Fourfold Emphasis  Quality Education  Attention to science & technology  Moral values  Relating education to life

 Big country and big population  72% of population is in rural areas  Lack of infrastructure  Lack of transportation  Lack of qualified teachers  Poverty

Sarva Shiksha Abiyan (A program for universal elementary education ) Mid-Day Meal Scheme Picture from: goassa.nic.in Picture from: ssa.nic.in

SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYANMID-DAY MEAL SCHEME  Providing access to all children in the age group 6-14 years through formal primary schools  Completion of five years of primary education by all children by 2007  Completion of eight years of elementary education by all children by 2010  provision of elementary education of satisfactory quality for all by  One teacher for every 40 students  A school within 1 km of every habitation  Spacious and well lit and well ventilated rooms  Free textbooks  Increasing school enrollment & attendance  Socialization of children irrespective of caste  Addressing malnutrition  Social empowerment of women  Provision of free of cost lunch to all primary school children

 UNDP projects that India will achieve the 100% target net enrollment ratio by 2015  Currently, 95.7% of children ages 6-14 years are enrolled in schools; 4.3% are out of school in rural areas;  Youth literacy rate has increased 24% since 2000  Net enrolment in primary education: 89% (Ibid.)  The 2009, RIGHT of children to free and compulsory education act ensures that more than 8 million children, mostly girls, are now attending school.