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Samagra Siksha in TN
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- The Union government till date has released over ₹10,443 crore to the State under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) scheme.
- The last instalment of funds that Tamil Nadu received from the Union government under the SSA was in the financial year 2023-24 — ₹1,871 crore.
- Since then, the Union government has withheld its share of ₹2,152 crore as Tamil Nadu refused to accept provisions of the National Education Policy, 2020.
- In 2018, the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan was renamed and merged into the SSA.
- For 2018-19, the Union government disbursed ₹1,474 crore to Tamil Nadu.
- In 2023-24, the State received ₹1,871 crore under the scheme — a 26% increase in five years.
- In March this year, Tamil Nadu government decided to bear the Centre’s share of ₹2,152 crore, which the Union government had withheld.
- The halt in funding was also due to the Tamil Nadu government’s reportedly refusing to implement the three-language formula stipulated under the NEP, and to sign a MoU pertaining to the establishment of PM-SHRI (PM Schools for Rising India).
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