QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN SECONDARY EDUCATION THROUGH RMSA

Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) scheme was launched in March, 2009 with the objective to enhance access to secondary education and improve its quality. The schemes envisages inter alia, to enhance the inrollment at secondary stage by of providing a secondary school with a reasonable distance of habitation, with an aim to ensure GER of 100% by 2017 and universal retention by 2020. The other objectives include improving quality of education imparted at secondary level through making all secondary schools conform to prescribed norms, removing gender, socio-economic and disability barriers, etc. Important physical facilities are provided which include, (i) Additional class rooms, (ii)Laboratories, (iii) Libraries, (iv) Art and crafts room, (v) Toilet blocks, (vi) drinking water provisions, (vii) Electricity / telephone/internet connectivity and (viii) Disabled friendly provisions. Improvement in quality through, (i) Appointment of additional teachers to improve PTR (ii) Inservice training of teachers, (iii) ICT enabled education, (iv) Curriculum reforms and (v) Teaching learning reforms.