A SEMINAR ON

RASHTRIYA UCHCHATAR SIKSHA ABHIYAN (RUSA)

SCHOLAR
PRADEEP KUMAR BARAL
M.PHIL (EDUCATION)
ROLL NO-04

RADHANATH INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES EDUCATION

CUTTACK
2019
INTRODUCTION
 RUSA is a holistic scheme of development for Higher Education
in India.
 It was initiated in Oct.3, 2013 by the Ministry of Human
Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India.
 It aims at providing strategic funding to Higher Education
institutions. To increase the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) from
18% to 30%. In 2016-17 it was 25.2%.
 The total cost of RUSA will cover 12th (2012-17) and 13th
(2017-22) Five Year Plan period will be 98,134 Cr rupees.
 Cabinet approves Centrally Sponsored Scheme of RUSA-
NHEM from 01.04.2017 to 30.3.2020.
 It creates more universities, institutions for professional
development.
OBJECTIVES OF RUSA
 To improve the overall quality of existing state institutions by
prescribed norms and standards.
 To adopt accreditation as a mandatory for quality assurance
framework.
 To ensure adequate availability of quality faculty in all higher
educational institutions.
 To ensure examination and academic reforms in higher
education,
 To promote autonomy in state universities and improve
governance in institutions.
 To improve equity in higher education by providing adequate
opportunities to SC,ST,SEBC: women,minority and differently
abled persons.
COMPONENTS OF RUSA
 Upgradation of existing autonomous colleges to universities.
 Upgradation of existing colleges to model degree colleges.
 Conversion of colleges into cluster universities.
 Infrastructure grants to universities.
 Establishing new professional colleges.
 Research, innovation and quality improvement.
 Vocationalisation of higher education.
 Equity initiatives.
 Leadership development of educational administrators.
 Faculty recruitment system.
 Institutional restructuring and reforms.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
 Focus on Quality and Research.
 Norm-based and Outcome- dependent Funding.
 Incentivizing and Dis-incentivizing.
 Apolitical Decision Making.
 Autonomy.
 Disclosure- based Governance.
 Equity- based Development.
IMPACTS AND TARGETS
 RUSA seeks to increase the GER of the country to 30% by
2020.
 It also seeks to increase the spending on Higher Education by
the state govt.
 The scheme, in its 2nd phase
• Infrastructural facilities60 model degree colleges, 8 professional
colleges, 70 autonomous colleges and 60 universities.
• Enhancing quality and excellence in 10 selected State
Universities.
 To identify and fill up the existing gaps in Higher Education.
 Promote a spirit of healthy competition amongst states and
institutions to excel in quality of Higher Education in India.
CHANGES AFTER RUSA’S IMPLEMENTATION
 When RUSA began the GER was 19.4%, faculty vacancies was
60% and a large number of universities were suffered with
teacher student ratio of 1:24.
 At present GER is 25.2%, faculty vacancies was reduced to
35% and teacher student ratio was 1:20.
 An independent performance reviewed of the scheme was
done by IIT, Bombay in 2017.
 Several universities in- Karnataka, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
and Bihar have been made critical reforms by the government.
 Merit based appointment of Vice-Chancellors in Odisha, Goa,
Jammu and Kashmir and Tamil Nadu are visible.
 By this scheme, improvement had seen in number of
institutions and their scores.