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Despite substantial progress towards the ____(1)____ of Education for All, education sector in India faces several challenges. Some of the issues which need increased attention include: (i) quality-related ____(2)____ in ECCE programmes; (ii) lower enrolment rates in upper primary and secondary/higher secondary education; (iii) higher drop-out rates in elementary and secondary education, especially among children belonging to socially and economically ____(3)____ population groups; (iv) lower level of student attendance rate at primary and upper primary stages of education in some of the educationally backward States; (v) lower level of participation in education of children with special needs; (vi) unsatisfactory level of student learning; (vii) deficiencies relating to teacher quality and teaching-learning process; (viii) difficulty in ____(4)____ the involvement of the volunteer teachers in adult education programmes and in creating sustainable demand for literacy; (ix) inadequate vocational education and training facilities; and (x) shortage of funding for some of the education sector development programmes.

The main education development priorities include: (i) ensuring universal access to quality ECCE services with equity and____(5)____; (ii) ensuring equitable access to quality elementary, secondary, higher secondary and tertiary education; (iii) bridging gender and social category gaps and inequalities in access to education, teaching-learning process and learning outcomes; (iv) significantly improving the quality of education to ensure improved student learning at all levels; (v) improving teacher quality and performance; (vi) effective use of ____(6)____ and communication technologies (ICTs) for education; (vii) expanding opportunities for skill development and vocational education and training; (viii) raising literacy level among youth and adults and building a system that support continuing education and ____(7)____ learning; (ix) ensuring increased and well-targeted financing of education programmes in conformity with the policy consensus that investment on education be gradually increased to reach a level of six per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP); (x) institutionalizing a responsive, participatory and accountable systems for governance of education sector; and (xi) professionalizing and improving school leadership along with introduction of sound quality____(8)____ systems.

A major development relating to education sector in India in the past few years has been the establishment of Constitutional and legal ____(9)____ for achieving universal elementary education. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, which became operative on 1 April 2010, has laid a solid foundation on which future policies and programmes relating to elementary education could be built. Aligning the policies and practices with the objectives of the RTE Act and achieving the goal of providing good quality free and ____(10)____ education to all children in the age group 6-14 years will continue to be one of the key education development priorities.