Highlights of the Scheme
- The implementation of the scheme started from 2009-10.
- It is envisaged to achieve an enrolment rate of 75% from 52.26% in 2005-06 at secondary stage of implementation of the scheme by providing a secondary school within a reasonable distance of any habitation.
- improving quality of education imparted at secondary level through making all secondary schools conform to prescribed norms, removing gender, socio-economic and disability barriers, providing universal access to secondary level education by 2017, i.e., by the end of 12th Five Year Plan and achieving universal retention by 2020.
How it is implemented ?
- Physical facilities:
- Additional class rooms,
- Laboratories,
- Libraries,
- Art and crafts room,
- Toilet blocks,
- Drinking water provisions and
- Residential Hostels for Teachers in remote areas.etc.
- Quality Interventions :
- Appointment of additional teachers to reduce PTR to 30:1,
- Focus on Science, Math and English education,
- In-service training of teachers,
- Science laboratories,
- ICT enabled education,
- Curriculum reforms; and
- Teaching learning reforms.
- Equity Interventions :
- Special focus in micro planning
- Preference to ashram schools for upgradation
- Preference to areas with concentration of SC/ST/Minority for opening of schools
- Special enrolment drive for the weaker section
- More female teachers in schools;
- Separate toilet blocks for girls.
Funding Pattern
- 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.
- School Education Department of any State Government/Union Territory (UT).
Agencies involved
- State government societies, Educational establishments.
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