New Delhi (NVI): The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today approved the World Bank supported Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States (STARS) project to strengthen school education.
With this approval, the STARS project under the New Education Policy (NEP), will support the states for improving education outcomes in six states of the nation in near future.
The total cost of the project supported by the World Bank is Rs 5,718 crore.
The project would be implemented as a new centrally sponsored scheme under the Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education.
The states to be benefitted from this new project include Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, and Odisha.
Addressing a press conference, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said, “The Modi government has started implementing the NEP-2020 and as part of the process it has approved the Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States (STARS) project.”
The project will help the states in developing, implementing, evaluating & improving interventions with direct linkages to improved education outcomes and school to work transition strategies for improved labor market outcomes.
Along with this, the Cabinet today has also approved a special package worth Rs. 520 crore under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission for Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh and has also demerged Nagarnar Steel Plant from National Minerals Development Corporation Ltd.
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