BASIC FEATURES OF SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is an
effort to universalize elementary education by community-ownership 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
all children, through provision of community-owned quality education in a mission mode.
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, School Management Committees, Village and Urban Slum level
Education Committees, Parents' Teachers' Associations, Mother Teacher Associations, Tribal
Autonomous Councils and other grass root level structures in the management of elementary
schools. |
| An expression of political will for
universal elementary education across the country. |
| 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
by 2010. There is also another goal to bridge social, regional and gender gaps, with the
active participation of the community in the management of schools. Useful and relevant
education signifies a quest for an education system that is not alienating and that draws
on community solidarity. Its aim is to allow children to learn about and master their
natural environment in a manner that allows the fullest harnessing of their
human potential both spiritually and materially. This quest must also be a process of
value based learning that allows children an opportunity to work for each other's well
being rather than to permit mere selfish pursuits.Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan realizes the
importance of Early Childhood Care and Education and looks at the 0-14 age as a continuum.
All efforts to support pre-school learning in ICDS centres or special pre-school centres
in non ICDS areas will be made to supplement the efforts being made by the Department of
Women and Child Development.
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF
SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN
1. All children in school, Education
Guarantee Centre, Alternate School, 'Back-to-School' camp by 2003
2. All children complete five years of primary schooling by 2007
3. All children
complete eight years of elementary schooling by 2010
4. Focus on elementary education of satisfactory quality with emphasis
on education for life
5. Bridge all gender and social category gaps at primary stage by 2007
and at elementary education level by
2010
6. Universal retention by 2010
| A. BASIC INFORMATION OF THE DISTRICT | B. STRUCTURE OF COMMITTEES CONSTITUTED IN THE DISTRICT UNDER SSA. |