Selection of issues discriminating high and low level of perception among educational managers about rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)

After thriving execution of District primary Education Programme (1997-2002) at the primary level and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (2002-till now) at the elementary level, a demand had been generated at the secondary level. The overall infrastructures at the secondary level of the schools were not too healthy to cope up with burden of extra student load. Under these backdrops, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) has been launched since 2010 as a comprehensive and integrated flagship programme throughout the country. The present study has been conducted in Kolkata, a highly dense population as well as highest literate district and Uttar Dinajpur, in-proximity to the lowest literate district of the state of West Bengal. To depict the perception about Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan among the educational administrators in term of 19 variables, viz., Age (X1), Educational qualifications (X2), professional experiences (X3), Designation (X4), family size (X5), school going children in family (X6), children of class IX and X in family (X7), necessity of private tuition (X8), reasons behind tuition (X9), additional boost up by RMSA (X10), drawback of present secondary education system (X11), remedial measures of secondary education (X12), social awareness (X13), social involvement (X14), upliftment through Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (X15), success of SSA (X16), role of Mid-Day Meal (MDM) (X17), necessity of MDM for Secondary level (X18), successful execution of MDM (X19) were found to bear substantial impact on the high and low level of perception (Y) of the educational administrators.