New Delhi: The Delhi Cabinet, under the centrally sponsored scheme of Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) has proposed to provide all the Delhiites with a government-run secondary school in their locality.

The decision came in the light of achieving the mammoth task of a General Enrollment Ratio (GER) of 75% in classes IX & X in the country within five years.

It is in this light that the government aims to provide a secondary school within reasonable distance of every habitation and by improving the quality of education imparted at the secondary level.

The GER for 2005-06 at national level according to the data available stands at 52.26%.

And according to the provisional data available for 2008-09, Delhi Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit said that the GER for Delhi stands at 83% for class IX but by the end of the 11th Five Year Plan, she plans to stretch the figure to 100%.

In order to implement the RMSA scheme, the Cabinet consented to set up an institutional framework constituted under the chairmanship of the CM.

Further, an Executive Committee under the chairmanship of the Principal Secretary (Education) will be constituted.

The existing Vidyalaya Kalyan Samiti of each school has been decided to be converted into a School Management & Development Committee.

Presently, there are 34 middle schools, 191 secondary schools (out of which 86 are run in single shifts), 701 senior secondary schools (out of which 305 run in single shifts) , including 19 Pratibha Vidyalayas.

"We foresee a huge scope of improvement to upgrade the middle and secondary schools. Apart from this effort, it would be a mammoth task for the government to retain children up to the secondary stage by eliminating dropouts," said the CM.

Dikshit further said that for preparatory activities by the Union government, it is necessary to constitute all required bodies before release of funds.