Union Minister for Education, Dharmendra Pradhan, led a consultation meeting with stakeholders on Samagra Shiksha 3.0, titled ‘Reimagining Samagra Shiksha’, at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan, Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra,
New Delhi, on Friday.
Samagra Shiksha is a centrally funded programme for school education that takes a comprehensive approach, covering all stages from pre-primary to senior secondary levels without dividing them into separate parts.
The meeting aimed to develop a strategic, consultative, and actionable roadmap for Samagra Shiksha 3.0 through collaborative discussions with States, UTs, and sectoral stakeholders. It focused on addressing emerging challenges, sharing best practices, and identifying key interventions to improve governance, infrastructure, teacher training, and student entitlements in the scheme’s next phase.
Speaking at the event, Pradhan mentioned that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has envisioned a Viksit Bharat by 2047, which can be achieved only if every child in India has access to quality education and the country attains 100 per cent enrolment up to Class 12. He highlighted the importance of bridging learning gaps, reducing dropouts, improving learning and nutrition outcomes, enhancing teacher capacity, fostering critical skills, and moving the ‘Amrit Peedhi’ beyond the Macaulay mindset as collective responsibilities to build strong human capital.
“I appeal to all the academic experts, senior officials from sectoral Ministries, Education Ministry Of India and participating States/UTs, to create a holistic annual plan for the academic year 2026-2027. This should become a national movement,” he said.
Together with Shri @jayantrld ji co-chaired the Consultation Meeting for re-imagining Samagra Shiksha.
Appreciate the enthusiastic participation and valuable suggestions of academic experts, senior officials of sectoral Ministries, @EduMinOfIndia and from the 11 participating… pic.twitter.com/E0CMSE3ijK
— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) January 9, 2026
The Education Minister stated that the collaborative discussions and innovative ideas presented at the forum would contribute to creating a clear plan for enhancing the school education system. This plan aims to reimagine Samagra Shiksha, making it outcome-focused, globally competitive, rooted in Indian values, and adaptable to the diverse needs of students.
Pradhan also praised the active participation and valuable contributions from academic experts, senior officials from various Ministries, and representatives from the 11 participating States and Union Territories.
