Education Plan for Development of Institutions

The XI Plan document approved by the National Development Council envisages setting up of the following new Institutions:-

• 30 new Central Universities (CUs) – 16 CUs one each in uncovered States and 14 CUs aiming at World –class Standards;

• Establishment of 370 new degree colleges in districts with Gross Enroment Ration less than the national level;

• Strengthening of 6000 colleges and 150 Universities not receiving UGC grant at present

• Setting up of Indira Gandhi National Tribal University with main campus at Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh

• 8 New IITs, 20 New IIITs and 10 New NITs

• 3 New IISERs at Mohali, Punjab; Tiruvanthapuram, Kerala, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

• 7 New IIMs including one IIM at Shillong, Meghalaya which has been established

• 2 New Schools of Planning and Architecture (SPAs) at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh and Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh

• Setting up of 1000 (300 in Government Sector, 300 in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode and 400 in Private Sector) new Polytechnics.

The Central Government has decided to implement during the XIth Plan a centrally sponsored scheme for Universalisation of access to and improvement of quality of education at secondary stage (SUCCESS) with the objective to make secondary education of good quality available, accessible and affordable to all young persons by providing a secondary school within five kilometres of every habitation. It is also proposed to set up six thousand good quality secondary schools at Block level, at the rate of one school in each Block, which will serve as benchmark of excellence for other schools in the area.

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) the Flagship program of the Ministry of Human Resource Development provides various measures including provision of free text books to ST children, recruitment of local teachers in Tribal areas, districts having predominantly ST population are categorised as Special Focus Districts for implementation of SSA. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs in the Central Government releases funds under Article 275(1) of the Indian Constitution to all State Governments, including the 9 Scheduled Area States for setting up 100 Eklavya Model Residential schools. In higher education, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University is specially targeted at the Schedule Tribe population as per the provisions of the Central Act in this regard.

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