Q.1 What are the objectives of PRADHAN MANTRI UCHCHATAR SHIKSHA ABHIYAN (PM-USHA) ?
Ans:
- To improve the overall quality of existing state higher educational institutions (State HEIs).
- Implementation of recommendations of the NEP 2020 through funding support provided to State HEIs.
- Improving accreditation status of accredited institutions and getting accreditation of non-accredited institutions.
- Establish backward and forward linkages with school education on one hand and employment market, on the other hand.
- Developing infrastructure for ODL/Online/Digital mode of education in such States/UTs.
- Providing adequate opportunities for higher education to socially deprived communities.
- Focusing on low GER, Left Wing Extremism (LWE), border area districts, aspirational districts and districts with higher SC/ ST population,
- Enhancing employability through skilling and vocationalization.
- Focus on multidisciplinary education, including STEM, commerce and humanities fields of education
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| Extra Info : Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) was a Centrally Sponsored Scheme to fund States/UTs institutions, with the vision to attain higher levels of access, equity, and excellence in the State higher education system with greater efficiency, transparency, accountability, and responsiveness. The first phase of the scheme was launched in 2013 and the second phase was launched in 2018. Now, in the light of the National Education Policy, RUSA scheme has been launched as Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (PM-USHA ) |