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🔆 MERITE Scheme (2025–30)
📍 News
✅ Union Cabinet approved the Multidisciplinary Education and Research Improvement in Technical Education (MERITE) Scheme for 275 technical institutions (175 engineering + 100 polytechnics).
🔹 About the Scheme
✅ Objective → Improve quality, equity & governance in technical education (aligned with NEP 2020).
✅ Collaboration → With World Bank.
✅ Nodal Ministry → Ministry of Education.
✅ Type → Central Sector Scheme.
✅ Budget → ₹4,200 crore (2025–30)
• ₹2,100 crore external loan (World Bank).
🔹 Beneficiaries
✅ 275 Govt/Govt-aided institutions → NITs, State Engineering Institutes, Polytechnics, ATUs.
✅ State/UT technical education departments also supported.
✅ ~7.5 lakh students to benefit.
🔹 Key Benefits & Features
✅ Digitalisation strategies for States/UTs.
✅ Guidelines for multidisciplinary technical programs.
✅ Enhanced learning & employability skills.
✅ Better transition rates across student groups.
✅ Strengthened research & innovation ecosystem.
✅ Improved quality assurance, accreditation & governance.
✅ Labour market-aligned curriculum + blended courses.
✅ Development of future academic administrators, esp. women faculty.
✅ Possible Prelims MCQ
Q. With reference to the MERITE Scheme, consider the following statements:
1. It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme aimed at improving equity and governance in technical education.
2. It has been formulated in collaboration with the World Bank.
3. It will support both engineering institutions and polytechnics across India.
4. The scheme aligns with the recommendations of the National Education Policy 2020.
Options:
A. 1, 2 and 4 only
B. 2, 3 and 4 only
C. 1, 3 and 4 only
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: B (It is a Central Sector, not Centrally Sponsored scheme).
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