FOUR years after it was advised by the Central Advisory Board of Education to focus on universalising secondary education, the government seems to have taken the first concrete step. In its final lap, the UPA government set in motion the process to ensure that children in the 15 to 16 years age group have access to affordable secondary (classes IX and X) education. The Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) has been given the green signal by the expenditure finance committee. The HRD ministry will now seek Cabinet's approval for the programme.