The Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan has emerged from the amalgamation of which of the following schemes?
- (a)Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and National Skill Development Mission (NSDM)
- (b)Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Literacy Mission (PMGDL-M)
- (c)Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE)
- (d)Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Abhiyan and Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana
Correct — C. Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (launched 2018) is an integrated scheme for school education, from pre-school to senior secondary, created by merging three earlier centrally sponsored schemes: Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA, elementary education), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA, secondary education) and the Teacher Education (TE) scheme.
- (a)Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and National Skill Development Mission (NSDM) — Only SSA is genuinely one of the merged schemes; the National Skill Development Mission is a separate skilling initiative, not a school-education scheme folded into Samagra Shiksha.
- (b)Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Literacy Mission (PMGDL-M) — Only RMSA is genuinely one of the merged schemes; the rural digital literacy mission is an unrelated IT-literacy programme, not part of the merger.
- (d)Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Abhiyan and Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana — Both are girl-child welfare/savings schemes with no role in the school-education scheme merger that created Samagra Shiksha.
Before 2018, India's school education was funded through separate, stage-wise centrally sponsored schemes — elementary, secondary, and teacher training were each run independently. Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan collapsed this stage-wise silo into one integrated programme spanning pre-school to Class 12, so that funding, planning, and monitoring could follow a school (and a child) continuously across stages instead of switching schemes at each transition.
MPPSC/UPSC like testing 'which schemes merged into X' questions because the distractors can mix in a real scheme name with a plausible-but-wrong partner — spotting the correct trio (SSA + RMSA + TE) rather than any single correct name is the actual skill being tested.
- Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (2018) integrates three earlier schemes: SSA, RMSA and Teacher Education (TE).
- Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA, 2001) targeted universal elementary education (classes 1-8).
- Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA, 2009) targeted universal secondary education (classes 9-12).
- The Teacher Education (TE) scheme funded institutions that train and upgrade teachers (e.g., DIETs, CTEs).
SSA (elementary) + RMSA (secondary) + Teacher Education merged in 2018 into one integrated school-education scheme.
- Assuming Samagra Shiksha merged only two schemes rather than three (SSA + RMSA + TE)
- Confusing genuinely-merged education schemes with unrelated welfare/skilling schemes used as distractors (NSDM, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, digital-literacy missions)
MPPSC/UPSC test which schemes were merged into Samagra Shiksha with distractors that swap in one real merged-scheme name alongside one unrelated but plausible-sounding scheme.
Consider the following statements: 1. Free and compulsory education to the children of 6-14 years age group by the State was made a Fundamental Right by the 76th Amendment to the Constitution of India. 2. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan seeks to provide computer education even in rural areas. 3. Education was included in the Concurrent List by the 42nd Amendment, 1976 to the Constitution of India. Which of the statements given above are correct?
- (a) 1, 2 and 3
- (b) 1 and 2, only
- (c) 2 and 3, only
- (d) 1 and 3, only
Answer(c) 2 and 3, only
Tests Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan directly — one of the three schemes (SSA + RMSA + TE) that merged into Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan in this question.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan, launched in 2018, provides an integrated framework of school education spanning which levels?
- (a)Pre-school to senior secondary
- (b)Only elementary (classes 1-8)
- (c)Only secondary (classes 9-12)
- (d)Only higher education
Answer(a) Pre-school to senior secondary.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Which of the following centrally sponsored school-education schemes was NOT merged into the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan and continues to operate separately (now renamed PM POSHAN)?
- (a)Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
- (b)Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan
- (c)Teacher Education scheme
- (d)Mid-Day Meal Scheme
Answer(d) The Mid-Day Meal Scheme, now renamed PM POSHAN, stayed outside the Samagra Shiksha merger.