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Module 6: Secondary & Higher Education Missions - RMSA, RUSA & ASER Insights

📖 Chapter 10 of 10 🧩 Module 7 of 36 ⏱️ ~2 min read 💡 1 MCQs
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Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA):

  • Launched in 2009 to enhance access to secondary education of good quality for young adolescents aged 15–16 years (Classes IX and X).
  • Targets providing a secondary school within 5 kilometers of every habitation and a higher secondary school within 7 kilometers of every habitation, with universal retention by 2020.

Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA):

  • Launched in 2013 as a flagship Centrally Sponsored Scheme to provide strategic funding to eligible state higher educational institutions.
  • Aimed to improve the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of the country from 19 percent to 30 percent by 2020 through planned development, quality, and equity reforms.

Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) Findings by Pratham:

  • In Standard III, the percentage of students with satisfactory reading skills is lower in Bihar than the national average, while mathematical skills are nearly equal.
  • In Standard V, reading skills in Bihar match the national average, whereas mathematical skills of Bihar students are significantly higher than the all-India average.
⭐ Key Points
  • Launched in 2009 to enhance access to secondary education of good quality for young adolescents aged 15–16 years (Classes IX and X).
  • Targets providing a secondary school within 5 kilometers of every habitation and a higher secondary school within 7 kilometers of every habitation, with universal retention by 2020.
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  • Launched in ______ to enhance access to secondary education of good quality for young adolescents aged 15–16 years (Classes IX and X). — 2009
  • Targets providing a secondary school within ______ kilometers of every habitation and a higher secondary school within 7 kilometers of every habitation, with universal retention by 2020. — 5
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According to the goals of RMSA, a secondary school should be available within what distance of any habitation?

RMSA aims to provide a secondary school within 5 km and a higher secondary school within 7 km.
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Launched in ______ to enhance access to secondary education of good quality for young adolescents aged 15–16 years (Classes IX and X).

2009

Targets providing a secondary school within ______ kilometers of every habitation and a higher secondary school within 7 kilometers of every habitation, with universal retention by 2020.

5