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Expansion of Secondary Education

Expansion of Secondary Education. To make secondary education of good quality available, accessible and affordable. 1. To make all secondary schools conform to common national parameters keeping in mind the norms of Kendriya Vidyalaya Availability and access to every child

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Expansion of Secondary Education

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  1. Expansion of Secondary Education To make secondary education of good quality available, accessible and affordable 1

  2. To make all secondary schools conform to common national parameters keeping in mind the norms of Kendriya Vidyalaya Availability and accessto every child Within 5 Kms for Secondary schools Within 7 to 10 Kms for Higher Secondary schools Equity through removal of gender, socio-economic geographical and disability barriers To ensure education of good quality for all students Expansion of Secondary Education: Objectives 2

  3. Expansion of Secondary Education: General Strategies • Upgrade existing schools to achieve prescribed norms • Expand capacity of existing schools • Open new schools (mostly by upgradation) in areas with gaps • Encourage good quality private schools • Expand facilities for open and distance learning • Step up allocation to secondary education from 0.9% of GDP to 1.5% of GDP.

  4. Expansion of Secondary Education: Components • Physical infrastructure - Class-rooms, Playground, Library,Science Lab, Computer lab, Toilet, Drinking water,electricity,telephone) • Teachers • Recruitment • Deployment • Training • Teaching aids • ICT – aided education • Incentive to girls and weaker section • School Governance • Curricular and Examination Reforms • Monitoring and supervision

  5. Model Schools Prime Minister’s Independence Day, 2007 Announcement Government to invest in setting up good quality schools across the country 6000 new high quality schools One school per block To set standards of excellence for other schools in the area and act as pace- setters. 5

  6. Model Schools • Proposed Strategy for Model Schools • 500 KVs • 500 NVs • 2500 KV-template schools in EBBs to be run by State Governments • 2500 PPP model in remaining blocks

  7. ICT in Schools • Each secondary and higher secondary school to have a computer lab with at least 10 PCs • Internet/ Broadband connectivity • ICT literacy for all students • Development and use of e-content • ICT-aided teaching and learning • Capacity building of all teachers to use ICT in teaching • ICT-related elective subjects at +2 level

  8. Inclusive Education for Disabled • Mainstreaming of disabled in all schools • Inclusive education for all • Special teachers for inclusive education • All teachers to be trained in inclusive education • Assistive devices and incentives/ facilities for the disabled

  9. Girls’ Hostel Scheme • Proposal for construction and maintenance of one girls’ hostel of capacity 100 in each EBB. • Location at KGBVs/ Govt. school • Assistance towards recurring cost to reputed NGOs to run girls’ hostels in backward areas.

  10. National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship • Announced by Finance Minister in Budget Speech on 28.02.2007 to arrest dropout rate and encourage continuance beyond class VIII. • 100,000 scholarships of Rs. 6000/- per annum/per student to be awarded each year from class IX to class XII.

  11. Eleventh Plan Allocation for Secondary Education

  12. Issues raised by Hon’ble Members of the Consultative Committee on 20.12.2007 • Special efforts may be made to reduce the drop-out. • There should be one agreed syllabus on moral extension and yoga. • In service training for teaching staff • Hostel facilities for girls to reduce the drop out.

  13. Issues raised by Hon’ble Members of the Consultative Committee on 20.12.2007 ( contd) 5 Stop teaching process for some period and brain storm to develop the education system for our Country 6 Develop the Public Private Partnership model of schools 7 Infrastructure at primary, secondary and senior secondary level should be improved in Government schools .

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