NIPUN Bharat

On the 5th of July 2021, the Department of School Education and Literacy, in collaboration with the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha, launched the National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN Bharat Programme), a National Mission to Foundational Literacy and Numeracy. In primary schools, the purpose is to attain universal fundamental literacy and numeracy. The NIPUN Bharat Programme Guidelines establish priorities and action plans for States and UTs to realize the objective of every child being proficient in foundational literacy and numeracy by grade three. The NIPUN Bharat Programme’s detailed guidelines have been produced, including codifying development goals and learning outcomes for children aged 3 to 9. 

What is NIPUN Bharat Scheme? 

NIPUN Bharat Programme aims to change a disjointed educational system into an integrated, entertaining, all-inclusive, and engaging one. It tells teachers and educators how to create a study plan that will help pupils improve their literary and fundamental language skills. Furthermore, as part of Sagra Siksha, it will seek to keep pupils in school until they have completed their basic learning, improve learning or training modules, increase teacher capacity, and track each child’s progress. The NIPUN Bharat Programme intends to meet the discussed objectives by 2026-2027. 

Let’s look at who is qualified to benefit from the scheme’s perks. This will assist you in fully comprehending the plan.

Who are the Beneficiaries of the NIPUN Bharat Yojana Mission? 

The scheme’s beneficiaries are listed below. 

• This program focuses on youngsters aged 3 to 9 years old. 
• It also helps pupils from preschool through third grade. 
• Children of classes 4 and 5 who lack a foundational skill will be given peer support, tutoring, and supplementary learning materials to help them improve their educational proficiency. 
• By 2026-27, NIPUN hopes to have met all of its goals through private and government-aided schools. This will aid in the general acquisition of FLN abilities.

Let’s look at the features of the NIPUN Bharat Mission to get a better grasp of how it works.

What are the features of the NIPUN Bharat Mission? 

The NIPUN scheme provides recipients with the following features:

• This scheme’s targets and goals are identical to Target for Literacy Foundation and Numeracy or Lakshya Soochi. 
• By the end of class three, it intends to have achieved the desired learning objective. This program has moved Lakshyas from Balvatika to class three to raise awareness about this goal among parents, volunteers, and the community. 
• Lakshyas are created using international research and ORF studies as a guide. The NCERT also plans the curriculum. 
• In the NISHTHA plan, the NIPUN scheme gives a unique package for FLN. Teachers from pre-primary to primary grades will be trained under this plan.
• To ensure the availability and successful use of high-quality, culturally appropriate
• instructional materials in the children’s native/mother language 

What Are the Outcomes of the NIPUN Bharat Mission? 

NIPUN Bharat Mission Expected outcomes are as follows 

• A Holistic Progress Card will reflect the child’s holistic development by focusing on different domains of development such as physical and motor development, socio-emotional development, literacy, numeracy development, cognitive development, life skills, and so on, all of which are interrelated and interdependent. 
• The program strives to improve school assessment systems and ensure that all students receive an equal education. 
• NIPUN Bharat will not only assist our students in making significant progress in their higher classes, but it will also have a significant impact on their ability to compete globally. 
• Foundational skills enable us to retain students in class, reducing dropouts and increasing the transition rate from primary to upper primary and secondary school. 
• The quality of education will be improved via activity-based learning and a pleasant learning environment. 
• Innovative pedagogies, such as toy-based and experiential learning, will be incorporated into classroom interactions, making learning fun and engaging. 
• Teachers will be empowered and have more autonomy in choosing pedagogy due to intensive capacity building. 
• Children will have a steeper learning curve, positively impacting their long-term outcomes and employment prospects.
• Because practically every kid attends early grades, a concentration at that age will assist the socioeconomically disadvantaged population, ensuring fair and inclusive access to high-quality education.

Conclusion

The moment has come for every citizen to recognize the value of fundamental learning and to fully engage in the efforts to make the NIPUN Bharat Mission a magnificent and long-term 

success. The ‘NIPUN Bharat Mission’ will create an enabling environment to ensure the universal acquisition of fundamental literacy and numeracy. By the end of Grade 3, every child has acquired the desired learning competencies in reading, writing, and numeracy. As a result, NIPUN Bharat aims to support and encourage students, as well as their schools, teachers, parents, and communities, in any manner possible, in realizing our children’s full potential and propelling the country to new heights.