STATUS OF SAFETY CONDITIONS OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOL IN THE LIGHT OF RASHTRIYA MADHYAMIK SHIKSHA ABHIYAN (RMSA)

Abstract

After independence, various initiatives and strategies have played an important role in providing better education and better learning outcomes for students. Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan is a program centrally sponsored by the Ministry of Human Resources Development of India to promote secondary education in public schools throughout India. According to the RMSA guidelines, school safety conditions are an important aspect. The term ‘safety’ is comprehensive and it covers several aspects. The present study aims to investigate the present status of safety conditions in secondary schools among selected districts of West Bengal in the light of RMSA. The findings of the present study clearly show that selected secondary schools of both Nadia and Murshidabad districts have no proper safety conditions according to the guidelines of RMSA and comparatively the safety conditions are better among selected secondary schools of Nadia district than in the selected secondary schools of Murshidabad district.