Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abiyan (RUSA)

Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha AbhiyanPREPARED BY:

HAFSAH JANB.SC. B.ED. M.A M.ED.JRF/NET

Ph.D Scholar

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Higher education should be based on quality, not quantity, receive merit-based funding, and be free of unnecessary bureaucracy. Not the least of the benefits of educational reform is to foster the pride of achievement at national and international levels.

AHMED ZEWALL

Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)

Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)

National Higher Education Mission

It is a holistic scheme of development for higher education in India initiated in 2013 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development Government Of India.

This scheme aims at providing strategic funding to higher educational institutions. To increase the Gross Enrolment Ratio(GER) from 18% to 30%.

The central Ministry of Human Recource Development directly to state and UT governments. The amount of funding from central government will be 65% of total grants, & 35% will be contributed by the state/UT. From north Eastern states like Jammu and Kashmir, Sikkim, Uttarakhand the matching share is waived to 10%.

Objectives1. To improve the overall quality of existing state institutions by

ensuring all conform to prescribed norms and standards.2. To adopt accreditation as a mandatory for quality assurance

framework.3. To ensure adequate availability of quality faculty in all higher

educational institutions.4. To ensure capacity building at all levels of employment.5. To convert some universities into research universities at par

with world’s best.

6. To ensure examination and academic reforms in the higher educations.

7. To creat facilitating institutional structure for planning and monitoring at state level.

8. To promote autonomy in state universities and improve governance in institutions.

9. To create atmosphere in the higher educational institutions to devote themselves to research & innovations.

10. To achieve enrolment tragets, additional capacity in existing institutions and establishing new institutions to be created.

11. To create opportunities for undertaking reforms in the affiliation system.

12. To create opportunities for students to get access to better quality institutions.

13. To set up new institutions in unserved and underserved areas.

14. To promote inclusion of women, minorities, and differently abled persons.

15. To improve equity in higher education by providing adequate opportunities to SC/ST/OBC

Autonomy to Universities

It is a flagship scheme of government that pave the way for reforms at state level. It provides greater autonomy to universities and colleges and sharpen focus on equity-based development, improvement in quality of teaching and research.

Performance related funding

RUSA is completely new approach towards funding higher education in state universities; it is based on key principles• performance-based funding,• incentivizing well performing institutions,• decision making through clearly defined norms

Institutional HierarchyRUSA is implemented and monitored through an institutional structure comprising• National mission authority,• Project approval board,• National project directorate at the center,• State higher education council and• State project directorate at the state level

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Ensuring Quality higher education is one of the most important things we can do for future generations.

RON LEWIS

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