1. Manthan Topic:
“Enhancing the quality of
primary education ”
Innovated by:
• Kunwar Romendra Pratap Singh ,Third Semester , B.tech.(Civil) NIT Raipur
• Manas Tripathi , Third Semester, B.tech.(Civil) NIT Raipur
• Mayank Dubey , Third Semester, B.tech.(Civil) NIT Raipur
• Snehil Pandey ,Third Semester, B.tech.(Mechanical) NIT Raipur
• Vikrant Thakur ,Third Semester, B.tech.(Civil) NIT Raipur
Primary education
before you run, Know how to stand!

2. • Indian education system is
considered to be the second
largest in the world
• It consists of nearly 610,000
primary schools with 1.87
million teachers and 110
million students
• Latest educational Statistic
indicates Gross Enrollment
Ratio of 93.7%.
• According to 2011 report of
ASER , only 42.8% of students
of 5th grade were able to read
books of 2nd grade.
• Although our education
system claims it to be one of
the largest but it cannot make
similar claims for efficiency
quality and achievements of
students.
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30
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Read Solve Numerical
Sums
Government Schools
Private School
Graph :- Percentage of children in grade 2-5
who cannot read or solve numerical sums.
According to Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2005 ,
Students from privately managed school perform better as
compared to the students from government aided rural
school.

3. 26%
23%
20%
17%
14%
Population of Children in
school
Poorest Second Middle
Fourth Richest
2000 2006 Change
2000 to
2006
Male 79.2 85.2 5.9
Female 72.3 81.4 9.1
Urban 82.5 88.5 5.9
Rural 73.8 81.5 7.7
Poorest 20% 66.1 69.4 3.2
Second 20% 69.2 81.2 12.1
Middle 20% 78.8 87.5 8.7
Fourth 20% 82.1 92.2 10.1
Richest 20% 89.1 95.7 6.6
Total 75.9 83.3 7.5
Data sources: India Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2000, India DHS 2005-06.
Table 1: Children of primary school age in
school (percent), India 2000 and 2006.

4. Primary Education System In India
DEO
OFFICE
BRC
BRC
NPRC
NPRC
NPRC
NPRC
School
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S•BRC :- BLOCK RESOURCRE CENTRE.
•NPRC :- NYAY PANCHAYAT RESOURCE CENTRE.
•DEO :- DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OFFICER.

5. • The National Policy Education reiterated the urgency to
address the quality concern in school education.
• But quality cannot be improved by itself.
• It requires better atmosphere , awareness of parents,
better infrastructure and motivation to students.
• Less burden on teachers i.e. less involvement in non
teaching works such as volunteers in public related works.
• Spreading the awareness among the parents concerned

6. Proposed Education System At a Level
Closer to Primary School
Three
Volunteers
School
At a Village
At NPRC Level
At BRC Level
Regional Awareness
committee
Checking
Committee
FEEDBACK
Raw Data
Monthly
Awareness
Report
QA
•QA :- Quality Assessment.
•QS Report :-Questions and Suggestion Report.

7. Work assigned at each stage
Volunteers
• To aware the parents about
the education of his /her
child.
• To collect data regarding the
no. of students who did not
attend the school ,with a
valid reason.
• To convey the message of
the teacher regarding
monthly parents teacher
meet to the parents and
encourage parents to attend
these.
• To know the response of
students from their parents
about the school.
• And to submit these data to
the Regional Awareness
Committee each month.
Regional Awareness
Committee
• To select volunteers from
the school area itself.
• To collect data from
volunteers and submit it to
checking committee
• Prepare a proper report
including the problems and
the reasons regarding the
school.
• To check the progress of the
school regarding the
infrastructure of the school
and assessment of the
students.
• To improve quality
education of the students by
visiting the school .
Checking Committee
• To analyze the report given
by Regional Awareness
Committee.
• To enquire the schools on
the basis of the report
submitted by the checking
committee.
• To take actions on the wrong
implementations of the
policy.
• To encourage the schools
performing progressively.
• To take feedback from the
school and to match this
feedback by the report of
the Regional Awareness
Committee.
• To indicate the solutions for
problems of the school to
the teachers.

8. • Volunteers selected by the RAC will perform the survey work in a given span of
time i.e. one month.
• This survey report consist of the problems faced by the students and the
teachers, a common feedback of the parents, and an attendance report of the
students.
• This raw data obtained by the volunteers will than be handed to the Regional
Awareness Committee.
• The RAC will do a detailed analysis of the raw data and makes a final report
which consist of :
1. The main Problems of the school including shortage of Net Attendance
Ratio(NAR) and Gross Enrolment Ratio and there possible reasons.
2. Progress in the quality of education, students performance and positive
approach of teachers.
• This analysed report is then sent to the Checking Committee where solution of
all the possible problems are thought upon.
• The solution report as well as problem report both are then send to the school
,a feedback must be send to the checking committee within ten days
• Necessary action is taken , if a proper feedback is not obtained within ten
days.

9. Eligibility Criteria and AuthorityVolunteers
• Minimum:
Intermediate
qualified.
• Age limit : 22- 35
Years
• Selected by
Regional
Awareness
Committee
(Persons eligible
for MNREGA)
• They will work
under teachers.
• Accountable to
RAC.
RACMembers
• Minimum
Qualification :
Graduate
• Selection Criteria
: personal
Interview by
Grade -I Officer.
• They have control
Over Volunteers.
• They have
authority to
question school
management,
regarding
academics.
CCMembers
• Retired Officers
Equivalent to
BEO*.
• They have control
over RAC .
• The also have
authority to ask
and suggest ,the
school
management
according to the
report submitted
by RAC.
• They are
accountable to
DEO.
*BEO :- Block Educational Officer
No. of Committee (Regional and Checking) members may vary from place to place according to the
need.

10. •No. of volunteers is three for each area.
•Volunteers will be paid according to MNREGA for rural area and
state funded in urban areas.
•Each person will be paid Rs. 1000 per month.
Volunteers
•Four to five members in each committee.
•They will be paid Rs. 15000/- per month by State Government.
•Estimated cost Rs. 21.5 Crore per annum.
RAC
Members
•Three to Four members in each committee.
•They will be paid Rs. 20000/- per month by State Government.
•Estimated cost Rs. 2.2 Crore Per annum.
CC Members
Estimated costs are given for a state on average.
Total Fund : Rs. 25-30
Crore

11. Advantages
• Parents will be more aware about the importance of the primary education.
• Mentality of Students , Parents and Teachers would change from not just
attending the classes but also learning in the classes.
• Teachers will be more regular and responsible
• Less burden on the teachers thus allowing them to concentrate on the students
even more.
• Frequent Parent Teacher Meet will help to know the progress of the student ,
problems concerning them.
• Regular survey of this system will help to provide hobby oriented classes.
• It will also help us to know the plight of the students who are interested and are
not able to enroll themselves in the school.
• Our proposed education system will have an optimistic approach toward the
welfare of the students.
• Those who claimed MNERGA allowance without putting in some work would
have to earn their livings.
Challenges and Risks
• Non Cooperative parents may cause problems.
• Proper Funding is required at each stages.
• Corruption is root to all the problems so a corruption free committee is must.

12. Reference
• OECD Economics, Department Working Papers, No.
885, OECD Publishing.
• The District Information System for Education (DISE)
report 2012.
• Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2011, 2005.
• UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). 2005. Children out
of school: Measuring exclusion from primary
education.