Government Launches Program To Transform Education, Health Sectors

Indian government has launched a new program - SATH (Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital), on Saturday (10 June), to trigger a transformation in the education and health sectors.

In an official statement, NITI Aayog informed that it will work collaboratively with state machinery to prepare a blueprint of the program and achieve the objectives.

The program will focus on the concerns of technical support from various states to NITI Aayog.

McKinsey & Company and IPE Global consortium will help NITI Aayog in the implementation of the program. The selections of companies were made through a bidding process.

NITI Aayog has designed a three-stage model for the program which includes ‘expression of interest, presentations by the states and assessment of commitment to health sector reforms’.

NITI Aayog has invited all states and union territories to participate in the program to which 16 states have responded so far. The program will be launched in the three selected states after signing of memorandum of understanding.

The program will monitor metrics such as incidence of malaria, density of doctors and nurses and compliance to IPHS norms to determine likelihood of success.

India has abysmally low expenditure on the health sector.