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Paray Shikshalaya is open room classroom. It is to be launched by the West Bengal Government. The Paray Shikshalaya is launched for the pre – primary and primary students.
Key Features
Under the scheme, elementary education will be provided to students of class 1 to class 5. The classes will be conducted on ground. The students will be encouraged to participate in extracurricular activities. Mid – day meals will be provided.
Need for the scheme
According to NITI Aayog, the dropout rate in primary level in 2010-11 was 6.61%. Also, after COVID, the number students coming to schools have decreased all over India. The rural areas of West Bengal have not yet received internet services. In this condition, the open room classroom is the best way to bring in the primary school children. It is inexpensive. The state government is already borrowing loans from World Bank and IMF to implement its scheme.
Education in West Bengal
The instructions are mainly provided in Bengali or English. In central Kolkata, Urudu is also used. The state is mainly famous for its higher education. The literary rate in the state has increased from 68.64% in 2001 to 77.08% in 2011. The female literacy rate is 70.54% and the male literacy rate is 81.69%. The top literate districts of the state are Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, Kolkata, Howrah and Hugli. The state follows 10+2+3 education patter. In order to comply with the new Education policy, 2020, the education pattern of the state may be change to 5+3+3+4.
Rajasthan government has reverted back to the Old Pension Scheme. In this context which of the following statements is/are incorrect?
1 only
2 only
Both
None
Rajasthan has become the first State to go back to Old Pension Scheme (OPS) for its government employees.
Till date, barring West Bengal, all States and Union Territories and the Cente have New Pension Scheme, better known as National Pension System (NPS).
Centre introduced NPS for all its new officials and employees, except those from armed forces, joining service on or after January 1, 2004.
New Pension Scheme (NPS) is known as contributory mechanism while OPS is called defined mechanism.
One of most important factors for switching to NPS was to cut down the cost of pension payout.
Under OPS, employees get pension under pre-determined formula which is half of last drawn salary. They also get the benefit in the revision of Dearness Relief (DR), twice a year.
However, the new mechanism is based on contributions where an employee deposits 10 percent of the basic pay plus dearness allowance.
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Which of the following states has reverted to the Old Pension Scheme after doing away with the National Pension System?
West Bengal
Rajasthan
Maharashtra
None of the above
This development has taken place at a time when key opposition parties had promised to revert to Old Pension Scheme in other states, if voted to power.
Rajasthan was first among States which adopted the system and later various States except West Bengal adopted the system.
According to the key officials, the employees associated with government services should feel secure about the future, only then they can make their invaluable contribution towards good governance during the service period.
Therefore, for all the employees appointed on or after January 1, 2004, the state government has proposed to implement the old pension scheme, on the occasion of presentation of State Budget for fiscal year 2022-23.
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