1. Evaluation of Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)
13 April 2019

2. Introduction
The NITI Aayog will undertake a rigorous and comprehensive evaluation of RUSA in June This will be helpful in identifying actionable recommendations and areas for improvement when the scheme is appraised for continuance beyond The scheme will be evaluated from its inception since October, 2013

3. Scope Improve overall quality
Improve access and equity and achieve the target of GER of 30% by 2020
Upgradation of academic infrastructure and provision of better teaching-learning environment.
Ensure adequate availability of quality faculty
Facilitate research and innovation
Usher critical and transformative reforms: academic, examination, affiliation and governance

4. Evaluation team and objective
A 6 member Evaluation team will constitute of members from Indian academic institutes and International agencies. The evaluation team will identify gaps, and collaboratively explore and work out options for bridging those gaps to improve the effectiveness of the scheme.

5. Desk reviews (physical & financial reforms)
Process
Key informant interviews (beneficiary, institutions, states, students, faculty testimonials of VCs and others indirect beneficiaries)
Visit to States & UTs
Desk reviews (physical & financial reforms)

6. Key Areas to be evaluated
Corresponding components/criterion
1. Access to the scheme - Leading to a rise in Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) at both National and State levels and improvement in capacity of institutes
Infrastructure grants to colleges
Infrastructure grants to universities
New MDCs
New Professional colleges
2. Regional imbalances in GER
MDCs
3. Remedial interventions for socially/economically marginalized groups
New MDCs – Enrolment and Commencement of Progrmas
Upgradation of MDCs -Enrolment and Commencement of Programs
Equity initiatives – Language labs and other interventions
4. Quality assurance
No. of institutes accredited,
Cycles of accreditation
Improvement in grade pre and post RUSA

7. Key Areas to be evaluated
Corresponding components/criterion
5. Trends in adequacy of faculty: vacancies, filling up of faculty positions and recruitment issues
Faculty Improvement
Faculty recruitment
Steps taken by State Governments/Universities and Colleges for filling faculty positions
Implementation of the Ordinance on Faculty recruitment
6. Quality of faculty
Publications, awards, citation, grants of faculty, patents etc.,
7. Student satisfaction survey
To be administered
8. Revision and reforms in curriculum
Quality and excellence
Details of such revision
RUSA funded Curriculum Reforms in 15 State Universities and Progress on its implementation
9. Facilitation of research and innovation and assessment of research outcomes
R&I
10. Systemic reforms
Reform tracker
Governance, Academic, Affiliation, Examination
Broad Policy Changes by State Governments and SHECs

8. Key Areas to be evaluated
Corresponding components/criterion
11. Successfully generated competition indicating the high and low performing states
CLF Portal since May, 2018
12. Improvement in policy and legislation at the state level-
SHECs, major policy changes at State Level (Example-Karnataka Services Act) - 2 pager note by States
13. Progress of States/UTs in last 5 years
Targets and achievements in respect of
Physical and Financial units: Receipt and release of funds, submission of Ucs, updation of Fund tracker.
Progress made by States on various conditionality such as –Governance, academic, examination, accreditation, reforms etc being undertaken by States.
14. Trends in State spending in higher education as a percentage of GSDP
Data from SHEPs: State Budgets etc.,
15. Assessment of whether funding under the Scheme is fair and apolitical
Proceedings of PAB minutes and CLF portal – adherence to norm and parameters as per RUSA guidelines and conditionality

9. Key Areas to be evaluated
Corresponding components/criterion
16. System and Governance reforms
Revision of State Public University Acts
Affiliation reforms – reducing the load of affiliation and right sizing SPUs
Providing autonomy to high performing universities and colleges as per the UGC regulation 2018 in letter and spirit
IT enabled governance infrastructure in universities and colleges for example- MIS, ERP etc.,
Data Governance and Decision Support System
17. Effectiveness of RUSA’s institutional structure at the Central, State and institutional level
1. Enactment of SHECs through Act of State Legislature
2. Composition and functioning of SHECs including
record of proceedings of SHECs and ATNs
SPDs and TSG- structure, composition and functioning
18. Quantitative analysis of inputs and outcomes achieved
SHEPs –Targets, outputs and outcomes (year-wise)
Physical and Financial targets and outputs
MIS to be dully filled in 22nd April, 2019

10. Key Areas to be evaluated
Corresponding components/criterion
19. Component-wise assessment
Physical and Financial targets and achievements
Uploading of physical and financial progress on fund tracker RUSA Bhuvan app
Updation on state’s corner in RUSA website
20. Best practices from States and UTs
Initiatives for improving access, equity and quality benchmarks
Step towards systemic and Governance, affiliation, accreditation, academic, examination reforms
Innovations in improving efficiency and effectiveness of HE systems
21. Gaps in release of funds
Filling up of fund Tracker
Consolidated data on timelines for release of central and state grants from State to institutions
Compliance to PFMS and EAT modules

11. Action Points
22 April 2019
Updation of MIS prototype for 3200 institutions
25 April 2019
Updation of reform tracker – Data to be shared with RRC
Preparation of template for highlighting the improvements in policy and legislation in all States and UTs over last 5 years
Prepare quarterly state briefs and plans
30 April 2019
Updation of Fund Tracker for RUSA 1.0 and RUSA 2.0
Sharing of best practices by States –Write-up and sharing of all related data

12. Thank You