Kittur Rani Chennamma District Primary Education Project Belvaum District

Abstract

From Introduction: Belgaum District primary Education project was initiated in the month of May 1993 under the Government of India's policy of social safety net. Initially, the planning activities lacked sufficient depth. This was due partially to the shortage of time to assimilate the guidelines for planning at the district level and also due to the very innovativeness of decentralized planing at the district level itself. Historically, the planning at the district level was confined to the provision of statistical information to the state capital and receive the formulated plan for implementation. This was the first time in the history that the District Administration was asked to formulate their own plan for primary education. However, it can be stated that the district expertise grew within a short span of time. Subsequent to the initial draft of the project which was discussed and reviewed by the World Bank team, the District core team was reconstructed to include more representation from the Block level education personnel, peoples representatives like MLAs and MLCs, Zilla Samiti personnel, representatives of other departments dealing with educational development of weaker sections like Backward classes. Scheduled castes and tribes, women etc.( please see Annex I). Separate consultative meeting were held to redefine and restructure the first draft. (see annex II for brief description of the outcomes of all such meetings).