The five government programs that offer free education to everyone are briefly explained in this list.
Samagra Sikhsha: The Samagra Shiksha program is a comprehensive educational plan that covers all grade levels from preschool to XII. The program’s goal is to guarantee that every child has access to high-quality education in a fair and welcoming classroom setting that accommodates their varied backgrounds, language requirements, and academic skill levels while involving them as active learners.
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan: The Government of India’s comprehensive and integrated flagship initiative, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), aims to achieve Universal Elementary Education (UEE) by implementing a mission-based approach throughout the entire nation. This program, which was started in 2001–2002 in collaboration with state governments and local self-governments, intends to give all children aged 6–14 appropriate and valuable elementary education.
CBSC UDAAN PROGRAM: which was started by the CBSE with assistance from MHRD, offers free assistance to female students in grades 10 and 12 in order to help them get ready for the engineering entrance exam. Through virtual weekend contact sessions and study materials on pre-loaded tablets, students in Class XI and Class XII receive free offline and online tools to help them prepare for admission exams to the nation’s top engineering universities.
Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan: This program places a secondary school within a reasonable commute of every home in an effort to boost enrollment rates. By requiring all secondary schools to adhere to established standards, eliminating barriers related to gender, socioeconomic status, and disability, and granting universal access to secondary education, it also seeks to raise the standard of secondary education. By requiring all secondary schools to adhere to established standards, this program seeks to raise the standard of education provided at the secondary levels.
Scheme for Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas: In July 2004, the Indian government introduced the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) scheme, which aimed to establish upper-primary residential schools for girls primarily from Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC), and Minority Communities. This program offers the infrastructure and high-quality education that underprivileged girls between the ages of 10 and 18 who want to attend Classes VI through XII—those who belong to SC, ST, OBC, minority communities, and BPL families—need to make the transition from elementary to secondary school and, if feasible, class XII.