1. A Programme for Universalization of Elementary Education

2. Mission Statement
Empowering of children to be active participants in a knowledge society.
A result-oriented approach with accountability towards performance and output at all levels.
A people-centred mode of Implementation of educational interventions with involvement of all stakeholders, especially teachers, parents, community and Panchayati Raj institutions and voluntary organisations.
An equity-based approach that focuses on the needs of educationally backward areas and disadvantaged social groups including children with special needs.
A holistic effort to ensure convergence of investments and initiatives for improving the efficiency of the elementary education system.
Institutional reforms and capacity building to ensure a sustained effort for UEE.

3. SSA GOALS
All children in school, Education Guarantee Centre, Alternate School, ‘Back-to-School’ camp by 2005
Bridging gender and social gaps in:
Primary : 2007
Elementary : 2010
Universal retention by 2010
Focus on satisfactory quality with emphasis on education for life

4. SSA NATIONAL MISSION PRIME MINISTER Governing Council
Minister for
Human Resource Development
Executive Committee
SECRETARY SE & L
Project Approval Board
Joint Secretary & DG SSA
Department of SE & L
6 Teacher Union reps.
5 Educationists/Scientists
6 NGO reps.
3 Women’s Org. Reps
3 Institutional Members working for SC & ST
Reps of National Resource Insts
Ex-officio members
HRM, FM, Dy. Chairman
Planning Commission
3 Ministers of State
3 MPs
6 Political Parties’ Reps.
6 Edu. Ministers of State Govts.
NCERT
NUEPA
NCTE
IGNOU
TSG(Ed.CIL)
Monitoring Institutions
Joint Review Missions
Educational & Prog. MIS

5. Goal 1: All children in School
What does SSA Provide
Providing basic facilities in each school
Primary schools within 1 k.m. radius and a n upper primary school in the ratio of 2: 1 PS:UPS
Education Guarantee Scheme and Alternative Innovative Education centres as alternative schools.
Additional classrooms – a room for every teacher with minimum of 2 teachers at Primary and 3 teachers at Upper primary level
Toilets/drinking water/child friendly elements.
Additional teachers to get pupil teacher ratio of 40:1.

6. Goal – I : All Children in School / EGS / AIE by 2005
Gross Enrolment Ratios
GER at primary stage is 103.7
GER at upper primary stage is 64.
Lowest GER are in Bihar, Punjab, Haryana, Goa and A&N Islands
Huge enrolment Increase in Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh.
GER at Primary Level

7. Goal – I contd…/-
Out of School Children
In lakhs
The number of out of school children is 76 lakh (2007).
3.8% OoSC – “hardest to reach” category of children.
60% OoSC are in Bihar, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh.
No. of districts>50,000 OOSC – 36.
Plan to cover 11 lakh through EGS and 48 lakh through AIE this year.

8. Targets up to 2006-07 (in lakh) Additional Classrooms
Goal – I : All Children in School / EGS / AIE by 2005
Access at Primary Stage
Infrastructure
Item
Targets up to (in lakh)
New Schools opened
2.40
Teachers appointed
10.03
Drinking Water
1.7
Toilets
2.35
Construction
School building
Additional Classrooms
1.83
6.92
Access less (no school within 1 km.) habitations as per 7th AIES
1,60,528
Primary schools provided till under SSA and DPEP
2,04,200
Number of EGS centres functional by the end of is 57,000
Access at Upper Primary Stage
Access less (no school within 3 km.) habitations as per 7th AIES
1,69,492
Upper Primary Schools provided till under SSA
124300
PS to UPS at the National level is 2.6:1
States Advised to map requirements of UPS as per distance and population norms

9. Thrust in 11th Plan Identify and mainstream ‘hard to reach’ children
Focus on bridge courses / programmes.
Address residual access
Fill infrastructure gaps –
priorities upper primary schools
6.37 lakh additional classrooms for SCR 1:40

10. Goal 2: Bridging Gender and Social Category Gaps
Programme for participation of girls
Free Text Books
National Programme on Education of Girls at Elementary level started in 3291 educationally backward blocks.
Innovative activities like pre-school centres/bridge courses/vocational education/bicycles etc.
Gender sensitization of education personnel and teachers.
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (residential schools) in 2810 educationally backward blocks .
Innovative activities in several States – Life skills education, remedial teaching, vocational training for older girls, health and hygiene camps and uniforms / incentives.

11. Goal – II : Bridging Gender & Social Category Gap at primary by 2007 & elementary by 2010
Upper Primary Primary
Girls enrolment up from 45.02% ( ) to 45.80% ( ).
Gender gap reduced at upper primary
81 distt. Gender gap > 20% pts.
High gender gap in:
Rajasthan(23.6)Bihar (22.3)
Jharkhand(11.8)MP(11.7)
Uttar Pradesh (9.4)
Girls enrolment up from 47.18% ( ) to 47.79% ( ).
Gender gap reduced at Pry (DISE)
48 distt. Gender Gap > 10% pts.
High gender gap
Bihar(11.3)Rajasthan (7.07)
Gujarat(6.1)Jharkhand (5.0)
9.4
8.9
8.0
5.1
4.6

12. Promoting Education of SC and ST Children
Goal – II contd…/-
Promoting Education of SC and ST Children
Free Text Books.
242 KGBV in SC and 457 in ST Blocks with 25% of SC & 29% ST girls covered in all KGBVs.
Rs. 15 lakh per district for SC/ST innovation.
EGS & AIE centres being opened in tribal areas with relaxed norms (10-15 children).
Recruitment of local tribal teachers.
Development of specific modules for training of teachers in tribal areas (AP, Gujarat, Orissa).
Use of primers in tribal languages to help in better transition to State language.
Targeted Provisioning in 61 SC & 106 ST concentration districts

13. Share of SC and ST Students
Goal – II contd…/-
Share of SC and ST Students
Primary
Upper Primary SC
21.3%
20.75%
20.40%
19.33%
20.10%
19.09% ST
10.20%
10.71%
11.55%
8.08%
8.84%
8.76%
*Source DISE data.
Highest SC share in Punjab (47%), Haryana (31%), UP (28%).
Highest ST share in North Eastern States, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Jharkhand.
Gender Parity an issue at upper primary level among SC.
Gender parity an issue at primary & upper primary level among ST.

14. What Does SSA Provide for Children With Special need
Support to CWSN, specific provision of Rs 1200 per child
Coverage through enrolment in schools(19.97 lakh), EGS/AIE centres(1.12 lakh) and home based education (77140).
Provided assistive devices to 7.12 lakh CWSN
Teachers training to teachers
6678 resource teachers appointed in 21 States.
Barrier free access ramps in the lakh school
620 NGOs involved in planning for IE, identification on CWSN, provision of aids and appliances, training on teachers etc.
Focus now on in-class attention and appropriate materials/ teaching methods for enrolling CWSN

15. CWSN – Inclusive Education
SSA has zero rejection policy

16. Thrust in 11th Plan Lower Gender Gap in literacy by 10% pts.
Revamp NPEGEL for specific block Rs. 25 lakh per block per year.
Enlarge eligibility criteria of EBB’s for NPEGEL & KGBV
Bring SC, ST at par.
Small school norms for ST areas.
Hostels for KGBV norms. (ST & Minorities
Focus on minority dominated areas.
Priority targeting for completing infrastructure gaps in districts / blocks with socially disadvantaged categories.
Enhance CWSN norms and Focus on Girl Child with Disability

17. Goal III : Universal Retention by 2010
Dropout rates (pry.) have declined by 4.5 percent points.
Reduction in girls drop out by 5 percent points.
Transition rates Pry. to U. Pry. improve from ( ) to ( ).
*DISE
Dropout Rates

18. Goal III : Universal Retention by 2010
Drop out at Pry Level %
< AP, HP, Chattisgarh, Gujarat, J&K Karnataka, Kerala, MP, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Sikkim, Tamilnadu, Tripura
10 – Assam, , Haryana, UP, WB Uttarakhand,
> 15 Jharkhand, Bihar Meghalaya , Rajasthan Arunachal Pradesh
Upto 5%
5 to 10%
10 to 15%
16 to 20%
> 20%

19. Thrust in XIth Plan – Universal Retention
Dropout to reduce from 52.2% ( ) to 20% ( ) at elementary level.
Incentivise Upper Primary Level
Library infrastructure
More staff at BRC for upper primary requirements.
Special teacher training for upper primary schools.
Free text books and uniforms to all
Furniture for every child
Special focus on science and maths learning.
Enhanced ICT input.

20. Goal IV: Improving Quality of Education
What SSA Provides for Quality improvement
Provide additional teachers for PTR 1: 40 with minimum of two teachers
Grants – Teachers
Development of improved textbooks
Free textbooks for girls, SC, ST’s
Remedial teaching (for students needing greater attention )
Annual 20 day training of teachers
Decentralized academic support to schools/teachers through block & cluster level resource centers
Improved pupil assessment systems
School monitoring indicators

21. Goal IV: Improving Quality of Education
States with high PTR
PTR at primary – 41:1 and at upper primary is 29:1
State have recruited 7.98 lakhs teachers against the target of lakhs teachers.
PTR more than 41:1 at elementary level

22. Progress against Quality Inputs
Goal – IV contd../-
Progress against Quality Inputs
Target ( )
% Achievement
Teacher Training
34.05 lakh teachers
87%
TLE Grant
1.08 lakh schools
62%
School Grant
10.1 lakh schools
95%
TLM Grant
39.34 lakh teachers
90%
Free Textbooks
6.68 crore students
96%
Remedial training
43.60 lakh students
78%
Functional BRCs
6746 centres
99%
Functional CRCs
70388 centres
94%

23. Assessment based learning improvement efforts
Quality Tracking in Kerala
KSQAO – Karnataka
ABL – Tamil Nadu
CLAPS – Andhra Pradesh
LATS – Orissa
GAP – Gujarat
Buniyad – Jharkhand
Read C. – Chhattisgarh
Read M. – Madhya Pradesh
LAP, LGP – Rajasthan
School Grading, Nayee Disha – UP
PLEP – Punjab
SSUU – West Bengal
Bidya Jyoti, LAP – Assam
School Monitoring - Uttarakhand
Learning Improvement Initiatives
Recent initiatives

24. Thrust in 11th Plan Working Group: On Quality
Develop minimum standards of educational attainment
Regular testing to monitor effectiveness of education.
ICT for enhancing learning levels.
Define ‘improved quality’ in operational terms.
Distinguish assessment for performance of individual students, grading school effectiveness & teachers & learner achievement trends, national Surveys for quick comparable results / analysis on direction of learning outcomes.
Acquisition of basic skills of literacy & numeracy in early primary grades.
Creation of capacity within the school for dealing with ‘diversity’ in students.
Enhance SSA’s framework to support more quality related activities.
Contd.

25. What Does SSA Provide for Community Involvement
Community involvement - must in SSA
Village Education Committees and School Management Committees given key role in SSA implementation.
50% funds go to VEC/ SMC
VECs/Women’s groups monitor primary schools
Roles in implementation/monitoring assigned to Panchayati Raj Institutions.
More than NGOs involved in support to, and implementation of SSA interventions.

26. Thrust in 11th Plan : Community Participation
Road map for decentralisation of school governance with defined milestones.
Community control over recruitment & placement of teachers.
Block based / school based cadres.\
Substitute teachers.
Development of annual school plans with community involvements, with clear focus on quality parameters.
1% of districts outlay for community mobilisation activities.
Promoting participation of NGOs and private sectors in providing facilities for deprived urban children.

27. Educational Development Index (EDI)
1st quartile
2nd quartile
3rd quartile
4th quartile

28. District EDI Distribution
State/UT
Per cent districts in different Quartiles
Quartile 1
Quartile 2
Quartile 3
Quartile 4
Himachal Pradesh
100.00%
0.00%
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
96.60%
3.40%
Delhi
88.90%
11.10%
Mizoram
75.00%
12.50%
Karnataka
66.70%
25.90%
7.40%
Andhra Pradesh
56.50%
30.40%
8.70%
4.30%
Uttarakhand
53.80%
38.50%
7.70%
Punjab
52.90%
47.10%
Maharashtra
45.70%
51.40%
2.90%
J & K
35.70%
21.40%
42.90%
Gujarat
32.00%
60.00%
8.00%
Nagaland
25.00%
50.00%
Manipur
33.30%
44.40%

29. Monitoring/ Feedback
EMIS for under compilation (received from 25 States / UTs).
School Report Cards on website.
56 MI Reports received for 28 States / UTs (on website)
IPAI Reports received for 21 States.
CAG Performance Audit responded to & evidence on 13th Feb’07. PAC Report received.
9 Independent Assessment Studies initiated.

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