*Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Punjabi University, Patiala, India
**Research Scholar, Department of Public Administration, Punjabi University, Patiala, India. Email id: pooja.thakur201@gmail.com
The purpose of this article is to present the effective steps taken by the Central Government for the development of school education. Various policy initiatives have been taken by the Government of India for all-round development of the country so that equal educational opportunities are available to all sections of the country which contributes to the development of the country. For this purpose, programs like Mid-Day Meal Scheme, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Right to Education Act, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan have been set up by the Central Government. It is hoped that these measures will bring desired results in the advancement of literacy levels in India. In the process of economic growth, it is essential to attach more importance to the development of human resource. It is the lack of investment in Human Resource which is responsible for slow growth in many economies. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 poses major challenges for improving the quality of teachers and for expanding institutional capacity in States to prepare professionally trained persons for becoming school teachers. Empowerment through education, which is one of the objectives of this scheme, has the potential to lead to upliftment of the socio economic conditions of the minority communities.
School Education, Policy and Programmes, India
