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 managed by Central Government/State/UT Government/local bodies including KVS and NVS 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.
It will nurture students in a way that they become engaged, productive, and contributing citizens for building an equitable, inclusive, and plural society as envisaged by the National Education Policy 2020.
PM SHRI schools are envisioned to provide leadership in their respective regions in providing high-quality 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.
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.
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.
Benchmarks to be manifested in a PM SHRI School:
a) Showcase of NEP 2020 in school practices
b) Student registry– for tracking enrolment and learning progress
c) Exposure to 21st century skills
d) Sports, Arts and ICT facilities for every child
e) Sustainable and Green School
f) Every school linked to the local entrepreneurial ecosystem