Cabinet approves “Strengthening Teaching- Learning and Results for States (STARS)”

It is being started on the basis of partnership between India and the World Bank

• The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister has approved the implementation
  of the Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States (STARS)
• The project is with a total project cost of Rs 5718 crore with World Bank
  support amounting to approximately Rs. 3700 crore
• The project is being started on the basis of partnership between India and the
  World Bank

Salient features of STARS

• The STARS project would be implemented as a centrally sponsored scheme
  under the education ministry’s department of school education and literacy
• It would involve setting up of a National Assessment Centre, PARAKH as an
  independent and autonomous institution
• The STARS project also includes a Contingency Emergency Response
  Component (CERC)
• It will help the government respond to situations leading to loss of learning
  such as school closures or infrastructure damage, inadequate facilities and use
  technology for facilitating remote learning etc
• The CERC component would facilitate the rapid re-categorization of financing
  and the utilization of streamlined financing request procedures
• The project covers 6 States namely Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra,
  Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and Odisha
• The identified states will be supported for various interventions for improving
  the quality of education
• Besides this project, it is also envisaged to implement a similar ADB funded
  project in 5 states namely Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and
  Assam
• All states will partner with one other state for sharing their experiences and
  best practice

Quality implementations from the project

• The STARS project seeks to support the states in developing, implementing,
  evaluating and improving interventions with direct linkages to improved
  education outcomes and school to work transition strategies for improved labor
  market outcomes
• The overall focus and components of the STARS project are aligned with the
  objectives of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 of Quality Based Learning
  Outcomes
• The project also aims to strengthen the Union Education ministry’s national
  data systems and strengthening of learning assessment systems
• At the State level, the project envisages: strengthening early childhood
  education and foundational learning, improving learning assessment systems,
  strengthening classroom instruction and remediation through teacher
  development and school leadership and strengthening vocational education
• The STARS project also aims to focus on initiatives of PM e-Vidya, Foundational
  Literacy and Numeracy Mission and National Curricular and Pedagogical
  Framework for Early Childhood Care and Education as part of the Atmanirbhar
  Bharat Abhiyan

Benefits for the students

• The project seeks to improve learning assessment systems and to strengthen
  the classroom instructionIt will further facilitate school-work transition to improve the labor market
• outcomes. The project would be helping students to prepare for future job
  by tackling the learning outcome challenges
• It will also be ensuring that no child is stay suspended from their right to
  education
• The project will also be helping the states in developing, implementing,
  evaluating & improving interventions to strengthen the governance and
  decentralize the management system

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