1. EFA – MDA in India I. Introduction
A. Historical, Social/Cultural (linguistic, religious), Economic, Political and Geographic (map) Country Background
(This section will be prepared after collecting information from different sources)

2. B. General Overview of Level of Development
i. Poverty, human development index, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
ii. Health, economic, and social indicators
Sources of Data
EFA Global Monitoring Report
India Development Report, 2005 & 2006)

3. D. Data Collection, Sources, Quality Assurance
Sources of Data
EFA Year 2000 Assessment (21 Thematic Review Papers, 4 State Specific Case Studies in 2000), and State Case Studies for High Level Group Meeting in 2003
EFA National Plan of Action, India, June 2003
India Marches Ahead
Census of India 2001
Selected Education Statistics (MHRD) of different years
6th & 7th All India Education Survey (NCERT)
DISE Data (State and District Reports of different years, School Report Cards)
NFHS different rounds
District Elementary Education Plans under SSA (State Component Plans)
State household Surveys

4. D. Data Collection, Sources, Quality Assurance.. Contd.
Baseline Assessment Survey of Learner Achievement at State Level
Joint Review Mission Reports
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. Of India
Different Case Studies and Reports
Projection for next five years

5. II. Introduction to the National Educational System
A. Trends in Educational Development
Structure of Education

7. Sources of Data & Information
Expansion of government-financed education to various categories of learners
Sources of Data & Information
Selected Educational Statistics, MHRD, Government of India
DISE (EMIS) Reports
6th & 7th All India School Education Survey Education (NCERT)

8. Development in Education since Jomtien (1990) or Dakar (2000)
Data will be collected from MHRD, DISE and All India School Education Survey
All relevant Indicators as given in the Templates would be developed
Analysis will be done to measure the progress on the basis of indicators.

9. Open Schooling and Use of ICT in education
Recently, the open school system has been expanded through establishment of state Open Schools.
Emphasis on networking and collaboration for use of distance education and information and communications technology (ICT) for basic education.
At the national level, the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) offers open basic education equivalent to grade VIII level through distance education mode. The target group belongs largely to disadvantaged and marginalized sections of society. It also caters to the education and vocational needs of adult literates through its Open Basic Education Programme (OBEP).
Source: National Institute of Open Schooling, New Delhi

10. Use of ICT in education…Contd.
Some of the recent initiatives for enrichment of basic education programmes through use of ICT and distance mode are:
(i) Development of education programmes having special focus on education of the disadvantaged such as minority groups, girls, women, street and working children,children and youth from tribal and socio-economically is advantaged communities;
(ii) Adoption of ICT as a major plan of its strategy to reach the unreached;

11. Development in Education Since Jomtien (1990) and Dakar (2000)
Sources of Data
EFA Year 2000 Assessment
EFA National Plan of Action, India, June 2003
DISE Reports from 2001 to 2006
6th & 7th All India School Education Surveys

12. Unreached Groups Sources of Data
Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India (Department of Women and Child Development, Department of Elementary Education and Literacy)
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, GOI
Ministry of Labour, GOI
Counterparts from respective state governments
Ministry of Tribal Affairs

13. Education Policy, Laws and Legislation
The Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) recognised that the World Declaration on EFA was, from the national point of view, a reaffirmation of the policy orientation given to elementary education in the National Policy on Education (NPE) in CABE endorsed the Declaration and called for further strengthening of the processes initiated through the NPE CABE highlighted the need for increased financial inputs to achieve the goals of EFA and formulated a broad operational framework for receiving financial assistance from international agencies for undertaking large scale projects to achieve the goals of EFA. Further, CABE emphasised that the additional resources generated through external assistance should be utilised for educational reconstruction, which should go beyond the conventional measures such as opening new schools, construction of school building and appointing teachers. The goals, targets and strategies enunciated in the National Policy on Education have been incorporated into successive Five Year Plan proposals.

14. Education Policy, Laws and Legislation
The 86th Constitutional Amendment Act 2002 has provided for free and compulsory education of all children in the age group of six to fourteen years as a Fundamental Right under Article 21A of the Constitution while expanding the provision for children upto the age of 6, to include ECCE within the directive principles.
The Right to Education Act 2005: An Act to put into effect the Right to Free and Compulsory Education to All Children in the Age Group of Six to Fourteen Years

15. Education Financing Sources of Data
Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India (Analysis of Budgeted Expenditure different volumes)
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India
Ministry of Social Justice and Women Empowerment, GOI
Ministry of Labour, GOI
Counterparts from respective state governments

16. Meeting Dakar Goals: The Indian Perspectives
Integrated Chold Development Schemes being universalised- ECCE is an important component of the Scheme (Goal-1)
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (Movement for Education for All) launched with the aim of providing 8 years of quality education to all children in the age group 6-14 by 2010 (Goal 2 & 6)
A comprehensive plan for adolescents, especially girls, in the 10th Five Year Plan ( ) (Goal 3)
National Literacy Mission to provide functional literacy to all illiterates adults in the age group (Goal 3 & 4)
* Achieve sustainable threshold level of 75% literacy by 2007
Special schemes targeted at girls, apart from general schemes,
* Removal of all disparities, including gender, in primary (class I-V) by 2007 and elementary (I-VIII) by 2010 (Goal 5)

17. EFA Coordination MHRD National EFA Forum
NUEPA Team under the Guidance of Prof. R. Govinda
State Level Nodal person
State/Regional UNICEF Offices

18. Analysis of Six EFA Goals
EFA-MDA : India Country Report
Part I. Will present an overview of Progress in the country with respect to the 6 EFA goals based on the technical guidelines for assessment prepared by UNESCO.
Part II. Will consist of a series of thematic reviews papers
Part III will consist of short analytical papers covering all states of India. Each thematic review as well as state level analytical review will be prepared by an established expert in the respective area/state in close collaboration with national and state governments.

19. Part-II Core and Additional Indicators for the Six Dakar Goals

20. Goal 1: Indicators for Early childhood Care and Education
Indicators to be Developed
Gross Enrollment Rate (GER) in ECCE Programmes
Percent of New Entrants to Grade 1 who have attended some form of organized ECCE programmers
Private Enrolment as percentage of Total Enrolment in ECCE Programmes
Percentage of Trained Teachers in ECCE Programs
Pupil-Teacher Ratio (child-caregiver / child ratio)

21. Indicators for Early childhood care and Education..Contd
Under-five mortality
Proportion of infants with low birth weight
Vitamin A supplementation coverage rate
Proportion of 1-year old children immunized against DPT3, Polio, Measles, Hepatitis, and other vaccine
Proportion of population using improved drinking water sources
Proportion of population using adequate sanitation facilities
Proportion of children 0-6 months exclusively breastfeeding
Proportion of under 5 children with anemia
Birth registration rate

22. Goal2: Indicators for Universal Elementary Education
Gross Intake Rate (GIR) at elementary education (Number of new entrants to Grade 1 as a ratio of total population of 6yr old children)
Net Intake Rate (NIR) elementary education
Gross Enrolment Rate (GER) in elementary education [Lower Primary (Grade 1-5) Upper Primary (Grade 6-8) Lower Primary + Upper Primary]
Net Enrolment Rate (NIR) in elementary education ( Lower Primary (Grade 1-5)Upper Primary (Grade 6-8)Lower Primary + Upper Primary)
Repetition Rate (RR) by Grade in elementary education [Lower Primary (Grade 1-5), Upper Primary (Grade 6-8), Lower Primary + Upper Primary]

23. Indicators for Universal Elementary Education… Contd…
Survival Rate from Grade 1 to 5
Survival Rate from Grade 6 to 8
Survival Rate from Grade 1 to 8
Transition Rate (Lower Primary to Upper Primary ,Upper Primary to Secondary)
Enrolment according to management type (Government, Private with Government aid, Private – self financing)
Per cent of Trained Teachers
Pupil-teacher ratio (Lower primary, Upper primary)
Public Expenditure on Elementary Education as per cent of total Expenditure on Education

24. Additional Indicators - for Universal Elementary Education
Survival rate by grade
Per cent of schools offering complete elementary education (Grade 1 to 8)
Per cent of primary/elementary schools offering education in mother tongue
Percentage distribution of students according to average distance between school and home

25. Goal 3: Indicators for Education of Adolescents and Young People
Youth Literacy Rate (15 – 24 yrs.)
Youth unemployment rate
Availability and utilization of school and community based counseling services for young people
Participation rate of (out-of-school) adolescents and young people in accredited NFE programmes
Incidence of substance abuse among young people
Knowledge of HIV prevention practice among young people
Estimated HIV prevalence rate

26. Goal 3 & 4: Indicators for Adult Literacy and Lifelong Learning
Adult Literacy Rate (15 years and above)
Availability of continuing education facilities for adults (per 1000)
Number of learners participating in literacy and continuing education programmes
Percentage of completers out of total learners in literacy/continuing education programmes
Number of literacy/continuing education programme facilitators
Percentage of Facilitators with training
Per cent of people who have passed basic literacy test after participating in the programme

27. Goal 5: Indicators for Gender Parity and Equality
Percent of female enrolment in ECCE
elementary education
secondary education
higher/technical education
Ratio of girls to boys in ECCE
Repetition rate for girls as compared to boys
Secondary education

28. Goal 5: Indicators for Gender Parity and Equality.. Contd..
Survival Rate for Girls as compared to Boys – reaching
Grade 5
Grade 8
Percent of female teachers in
elementary education
secondary education
higher/technical education
Percentage of Schools with separate toilet for girls and boys
Gender Parity Index for GER in
ECCE

29. Goal 5: Indicators for Gender Parity and Equality.. Contd..
Gender Parity Index for NER in
Elementary education
secondary education
Gender Parity Index for
Transition rate from LPS to UPS
Transition Rate from Elementary to Secondary
Gender Parity Index for survival rate
To Grade 5
To Grade 8

30. Goal 6: Indicators for Quality Education
Survival Rate in Elementary Education
to Grade 5
to Grade 8
Percentage of teachers having the required academic qualification
lower primary
upper primary
Percentage of teachers who possess according to national standards (NCTE) in
ECCE
Lower Primary
Upper Primary
Secondary

31. Goal 6: Indicators for Quality Education Contd..
Pupil- Teacher Ratio
lower primary upper primary Secondary
Pupil- Classroom Ratio
Pupil- Textbook Ratio
lower primary upper primary
Public Expenditure on Education as per cent of Total Expenditure on Education
Percentage of schools with drinking water facilities
Lower primary upper primary Secondary
Percentage of schools with sanitation facilities
lower primary upper primary Secondary

32. Goal 6: Indicators for Quality Education Contd..
Percentage of teachers who have attended in-service training in the current year