ICSE Class 9 Answered

The government has implemented the following steps to achieve growth in the field of education:

1. Navodaya Vidyalayas was launched in 1987-88 for the establishment of residential schools to provide advanced quality education to children in rural areas. 
2. Sarva Siksha Abhiyan is scheme which aims to provide elementary education to all children between the ages of 6 to 14 years. It also organises school camps to increase the enrollment in elementary education, and practices the mid-day meal scheme to encourage attendance and retention of children with improved nutritional status.
3. Kendriya Vidyalayas were set up by the Central Government in 1965 to provide educational facilities to the children of transferable Central Government employees. The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) functions as an apex institution to provide academic improvement of school education.
4. Indira Gandhi National Open University was established in 1985 to facilitate educational opportunities for school dropouts, housewives, employed and unemployed people. The University Grants Commission (UGC) was set up in 1956 to determine the standards in higher education.