A Programme for Universalization of Elementary Education

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A Programme for Universalization of Elementary
Education
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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.

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• 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

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SSA NATIONAL MISSION
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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 PSUPS
• 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
  401.

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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
  AN Islands
• Huge enrolment Increase in Chattisgarh,
  Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh.

GER at Primary Level
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Out of School Children
Goal I contd/-

• 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 districtsgt50,000 OOSC 36.
• Plan to cover 11 lakh through EGS and 48 lakh
  through AIE this year.

In lakhs
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Goal I All Children in School / EGS / AIE by
2005 Access at Primary Stage
Infrastructure
Access at Upper Primary Stage
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• 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 140

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• 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.

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Goal II Bridging Gender Social Category
Gap at primary by 2007 elementary by 2010
Upper Primary Primary

• Girls enrolment up from 47.18 (2003-04) to
  47.79 (2005-06).
• Gender gap reduced at Pry (DISE)
• 48 distt. Gender Gap gt 10 pts.
• High gender gap
• ?Bihar(11.3)?Rajasthan (7.07)
• ?Gujarat(6.1)?Jharkhand (5.0)

• Girls enrolment up from 45.02 (2003-04) to
  45.80 (2005-06).
• Gender gap reduced at upper primary
• 81 distt. Gender gap gt 20 pts.
• High gender gap in
• ?Rajasthan(23.6)?Bihar (22.3)
• ?Jharkhand(11.8)?MP(11.7)
• ?Uttar Pradesh (9.4)

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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

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Goal II contd/-

Share of SC and ST Students

• 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.

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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 50000 teachers
• 6678 resource teachers appointed in 21 States.
• Barrier free access ramps in the 5.02 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

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CWSN Inclusive Education

• SSA has zero rejection policy

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• Thrust in 11th Plan
• Lower Gender Gap in literacy by 10 pts.
• Revamp NPEGEL for specific block projects _at_ Rs.
  25 lakh per block per year.
• Enlarge eligibility criteria of EBBs for NPEGEL
  KGBV
• Bring SC, ST at par.
• Small school norms for ST areas.
• Hostels for boys _at_ 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

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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
  74.15 (2003-04) to 83.36 (2005-06).

DISE
Dropout Rates
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Goal III Universal Retention by 2010
Drop out at Pry Level 9.96 lt 10 AP,
HP, Chattisgarh, Gujarat, JK Karnataka,
Kerala, MP, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Nagaland,
Orissa, Punjab, Sikkim, Tamilnadu,
Tripura 10 15 Assam, , Haryana, UP, WB
Uttarakhand, gt 15 Jharkhand, Bihar Meghalaya
, Rajasthan Arunachal Pradesh
Upto 5
5 to 10
10 to 15
16 to 20
gt 20
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Thrust in XIth Plan Universal Retention

• Dropout to reduce from 52.2 (2003-04) to 20
  (2011-12) 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.

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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, STs
• 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

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Goal IV Improving Quality of Education
States with high PTR

• PTR at primary 411 and at upper primary is
  291
• State have recruited 7.98 lakhs teachers against
  the target of 10.12 lakhs teachers.

PTR more than 411 at elementary level
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Goal IV contd../-
Progress against Quality Inputs
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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

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• 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 SSAs framework to support more quality
  related activities.

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• 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/Womens groups monitor primary schools
• Roles in implementation/monitoring assigned to
  Panchayati Raj Institutions.
• More than 6000 NGOs involved in support to, and
  implementation of SSA interventions.

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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.

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Educational Development Index (EDI)
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District EDI Distribution
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Monitoring/ Feedback

• EMIS for 2006-07 under compilation (received from
  25 States / UTs).
• School Report Cards 2006-07 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 Feb07. PAC Report received.
• 9 Independent Assessment Studies initiated.

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