1 9 De cembe r 2 0 0 7 re a f f i rms thi s commi tment . It pro v i de s a comp r e h e n s i ve s t r a t e g y f o r i n c l u s i v e development, building on the growing strength of the economy, while also addressing weaknesses that have surfaced. Tenth Five-Year Plan (2002–2007)
▪ Providing gainful and high-quality employment at least to the addition to the labour force; ▪ All children in India in school by 2003; all children to complete 5 years of schooling by 2007. ▪ Reduction in gender gaps in literacy and wage rates by at least 50% by 2007; ▪ Reduction in the decadal rate of population growth between 2001 and 2011 to 16.2%;* ▪ Increase in Literacy Rates to 75 per cent within the Tenth Plan period (2002 - 2007)
Eleventh Five-Year Plan (2007–2012)
The eleventh plan has the following objectives:
Education ▪ Reduce dropout rates of children from elementary school from 52.2% in 2003-04 to 20% by 2011-12 ▪ Develop minimum standards of educational attainment in elementary school, and by regular testing monitor effectiveness of education to ensure quality ▪ Increase literacy rate for persons of age 7 years or above to 85% ▪ Lower gender gap in literacy to 10 percentage point ▪ Increase the percentage of each cohort going to higher education from the present 10% to 15% by the end of the plan
Thrust Areas in the 10th Five Year Plan
GENERAL :
To achieve a profound transformation of higher education in order that it becomes an effective promoter of sustainable human development and at the same time, improves its relevance with closer links with the world of work and achieve quality in its teaching, research, business and community extension functions including life long learning.
SPECIFIC: To contribute to the transformation through improvement of the conceptions, methodology and practices related to: