Report of Main Survey 2 (Conducted During November-December, 1992) on Implementation of The Project in Schools

Abstract

From Preface: The A. P. Primary Education Project costitutes one of the largest interventions attempted in the field of primary education in Andhra Pradesh, with the prime aim of improving the quality of primary education in the state.The project is being implemented with the financial assistance of Overseas Development Administration (ODA) of United Kingdom. The project involves, as in*puts for the realisation of its goals, a sizable building programme and an extensive training programme - the former aiming at a proper learning environment in schools and the latter aiming to introduce activity-based teaching methods into classrooms which have been oriented hitherto,with whole class teaching and rote learning methods.The Phase I of the project was implemented in 328 primary schools of 11 selected districts in the state from 1984 to 1987 on pilot basis. This was followed by a Bridging Programme from 1987 to 1989 to consolidate the gains of Phase-1 before taking up wider introduction of the project in Phase II from 1989-90.