CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Overview. Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS), launched in 2013 aims at providing strategic funding to eligible state higher educational institutions.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) is an overarching scheme, operating in mission mode for funding the state government universities and colleges to achieve the aims of equity, access and excellence.

Detailed explanation-3: -To ensure adequate availability of quality faculty. Facilitate research & innovation in the State /higher Education institutions. Improve equity in higher education by providing adequate opportunities of higher education to backward classes and women. To improve the status of Gross Enrolment Ratio.

Detailed explanation-4: -RUSA is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (C.S.S.), launched in 2013 aims at providing strategic funding to eligible state Higher Educational Institutions. The Central Funding (in the ratio of 65:35 for General Category States and 90:10 for Special Category States) would be norm based and outcome dependent.

Detailed explanation-5: -Here are the major objectives of the RUSA Project: Ensure that improvements are implemented in the affiliation, academic, and examination systems. Ensure appropriate availability of competent professors in all higher education institutions, as well as institutional capacity at all employment levels.