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Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on School Education in the State, Government of Odisha School and Mass Education Department Report No.5 of 2025

Date on which Report Tabled:
Fri 25 Dec, 2009
Date of sending the report to Government
Sat 25 Oct, 2008
Government Type
State
Sector Education, Health & Family Welfare

Overview

<p>Article 21-A of the Constitution of India guarantees the Right to Education as a fundamental right. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, was enacted by the Parliament and is effective from April 2010. The Act entitles all children between the age of 6-14 years to free and compulsory admission and completion of elementary education. The Global Education Development Agenda, reflected in Goal 4 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by India in 2015, seeks to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all by 2030. The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Teacher Education (CSSTE) were the three major school education development programmes launched by the Government of India (GoI). In April 2018, the GoI introduced Samagra Shiksha Scheme&ampampnbspsubsuming all three schemes viz., SSA, RMSA and CSSTE. The Scheme envisions inclusive and equitable quality education from pre-school to Senior Secondary stages. It also aims at bridging social and gender gaps in school education by ensuring equity and inclusion at all levels of school education</p>

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