Research Evaluation Monitoring & Supervision (REMS) is one of the functional areas of SSA. Under it, effectiveness of various interventions and activities is evaluated to identify the strengths and weaknesses through surveys/studies. Surveys/studies are conducted involving Universities, colleges, Research institutes and other organisations. Over the years, surveys/studies have been conducted. State Level Achievement Surveys have been conducted. Siksha Samriddhi (Shaala Siddhi)- a school evaluation programme has been implemented since last year.