Universalising of Access To Secondary Education

New Delhi, Mar 7 (UNI) Universalisation of access to and better quality of secondary education is on the cards, Parliament was told today.

A concept paper for implementing a scheme on universalisation of access to and improvement of quality of secondary education throughout the country has been prepared, Minister of State for Human Resource Development D Purandeswari said in the Lok Sabha in a written reply.

She said the idea was to give access to secondary schools within a reasonable distance of habitation, improve the secondary education quality and reduce disparity.

She said such centrally-sponsored schemes as Integrated Education for Disabled Children and Strengthening of Boarding and Hostel facilities for Girl Students of Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools were being implemented at present in secondary education sector.

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