Scheme for Providing Education to Madrasas/Minorities (SPEMM)

Why in News?

• The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment has recently enquired with the Union Government for the delay in approving the continuation of the Scheme for Providing Education to Madrasas/Minorities (SPEMM).

Highlights

• The Department of School Education and Literacy under the Ministry of Education
• To provide financial assistance to traditional institutions to encourage them to introduce Science, Mathematics, Social Studies, Hindi and English in their curriculum to attain proficiency.
• To strengthen State Madrasa Boards opting for assistance by enabling them to monitor the Madrasa modernization programme.
• To provide quality components in Madrasas such as remedial teaching, assessment and enhancement of learning outcomes, Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan etc.
• To encourage educational facilities for girls, children with special needs and those who are most deprived educationally amongst the minorities
•  It seeks to bring about qualitative improvement in Madrasas to enable Muslim children attain standards of the National education system in formal education subjects.