nagpur the union cabinet chaired by prime minister narendra modi has approved implementation of the strengthening teachinglearning and results for states stars project with a total project cost of over rs5700 crore of this amount the world bank will fund approximately rs3700 crorestars project would be implemented as a new centrally sponsored scheme under department of school education and literacy ministry of education moe the project covers six states namely himachal pradesh rajasthan maharashtra madhya pradesh kerala and odisha the identified states will be supported for various interventions for improving the quality of education besides this project it is also envisaged to implement a similar adbfunded project in five states namely gujarat tamil nadu uttarakhand jharkhand and assam all states will partner with one other state for sharing their experiences and best practicesthe stars project seeks to support the states in developing implementing evaluating and improving interventions with direct linkages to improved education outcomes and school to work transition strategies for improved labour market outcomes the overall focus and components of the stars project are aligned with the objectives of national education policy nep2020 of quality based learning outcomesthe project envisions improving the overall monitoring and measurement activities in the indian school education system through interventions in selected states the project shifts focus from the provision of inputs and maintaining of outputs to actual outcomes by linking the receipt and disbursement of funds to these outcomes