TN bats for RMSA scheme in high schools

As per RMSA, for providing a secondary school within a radius of 5 km, the habitations would be mapped with the use of School Geographical Information System (GIS) to identify un-served habitations, sources from School Education Department said.

These un-served habitations would be provided access by means of upgrading middle schools into high schools. 

The scheme also ensures appointment of more teachers and increase in enrolment. 

“More than 800 middle schools were upgraded in the last five years. Similarly, about 400 high schools were up-graded into higher secondary school during the same period,” a senior official from Education Department pointed out.

According to him, the state government has also created 3,618 postgraduate posts to cater to the educational needs of the 402 newly upgraded higher secondary schools. 

He said at the secondary level, the enrolment has increased from 21,84,077 in the base year 2009-10 to about 23 lakh in the year 2017-18.