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12th plan to focus on quality of education

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Government today said it would focus on ensuring quality in education in the 12th plan period.

"Our focus during the 11th plan period was on input with infrastructure creation and opening of institutes. During the 12th plan period we would focus on the quality aspect," HRD Minister M M Pallam Raju told reporters here.

At an Assocham function here, which saw presentation of national excellence awards in the field of education, Raju said emphasis would also be laid on increasing the gross enrolment ration in the higher education sector and taking the figure to 30 per cent in the coming year.
 

He said Right to Education has played a significant role in enhancing gross enrolment ratio at primary level.

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First Published: Apr 09 2013 | 9:35 PM IST

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