Madhya Pradesh Merges 35,000 Schools For Better Learning Outcomes: NITI Aayog Report | Read

The NITI Aayog's report on Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital in Education (SATH-E) recommends the consolidation of small, sub-scale, and low-enrollment schools in the country to enhance learning outcomes. The SATH-Education project was implemented in Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha, demonstrating the potential and challenges of decisive actions to improve education quality. As part of the initiative, in Madhya Pradesh, 35 thousand schools were merged into 16 thousand same-campus schools, with 55 per cent of merged schools now having a principal, compared to 20 per cent earlier.