2. Primary Education : Basic Statistics
Child Population 6- 11 years
(Census 2001)
12.13 cr.
Number of Primary Schools 7,67,520
Number of Primary Teachers 21,60,666
Number of EGS centres 146240
3. Primary Education : Initiatives
• SSA initiated in 2001-02; effectively started in
2002-03.
• Operation Blackboard merged with SSA.
• NFE scheme modified to new EGS & AIE
scheme, included under SSA
• DPEP now only in 17 districts in 2 States under
overall umbrella of SSA.
• KGBV scheme merged with SSA w.e.f 1.04.07
4. WHAT DOES SSA PROVIDE :-
Providing basic facilities in each school
Setting up of primary schools within 1 k.m. radius
Education Guarantee Scheme and Alternative
Innovative Education centres as alternative schools.
Back to school programme through bridge courses
and residential camps.
Additional classrooms – a room for every teacher
with minimum of two teachers at Primary level
Toilets/drinking water/child friendly elements.
Additional teachers to get pupil teacher ratio of 40:1.
5. What SSA Provided for Basic Facilities
Item
Targets up
to 2006-07
(in lakh)
Achievement up
2006(in lakh)s
% Cumulative
achievement
New Primary
Schools opened
1.33 1.09 75%
Teachers appointed 10.03 8.25 81%
Drinking Water 1.7 1.58 93%
Toilets 2.35 2.03 83%
Construction
Primary School
building
Additional
Classrooms
1.21
6.92
Comp. IP Comp Comp. &
IP
0.69
4.05
0.23
2.46
54%
58%
74%
94%
6. Access at Primary Stage
Access less (no school within 1 km.)
habitations as per 7th AIES
1,60,528
Primary schools provided till 2007-08
under SSA and DPEP
2,04,200
98% of rural population has access to primary
school within 1 km. of habitation.
92000 EGS centres are providing education
to 24 lakh children in sparsely populated
habitations with relaxed norms in tribal areas.
About 28 lakh children are covered through
context specific AIE intervention
7. 88
90
92
94
96
98
100
102
104
106
108
110
GER
GER 96.3 95.3 98.2 107.8
2001-
02
2002-
03
2003-
04
2004-
05
• GER at primary stage is
107.8.
• GER < 100 in AP, Bihar,
Haryana, J&K, Jharkhand,
Kerala, Nagaland, Punjab,
Chandigarh, Delhi and
Laksadweep
• 52 lakh children in EGS
and AIE
Gross Enrolment Ratios
Enrolment at Primary Stage
GER at Primary Level
8. Out of School Children
320
249
116
135
70 75
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
2001-
02
2002-
03
2003-
04
2004-
05
2005-
06
2006-
07
• The number of out of
school children is 75
lakh (2007) (3.5%).
• 2.9% in 6-11 yrs OoSC
• Number of districts with
more than 50,000 OoSC
has reduced from 48
(2005) to 24 (2007).
(Assam 1, Bihar 11,
Chattisgarh 1, Haryana 1,
Orissa 1, West Bengal 9)
Goal – I contd…/-
In lakhs
9. • Dropout rates (pry.) have
fallen by 11.3% pts. since
2001.
(2.3% drop between 1990-
2000)
• Reduction in girls > 15%
pts.
• Transition rates Pry. to U.
Pry. improve from 74.15
(2003-04) to 83.36 (2005-
06).
Universal Retention by 2010
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Pry Girls 39.9 33.72 28.57 25.42
Primary 39 34.89 31.47 29
2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05
Dropout Rates
10. Goal III : Universal Retention by 2010
Upto 10%
10 to 20%
20 to 30%
> 40%
Primary
Dropout Rates
30 to 40%
•Drop out at National level
29.21% (SES 2004)
•Dropout more than
National Average is in
Assam, Bihar, Goa,
Meghalaya,
Rajasthan,
Sikkim, Tripura, and
West Bengal
11. Universal Retention – Scheduled Castes
• Gap between general and SC
dropout rate is 5.21%
• Interstate variations
Goa-53.67 UP-18.54
T. Nadu-12.72 WB-11.28
Haryana-9.8 HP-8.79
Chandigarh-7.61 Punjab-5.24
Dropout Gap
10-20% points
> 20% points.
Upto 10% points
Primary
Dropout Gap
12. Universal Retention – Scheduled Tribes
• Gap between general and ST
dropout rate is 13.32%
• Interstate variations
Maharashtra - 25.65
Andhra Pradesh - 22.09
Manipur - 19.82
Orissa - 19.28
Gujarat - 13.71
Tamil Nadu-10.73
10-20% points
> 20% points.
Upto 10% points
Dropout Gap
Primary
Dropout Gap
13. Teacher Training
• Target in 2006-07 was 34,05,615
• Overall progress 87%
• Less than 40% progress in Bihar,
Sikkim, A & N Islands,
Lakshadweep
• Fresh NCERT guidelines for in
service training (The Reflective
Teacher)
• Evaluation of teacher training
underway (April, 2008)
• SSA also supports induction
training and training of untrained
teachers
• Focus on outcome oriented
teacher training , to enable
teachers to attain pre identified
performance standards
• Less than 40%
• 40 – 60% progress
• 60 - 80% progress
• More than 80%
14. Textbooks
• Target in 06-07 was
6,68,77,585
• Overall progress 96%
• Issue of timeliness in
distribution being
addressed/monitored
through MIEs/IPAI
• Free textbook from state
budget: Puducherry,
Karnataka, T. N., Gujarat
(up to class VII), etc.
• Textbook revision recently
completed , or currently
underway in several states.
• Progress > 90%
• Progress < 90%
• From State budget
15. 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
16. Remedial Teaching
• Target in 2006-07 was
43,60,095
• Overall progress 78%
• Less than 40% progress in
Andaman & Nicobar Is.,
Lakshadweep, Manipur,
Meghalaya, Nagaland,
Orissa, Punjab and Sikkim
• Several States running
programmes with NGOs.
• Less than 40%
• 40 – 60% progress
• 60 - 80% progress
• More than 80%
17. Sub-dist. academic support structures
• Over 90% operational in all
states except in Assam and
some UTs
• Urban Resource Centers
(URCs) being set up (SSA
guidelines amended recently)
• Evaluation study being
commissioned.
• Efforts to identify performance
standards (ADEPTS) and
emphasise primacy of the
academic support role of BRCs
and CRCs (e.g. through QMTs).
< 90% functional
• BRCs
• CRCs
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20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
InPercent
Teacher 73.9 82.2 43.8 68.4 76.5 95.1 86.3 91.7 73.3 90 67.8 80.9 66.3 89.1 81 59.6 75.1
Students 72.7 81.4 42 67.7 75 94.6 86.2 91.4 72.1 89 66.8 81.7 62.7 88.3 80 57.3 75.7
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19. 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/Women’s 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.
20. Focus in 2007-08
Outcomes Expected
• Reduction in dropouts by at least 5% at primary
level.
• Reduction in gender gap by at least 5%.
• Enhancing student and teacher attendance.
• Focused programmes for improving levels of learning in
Maths and Language in classes I to III.
