Sarva Siksha Abhiyan

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is an effort to universalize elementary education by community-owner ship of the school system.  It is a response to the demand for quality basic education all over the country.  The SSA programme is also an attempt to provide an opportunity for improving human capabilities to the poorest children, through provision of community-owned quality education in a mission mode.  The prime features of the SSA programme are:

WHAT IS SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN

• A programme with a clear time-frame for universal elementary education.
• A response to the demand for quality basic education all over the country.
• An opportunity for promoting social justice through basic education.
• An effort at effectively involving the Panchayati Raj institutions, the School Management Committees, the Village Education Committees, the Parents’ Teachers’ Associations, the Mother Teacher Associations, the Tribal Autonomous Councils in the management of elementary schools.
• A partnership between the Central, State and the local government.
• An opportunity for States to develop their own vision of elementary education.

AIMS OF SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN

The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is to provide useful and relevant elementary education for all children in the 6 to 14 age group.  There is also another goal to bridge social and gender gaps, with the active participation of the community in the management of schools.

OBJECTIVES OF SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN

• All children in school, Education Guarantee Centre, Alternate School
• All children should complete five years of primary schooling
• All children should complete eight years of elementary schooling
• Focus on elementary education of satisfactory quality with emphasis on education for life.
• Bridge all gender and social category gaps at primary stage and at elementary education level also
• Universal retention

BROAD STRATEGIES CENTRAL TO SSA PROGRAMME

Institutional Reforms –

As part of the SSA the central and the State Governments will undertake reforms in order to improve efficiency of the delivery system.  The states will have to make an objective assessment of their prevalent education system including educational administration, achievement levels in schools, financial issues, decentralisation and community ownership, review of State Education Act, rationalization of teacher deployment and recruitment of teachers, monitoring and evaluation, education of girls, SC/ST and disadvantaged groups, policy regarding private schools and ECCE.  Many States have already carried out changes to improve the delivery system for elementary education.

Sustainable Financing-

The SSA based on the premise that financing of elementary education inventions has to be sustainable.  This calls for a long-term perspective on financial partnership between the Central and the State governments.

Community Ownership –

The programme calls for community ownership of school-based interventions through effective decentralisation.  This will be augmented by involvement of School Management Committees, Women’s groups,  VEC members and members of Panchayati Raj institutions.

Institutional Capacity Building –

The SSA conceive a major capacity    building role for national and state level institutions like       NIEPA/NCERT/NCTE/SCERT/SIEMAT.  Improvement in quality       requires a sustainable support system of resource persons.

Improving Mainstream Educational Administration –

It calls for improvement of mainstream educational administration by institutional development, infusion of new approaches and by adoption of cost effective and efficient methods.

Community Based Monitoring with Full Transparency –

The Programme will have a community based monitoring system.  The Educational Management Information System (EMIS) will correlate school level data with community-based information from micro planning and surveys.  Besides this, every school will have a notice board showing all the grants received by the school and other details.

Habitation as a Unit of Planning –

The SSA works on a Community based approach to planning with habitation as a unit of planning.  Habitation plans will be the basis for formulating district plans.

Accountability to community –

SSA envisages cooperation between teachers, parents and PRIs, as well as accountability and transparency.

Priority to Education of Girls –

Education of girls, especially those belonging to the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, will be one of the principal concerns in Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.

Focus on Special Groups –

There will be a focus on the educational participation of children from SC/ST, religious and linguistic minorities, disadvantaged groups and the disabled children.

Trust on Quality –

SSA lays a special thrust on making education at the elementary level useful and relevant for children by improving the curriculum, child-centred activities and effective teaching learning strategies.

Role of teachers – SSA recognizes the critical and central role of teachers and advocates a focus on their development needs.  Setting up of BRC/CRC, recruitment of qualified teachers, opportunities for teacher development through participation in curriculum related material development, focus on classroom process and exposure visits for teachers are all designed to develop the human resource among teachers.

RAJANNA BADI BATA

AMMA VODI

• Providing Rs.15,000/- towards assistance to all the mothers who send their children to school.
• In this programme Mothers of 5,73,315 students are to be benefitted studying in 6230 schools in the district and to be

Activities being implementing for the welfare of Children studying in Government Schools

• Free Text Books
• Free Nutritious Mid Day Meals
• 3(Three) Pairs of Free School Uniforms to Children studying in Class -1 to Class -8
• Two pairs of Free Shoes to Children studying in Class -1 to Class -8
• Child Friendly Infrastructure
• Quality Education with Qualified Teachers
• Stress Less Education

Activities for Children with Special Needs

• Home Based Education
• Non Residential Special Trainings to the CwSN Children in 66 Bhavatiha Centers with qualified Special Education Resource Teachers.
• Free Physiotherapy Camps
• Free Medical Camps
• Free Surgical Corrections
• Free Aids & Appliances to the Needy Children
• Escort Allowances to the parents of Children with Special Needs

Activities for Out of School Children

• Mobilization Programmes
• Non Residential Special Training Centres within convergence of NGOs
• One Girls Urban Residential Hostel for Orphans, Semi Orphans, Street Children, Rag Pickers and BPL Family Girl Children

Activities for Girl Out of School Children

• 20 Kasthurba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas are functioning in the district for the welfare of poor Out of School Girl Children belongs Orphan,Semi Orphan, Downtrodden Families of SC, ST, BC and Minority families.
• The Classes are running from Class -6 to Intermediate.