What were the principal requirements to promote gifted children’s and achievers

Requirement to promote gifted children’s achievers:

(a) Programme to ensure access to secondary education being widened to cover unserved areas;

(b) Programme of consolidation in other areas/schools; and

(c) Programme of setting up Navodaya Vidyalayas.

Under the scheme of Navodaya Vidyalayas for catering to the category of high achievers one such Vidyalaya will be set-up each district during the 7th Five Year period. These schools will make available good quality education irrespective of the parent’s capacity to pay and their socio-economic background. In these schools there will be 75% reservation for children from rural areas.