SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN (Rs.430.00 lacs )

4. SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN (Rs.430.00 lacs )

(Universalisation of Elementary Education in Delhi )

Objective

In order to fulfil Constitutional Commitment Govt. of  India has  launched Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan during 9th Five Year  Plan. The  objective  of  the programme was to bring  out  of  school children in age group of 6-14 years into main education  stream and  provide elementary education. It is a Centrally  Sponsored Scheme  and assistance under the programme was in the ratio  of 85:15 between  Centre  and State in 9^th Plan. The main  contents  of  this scheme has been annexed.

Need

Since Parliament has passed 93rd Constitutional  amendment wherein education has been made  fundamental right of every child. States shall be responsible for providing  basic education to all children in the age group  of  6-14 years.

Components of SSA

The components of SSA includes appointment of teacher  training, qualitative improvement of elementary education., provision of teaching learning  materials, establishment of Block and Cluster  Resource Centres  for  academic support, construction  of  classrooms  and school  buildings, establishment of education guarantee  centres, integrated education of the disabled and distance education.

Financial Norms

i) The assistance under the programme of SSA could be on a  85:15 sharing arrangement during the IX Plan, 75:25 sharing arrangement during  the  X  Plan, and 50:50 thereafter  between  the Central Government and state governments. Commitments regarding  sharing of costs would be taken from State governments in writing.

NORMS

INTERVENTION	NORM
Teacher	One teacher for every 40 children in Primary and upper primary schools
	At least two teachers in a Primary School.
School/Alternative Schooling facility	Within one Kilometer of every habitation
Upper Primary schools/Sector	As per requirement based on the no. of children completing primary edn., up to a ceiling of one upper primary school/section for every two primary schools.
Class Rooms	A room for every teacher in Primary & upper Primary.
	A room for Head Master in upper Primary school/sector.
Free Textbooks	To all girls/SC/ST children at primary & upper primary level within an upper ceiling or Rs.150/- per child.
Civil Works	Ceiling of 33% of SSA Prog. Funds. For improvement of school facilities, BRC/CRC construction.
	No. exp. to be incurred on construction of office bldgs.
Maintenance and repair of school buildings.	Only through school management committees.
	Upto Rs.5000/- per year as per a specific proposal by the school committee.
	Must involve elements of community contribution.
Upgradation of ECS to regular school	Provision for TLE @ Rs.10000/- per school
	Provision for teacher & classrooms.
TLE for upper primary	@ Rs.50,000/- per school for uncovered schools.
Schools Grant	Rs.2000/- per year per primary/upper primary school for replacement of school equipments.
Teacher Grant	Rs.500/- per teacher per year in primary and upper primary.
Teacher Training	Prov. Of 20 days in service for all teachers, 60 days refresher courses for untrained teachers and 30 day orientation for freshly trained recruits @ Rs.70/- per day.
Training of Community Leaders	For a maximum of 8 persons in a village for 2 days.
	@ Rs.30/- per day.
Provision for disabled children.	Upto Rs.1200/- per child for integration of disabled children as per specific proposal.
Research Evaluation	Upto Rs.1500/- per school per year.
Supervision & Monitoring	By creating pool of resource persons, providing travel grant and honorarium for monitoring generation of community based data, research studies, cost of assessment and appraisal terms & their field activities.
Management Cost	Not to exceed 6% of the budget of a district plan.
Block Respirce Centres / Cluster Resource Centres.	Rs.6 lakh ceiling for BRC construction wherever required.
	Development of upto 20 teacher in a block with more their 100 sch. Prov. Of furniture etc. @ Rs.1 lac for BRC and Rs.10,000/- for a CRC.
	Contingency grant of Rs.12,500/- for BRC and Rs.2500 per CRC per year.
Interventions for out of school children.	As per norms already approved under Edn. Guarantee Scheme & Alternative and Innovative Edn. Providing for the following kind of interventions.
	Setting other alternative schooling models.
	Bridge Courses, remedial courses Back to School Camps with a focus on mainstreaming out of school children in to regular schools.

The scheme Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme to be implemented on Sharing basis. In the 10^th Plan period, 25% of the total cost is to be born by State Government and 75% by Central Government.

As per household survey conducted in July 2003, there were around 1.88 lacs out of school children in the age group of 6-14 years. During 2003-04, 87000 students were enrolled in around 2100 learning centers run by NGOs.
During 2004-05, 600 learning centrs have been opened and another 1800 centers are proposed to be opened to cover around 1.01 lacs students. During 2005-06, another 400 centres are proposed to be opened to cater to migrant children.
Rs. 400.00 Lacs has been approved as outlay for 10^th Five Year Plan and an outlay of Rs.430.00 lakhs is approved for Annual Plan 2005-06.
5. STRENGTHENING OF BOOK BANK (Rs.120 lacs)
OBJECTIVES OF THE SCHEME :
The objective of the scheme is to provide prescribed course books  to students of classes 6^th to 12^th who are unable to meet  expenditure on books  due  to dearth of resources. This will inspire them to continue their studies.

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