PM SHRI Schools

PM SHRI School is a centrally sponsored scheme by the Government of India. This initiative is intended to develop more than 14500 PM SHRI Schools for Rising India in which every student feels welcomed and cared for, where a safe and stimulating learning environment exists, where a wide range of learning experiences are offered, and where good physical infrastructure and appropriate resources conducive to learning are available to all students.
More than 20 lakh students are expected to be the direct beneficiaries of the scheme. 730 KVs have been selected as PM SHRI Schools. The scheme is proposed to be implemented over a period of 5 years w.e.f. 2022-23 to 2026-27.

Vision Statement of PM SHRI Schools
PM SHRI schools shall set examples for the best in class in the country. The education in these schools will be such that it will nurture lifelong learners who carry the acumen and desire to learn, unlearn and relearn at all spectrums of life to become engaged, productive, and contributing citizens for building an equitable, inclusive, and plural society as envisaged by the National Education Policy 2020.

Mission Statement of PM SHRI Schools
PM SHRI schools aim to prepare more than 14,500 exemplar schools in which every student feels welcomed and cared for, where a safe and stimulating learning environment exists, where a wide range of learning experiences are offered, and where good physical infrastructure and appropriate resources conducive to learning are available to all students.

As we continue to build an education system for the future, it is critical that the school ecosystem is resilient in the face of an increasingly unpredictable, dynamic and non-linear world. The PM SHRI schools are being designed to achieve that. These schools will help showcase the implementation of the National Education Policy 2020 and emerge as exemplar schools. They will provide leadership in their respective regions in providing highquality education in an equitable, inclusive and joyful school environment that takes care of the diverse background, multilingual needs, and different academic abilities of children and makes them active participants in their learning process. Schools are incentivized to yield results and perform better through a funding mechanism that is tracked through quality parameters. A decentralised administration strategy will be followed to ensure the effective implementation of the scheme. A system of transparency and accountability will be created for the effective delivery of performance at school levels.

These schools will focus on not only enhancing cognitive development but also creating holistic and well-rounded individuals equipped with key 21st-century skills. The pedagogy adopted in these schools will be more experiential, holistic, integrated, play/toy-based (particularly in the foundational years), inquiry-driven, discovery-oriented, learner-centred, discussion-based, flexible, and enjoyable. The focus will be on the learning outcomes of every child in every grade. Assessment at all levels will be based on conceptual understanding and application of knowledge to real-life situations and will be competency-based.

The dignity of the school as an institution would be restored, and important dates, such as the school’s foundation day, will be celebrated along with the community and the list of important alumni may be displayed and honoured. Furthermore, the unutilized capacity of school infrastructure would be used to promote social, intellectual, and volunteer activities for the community and to promote social cohesion during non-teaching / schooling hours and may be used as a “Samajik Chetna Kendra”. Suitable facilitating systems shall be put in place to achieve universal participation in school by carefully tracking students, as well as their learning levels, to ensure that they are enrolled in and attending school and have suitable opportunities to catch up and re-enter school in case they have fallen behind or dropped out.