The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today
approved revision of the existing norms of the SSA
programme to conform with the RTE Act (Right of Children
to Free and Compulsory Education Act).
The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) Programme, a major
flagship programme of the Government of India to
universalize elementary education in the country, will
be the main vehicle for the implementation of the RTE
Act.
The revisions are as follows:
(i) Revision of SSA norms, including provisions for
teachers and classrooms, support for academic
supervision, research, evaluation and monitoring,
opening of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) to
bring them in conformity with the provisions of the RTE
Act and implement the combined RTE-SSA programme. New
norms under SSA for uniforms, transportation costs and
residential schools to implement the combined RTE-SSA
programme have also been included.
(ii) Revision of the funding pattern for the combined
RTE-SSA programme between the Centre and the States in
the ratio of 65:35 for all States/ UTs; in the case of
eight States of NER the existing sharing pattern of
90:10 would however be continue.
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