New Delhi, July 28: The government on Thursday approved inclusion of more ministries in the governing council and executive committee of SSA as well as in the executive committee of RMSA respectively to ensure better convergence and coordination between these two programmes.
The Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) and the Rashtriya Madhyamik Siksha Abhiyan (RMSA) programmes aim to universalise elementary education and expanding and improving the standards of secondary education.
“The governing council of SSA will now comprise Ministries of Tribal Affairs, Rural Development, Minority Affairs, Panchayati Raj, Youth and Sports Affairs and Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER),” I&B Minister Ambika Soni told reporters after the Union Cabinet today approved reconstitutions.
The representation from these ministries will be at the level of Ministers of State.
Soni said the executive committee of SSA will comprise the Ministries of Women and Child Development, Social Justice and Empowerment, Tribal Affairs, Rural Development, Minority Affairs, Panchayati Raj, Youth Affairs and Sports and DoNER.
Representation from these ministries will be at the level of secretary.
The executive committee of RMSA, under the reconstitution exercise, will now comprise Ministries of Women and Child Development, Rural Development and DoNER.
—PTI