 4 lakh per year, per student for Medical courses◊ @ Rs. 1.3 lakh per year per student for General coursesMHRD Government of India lcdks f’k{kk vPNh f’k{kk Ministry of Human Resource Development

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