Programme Evaluation Report Activity Based Learning Tamil Nadu

Abstract

From Foreword: In 2002 the Government of India launched a nation-wide centrally sponsored scheme, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) with the aim to provide all children in the 6-14 years age group with access to a school/EGS centre, bridging gender and social category gaps with universal retention and providing education of satisfactory quality by 2010. In the second phase of support to SSA, the Ministry of Human Resources Department (MHRD) and the Development Partners (DP), Department for International Development (DFID), the World Bank and the European Commission (EU), agreed to finance a Technical Cooperation Fund (TCF) to support and facilitate strengthening of institutional capacities at the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and, through it, the states in the specific areas of: