Overview of the Programme
In Sync with the national level vision, the state’s vision for secondary education is to make good quality education available, accessible and affordable to all young person in the age group of 14-18 years in the state. The following are to be achieved to realize this vison.
Goal and Objectives
The State specific goal and objective with respect to secondary education in Sikkim correspond identically to those at the national level. The Goal is universalization of secondary education by 2020. While achieving the goal of universalization, secondary education requires not only a quantitative expansion but also qualitative expansion but also qualitative improvement. The guiding principles must be: Universal access, equality and social justice, relevance and development, and curricular and structural aspect. The Goal must be translated into following objective.
Implementation mechanism of the scheme:
MHRD is the nodal central government ministry to coordinate RMSA with the help of RMSA State Implementation Societies (SIS) in each state. However, there are a lot of support arrangements and institutions available for better implementation of RMSA. A National Resource Group (NRG) provides guidance for bringing about reforms in teaching learning processes, curriculum, teaching learning material, ICT education and mechanisms of monitoring and evaluation. The Technical Support Group (TSG) supported by MHRD, is a constituent of the NRG and has a direct reporting relationship with the ministry. TSG provides technical and operational support and expertise to national and state level teams.
Besides this, various sub-committees like Curriculum Reform Subcommittee, Teacher and Teacher Development Subcommittee, ICT Subcommittee and Planning and Management Subcommittee have been constituted under NRG. These subcommittees comprise members from the TSG and meet thrice a year to apprise themselves of the progress made on mutually set goals and commitments. In addition, NCERT and NUEPA support through dedicated RMSA units. RMSA-TCA has also been set-up for capacity building support with the assistance of DFID. In terms of financial inputs, the central share is released to the implementing agencies directly, whereas the applicable state share is also released to the agencies by the respective State Governments.