SSA - Perspective Plan 2001-2007 South Tripura District

Abstract

The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is an extensive scheme covering the entire country subsuming within itself all other major Governmental educational interventions. All programmes like, the DPEP, the Lok Jumbis, the Operation Blackboard, etc. will be covered under the umbrella of the SSA the SSA is an initiative in a mission mode through District base, decentralization of context in specific planning and implementation strategy. The appraisal process in the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is therefore extremely important. It ensures a comprehensive review of all the aspects and component of the programme proposal. Arduous efforts have been made in the last four decades for the Universalization of Elementary Education and to fulfil the mandate of the Indian Constitution. The National Policy on Education 1986 and 1992 also gave top priority to the achievement of Universal Elementary Education. Many projects and programmes at the micro and macro levels have been Undertaken in the past in this direction. Experiences have shown that with all the past interventions, there has been considerable progress in providing access to primary Education, increase in enrolment and retention, improvement in school attendance and generation of strong demand for education specially for girls. However, pupils achievement has been low and there have been inter state and inter District differences in pupils attendance and achievement level.