New Delhi: The World
Bank has offered a $500 million loan to support secondary
education in India.
The loan will be used to finance Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha
Abhiyan (RMSA), a government initiative to promote secondary
education in the country.
Prabodh Saxena, joint secretary in the finance ministry, and Onno
Ruhl, country director, World Bank (India), signed the loan
agreement here Friday.
"The Objective of the project is to help India to achieve
increased and more equitable access to good quality secondary
education through support of the government's ongoing programme
for secondary education," the finance ministry said in a
statement.
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Picture of the Day
Rahul Gandhi
with business leaders at the University of Kashmir. Rahul
visited Kashmir University on October 05, 2012. His
interaction with the Kashmir University generated a ray of
hope among the youth.
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