Adarsha Vidyalaya, Charaideo

Secondary education was not a thrust area during the Tenth Plan period. There were a few small schemes to enhance access and to improve quality, but the coverage was neither large nor comprehensive. The plan schemes concentrated on continuing the school systems run by autonomous organizations of MHRD and included efforts for integrated education for the disabled girls’ education through provision of hostel facilities, use of ICT in schools, vocalization of higher secondary education and open and distance learning.

The Model School scheme aims to provide quality education to talented rural children through setting up of 81 model schools at the rate of one school per block as benchmark of excellence. The scheme has the following objectives:

To have at least one good quality senior secondary school in every block.

To have a pace setting role.

To try out innovative curriculum and pedagogy.

To be a model in infrastructure, curriculum, evaluation and school governance.