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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
                                                  SESSION 2020-21
                                                       CLASS-IX
                                ECONOMICS- Ch-2- PEOPLE AS RESOURCE
                                                   LESSON NOTES
                                                    SUB-TOPIC- 5
                                             Quality of Population  PART-2




                SarvaSiksha Abhiyan

                      SSA is an Indian Government Programme.
                      It is a significant step towards providing free and compulsory education to all
                        children in the age group of 6-14 years.
                      It is a time bound initiative.

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                The 12  Five Year Plan

                      The 12th plan attempted to raise the country's Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER)
                        in higher education in the age group of 18 to 23 years to 25.2% by 2017–18
                        and to reach
                        the target of 30% by 2020–21, which would be broadly in line with world
                        average.

                      The strategy focuses on increasing access, quality, adoption of state-specific
                        curriculummodification, vocationalisation and networking on the use of
                        information technology.

                      The plan also focuses on distance education, convergence of formal, non-
                        formal,distance and IT education.
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