Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Scheme | 02 Dec 2020
Why in News
A review meeting regarding the progress of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Scheme (UBA) was held via videoconferencing.
Key Points
- Highlights of the Meeting: The Union Education Minister emphasised on the following:
- Identify three to five core issues common amongst all the villages and few issues based on local conditions and work on these.
- Efforts should be made to maximise the number of Higher Educational Institutions under the scheme in order to benefit more villages.
- UBA should be used in sensitizing the school teachers regarding National Education Policy, 2020.
- Need for a portal was highlighted which will serve as an interactive platform for different institutions wherein they can share success stories and motivate each other.
- Carry out a state-wise study and set targets regarding the parameters under UBA such as improvement in literacy, healthcare etc.
- Unnat Bharat Abhiyan:
- It is a flagship program of the Ministry of Education. It was launched in 2014.
- It aims to link the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) with a set of at least (5) villages, so that these institutions can contribute to the economic and social betterment of these village communities using their knowledge base.
- It covers two major domains for holistic development of villages – human development and material (economic) development - in an integrated way.
- The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT, Delhi) has been designated as the National Coordinating Institute (NCI) for the UBA scheme.
- Main Objectives:
- To engage the faculty and students of HEIs in identifying development issues in rural areas and finding sustainable solutions for the same.
- Identify & select existing innovative technologies, enable customisation of technologies, or devise implementation methods for innovative solutions, as required by the people.
- To allow HEIs to contribute to devising systems for smooth implementation of various Government programmes.
- Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0:
- It is the upgraded version of UBA 1.0. It was launched in 2018.
- UBA 1.0 or UBA Phase-1 was the Invitation Mode in which Participating Institutions were invited to be a part of UBA.
- Whereas UBA 2.0 is the Challenge Mode of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan programme where all HEIs are required to willingly adopt at least 5 villages. Currently, UBA 2.0 Mode is going on.
- It is the upgraded version of UBA 1.0. It was launched in 2018.
