Context:
In several Indian states, mothers of young children have education beyond Grade 10, making them valuable assets for NIPUN.
NIPUN (National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy):
- National mission to ensure that all children in India have foundational literacy and numeracy skills by the end of grade 3 by 2026-27.
- One of the components of the NEP 2020.
- Aim – To increase the Gross Enrolment Ratio in higher education including vocational education
- Launched in – 2021.
- Nodal agency – Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education.
- Objectives – Ensure all children can read with comprehension and have basic numeracy skills by the end of Grade 3.
- Features –
- Focuses on holistic development, goes beyond traditional classroom learning.
- Recognizes that students are multi-dimensional and addresses their cognitive, emotional, physical, and social growth.
- Domains are interrelated and interdependent and will be reflected in a Holistic Progress Card.
Source: The Indian Express
Previous Year Question
What is the aim of the programme ‘Unnat Bharat Abhiyan’?
[UPSC Civil Services Exam – 2017 Prelims]
(a) Achieving 100% literacy by promoting collaboration between voluntary organizations and government’s education system and local communities.
(b) Connecting institutions of higher education with local communities to address development challenges through appropriate technologies.
(c) Strengthening India’s scientific research institutions in order to make India a scientific and technological power.
(d) Developing human capital by allocating special funds for health care and education of rural and urban poor, and organizing skill development programmes and vocational training for them.
Answer: (b)
