Andhra Pradesh Primary Education Project: 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 constitutes 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 (O D A ) 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 later aiming to introduce activity-based teaching methods into classrooms which ha/e been oriented hitherto,with whole class teaching and rote learning methods. Th e 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. Th e Phase II of the project that commenced from 1989-90 aims to involve every teacher handling primary level class/classes in the state in a "cascade system" of in-service training programme in a phased manner - a total of approximately 1,65,000 teachers working in 55000 schools and provide materials to schools aid Teachers’ Centres to practise activity based teaching and learning, and constrict 3393 classrooms in some needy schools and provide add-on-facilities to 11)4 Teachers’ Centres. Evaluation of the implementation of all these activities forms an integral part of the project both in Phase-! and Phase-ll.