The Cabinet committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval for revising norms of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan to bring them in conformity with the Right to Education. An official release said that revision of the funding pattern for the combined RTE-SSA programme between the Centre and the States will be in the ratio of 65:35 for all States and Union territories.In the case of eight States of North East region the existing sharing pattern of 90:10 will continue. The SSA norms with regard to teachers and classrooms support for academic supervision, research, and opening of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) will be revised to bring them in conformity with the provisions of the RTE Act.The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) Programme , a major flagship programme of the centre to universalize elementary education in the country will be the main vehicle for the implementation of the RTE Act.