NIPUN Bharat Scheme

Why is in news? Accreditation of the Schools App and Mobile Application (NIPUN) also to be launched

The Union Minister for Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship along with Chief Minister of Haryana will inaugurate ICT labs for PM Shri schools on 25th October 2023 at Rohtak, Haryana.

Apart from these, the Ministers will also launch the Accreditation of the Schools app and Mobile Application (NIPUN). Books and Learning Materials for Balvatika-3rd will also be launched during the occasion.

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It has been launched as a National Mission called “National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN Bharat)” in 2021.

It aims to ensure that every child in the country necessarily attains foundational literacy and numeracy by the end of Grade 3, by 2026-27.

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.

It is one of the components of the NEP 2020.

The implementing agency is the Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education.

The children who are in Classes 4 and 5 and have not attained the foundational skills will be provided individual teacher guidance and support, peer support and age-appropriate and supplementary graded learning materials to acquire the necessary competencies.