RASHTRIYA MADHYAMIK

SHIKSHA ABHIYAN
(RMSA)
INTRODUCTION

National Mission for

Secondary Education
Launched in 2009 in India by
MHRD of Govt of India
with PM Manmohan Singh.
INTRODUCTION

RMSA is centrally sponsored scheme of the Ministry of Human

Resource Development, Govt of India, for development of secondary
education. It was launched with the objective to enhance access to
secondary education and to improve its quality. Its main objective was to
enhance the enrollment rate from 52.26% (2005-06)to 75% within 5 years
(2009-14). It aimed to provide universal education for all children between
15-16 years age .
 OBJECTIVES

• To improve quality of education

imparted at secondary level.

• To remove Socio-economic, gender and

disability barriers.

• Universal access to secondary

education by 2017 i.e., by the end of
12th five year plan.

• To achieve universal retention by 2020.

ACTIVITIES TAKEN
UP UNDER RMSA

Construction of Additional
Classrooms for quality improvement
in the school infrastructure and school
buildings are strengthened

Laboratory construction of
integrated Science Laboratory of
Physics, Chemistry, Biology and
Mathematics for quality learning
Laboratory Equipment providing laboratory
equipment for the newly constructed
laboratories. Providing grant for existing
laboratories for the purchase of additional
equipment

Supply of Furniture and Equipment furniture

of Headmaster room, Office room, Computer
room, Art/Craft, & Library
Separate Toilet blocks for boys and girls &
drinking water facility for all secondary schools

Annual grants for Schools: Rs. 50,000 annual

grant is given to all schools for the purchase of
teaching Learning Material, Games equipment,
Music, Drawing, Art education material and
maintenance
1. It is decided to inaugurate additional class rooms in
1000 Secondary School
2. In the year 2010-11 additional class rooms to 487
Secondary Schools were sanctioned preparatary
activities for construction are under progress
3. In-service Teacher Training: Total of 49,836 teachers
were trained for 5 days in a residential mode during
the summer vacation of 2009-10 in the school
subjects.
4. Minor Repair grants: Every secondary school having own building
will be given Rs. 25,000 annually for Minor repairs of the School

5. Major Repair grants for Schools: Annual Grants for major repairs

to the class rooms having own building will be given Rs.2.00 Lakhs
maximum for having two sections and Rs.4.00 Lakhs maximum for
having 4 sections
6. maintenance grants: For the purchase of laboratory equipment
maintenance Rs. 25,000 will be provided.
7. Library, News Paper grants:For every secondary school library
books worth Rs.1.00 Lakh would be provided. Rs. 10,000 for every
school for the purchase of magazines, news papers and purchase of
new books to the library will be provided annually.
Important Quality Interventions:
 To reduce pupil teacher ration to 30:1 by
appointing of additional teachers.

 In service teachers training.

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 Science Laboratories.

 Focus on Science, Math, and English education.

 ICT enabled education.

 Curriculum reforms

 Teaching learning reforms.

Equity interventions
 Special focus in micro planning.

 Separate toilet blocks for girls.

 Special enrolment drive for the weaker sections.

 Upgradation of Ashram schools.

 Opening new schools in SC/ST/Minority high

concentrated areas.

 More female teachers.

 Major Heads of the RMSA

1.There are 4 major heads or chief-in-charge of

the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan.

 Quality improvement. In schools, there was a promotion

of environmental education and science laboratories. In
addition, RMSA looks into the promotion of central
sponsorship schemes of the population education
project, international mathematics and science Olympiads.
The state governments also provide in-service training for the
teachers, infrastructure and research inputs.
1. Access and equity. RMSA does not only
emphasize on providing secondary education for
the special focus groups but also gives importance
on removing the existing disparities in
socio-economic and gender background in
the secondary level of education.
2. By special groups, we mean scheduled tribe and
scheduled caste groups, minority girls and CWSN
children. They are also termed as the vulnerable/
disadvantaged group. Moreover, certain
strategies were implemented to provide free
access to secondary education
1. Information communication
technologies (ICT). Due to a rise in IT
demand in, importance is given on ITC.
Components of a merged scheme ICT in
school include funding support towards
computer education plans; strengthening
and reorientation of the staffs s; digitization
using audio and video cassettes with the
partnership of NGOs; and management of
Internet-based education.
1. Integrated education for disabled
children (IEDC): It includes several
components for convergence with integrated
child development services for early
interventions, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)
for the particular group at the elementary
level, and special schools.
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1. The Ministry of Human Resource Development
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governments.State government then release the
funds to the approved implementing agencies or
institutions.
During 11th five year plan the central government
provided 75% of total fund for each state, while
25% was borne by state government. Funding
patterns for North Eastern States like Sikkim,
Jammu and Kashmir was 90:10