The Sampark Smartshala English and Maths Programme under Samagra Shiksha Himachal was launched in Shimla by Chief Minister Sh. Jai Ram Thakur.

The major objective of this scheme is to ensure the provision of quality education as it will enhance the learning outcome of lakhs of students. The Sampark Smartshala Maths and English will be started in all 10,661 Government Primary Schools, which will benefit over 3.2 lakh students.

The government has taken a strategic approach to education with a combination of academic and administrative reforms and the focus now is on strengthening the existing institutions, instead of opening new ones.

Sh. Jai Ram Thakur thanked the Sampark Foundation for contributing Rs 25 crore to this project and stated that new learning and teaching aids would prove helpful in attracting students to learn new things and acquire knowledge.

Other Initiatives launched:

• The CM launched “Shiksha Saath Mobile App” for monitoring and evaluating the education system in the schools which would work offline as well.
• He also launched “e-Samwad mobile app” to create direct contact with the teachers and parents under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan. This would be made available to over 15,000 schools. The e-Samwad app would go a long way in creating direct communication with the teachers and parents. As per the Education Minister, over 6000 elementary teachers have been recruited during the last one-and-a-half years, which shows the commitment of the government to strengthen government schools.

Sampark Foundation is running Sampark Smartshala in 76,000 schools in six states and the foundation aims at training over 55,000 teachers on Sampark Smartshala Programme in 2019-20.

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