Role of Block & Cluster Resource Centres in Providing Academic Support to Elementary Schools: Abridged Report of Study Conducted in 14 States

Abstract

From Executive Summary: Under SSA, Block Resource Centres and Cluster Resource Centres wee established to provide academic support to teachers and schools on a regular basis in each block of every district. At present 6472 BRCs and 69268 CRCs are operational in the country, In each block a number of CRCs were established. Each CRC covers a small number of schools within easy reach. The number of CRCs per BRCs varies considerably from state to state. The number of schools per CRC generally varies from 10 to 20, but the average number of schools per CRC is quite large in some states such as Rajasthan, Delhi, Puducherry and Karnataka.