Question : RASHTRIYA MADHYAMIK SHIKSHA ABHIYAN

(a) the number of new schools required to be set up in the country to meet the objectives of the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA);

(b) the number of proposals received from the State Governments for implementation of the first phase of RMSA during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;

(c) the action taken by the Government on such proposals alongwith the present status thereof, State-wise;

(d) the time by which the pending proposals are likely to be cleared;

(e) whether the Government has reviewed the implementation of RMSA; and

(f) if so, the outcome thereof and the steps being taken to further improve the Abhiyan?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (Dr. D. PURANDESWARI)

(a) Under Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), the physical target for 11th Five Year Plan was to open about 11000 new secondary schools (Classes IX-X), against which opening of 9670 new secondary schools has been sanctioned. The Working Group on Secondary Education has estimated a requirement of about 20000 new schools for 12th Five Year Plan.

(b) to (d) All Annual Plan proposals received from the States/UTs during last three years i.e. from 2009-10 to 2011-12 were placed before the Project Approval Board (PAB) of the scheme for consideration and various interventions including opening of 9670 schools and strengthening of 34311 existing schools were approved for those proposals which complied with RMSA norms.

A statement indicating State-wise proposals received for opening of new secondary schools and approval thereto during last three years under RMSA is annexed.

(e) & (f) Implementation of RMSA is reviewed in the meetings of Project Approval Board and the State Education Secretaries. Recently, several Centrally Sponsored Schemes including RMSA were reviewed in the Conference of State Education Secretaries held in January 2012. Need for continuing of sharing pattern of 75:25 between Centre and States in the 12th Five Year Plan, enhancement of MMER, adoption of State Schedule of Rate and extending RMSA to Government aided schools etc. were identified commonly by States and are part of the recommendations of the Working Group on Secondary Education for 12th Five Year Plan.