Ministry/Department : Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development
Objective: To enhance access to secondary education and to improve its quality
Scheme:
- The scheme envisages to enhance the enrolment at secondary stage by providing a secondary school within a reasonable distance of any habitation, with an aim to ensure GER of 100% by 2017, i.e., by the end of 12th Five Year Plan and
- achieving universal retention by 2020.
- The scheme provides financial support for additional class rooms, labs, art rooms, toilet blocks, drinking water facilities, residential hostels, appointment of additional teachers, teacher’s training etc.
Framework:
- The scheme is being implemented by the State government societies established for implementation of the scheme.
- The central share is released to the implementing agency directly.
- The applicable State share is also released to the implementing agency by the respective State Governments.
Factual Information:
- Launched in 2009
- Targeted Teacher : Student ratio = 1:30