District Primary Education Programme Gender Studies Madhya Pradesh District Sarguja

Abstract

From Introduction: The constitution of India recognizes education as a basic right of every child and enjoins on the State to provide free and compulsory education to all children upto the age of fourteen, (Article 45). Universalisation of Elementary Education (UEE) consisting of five years of primary and three years of upper primary education was launched as a major educational programme in the First Five Year Plan has continued to be a priority area for planners. The National Policy on Education 1986 (updated in 1992) and its Programme of action (POA) reaffirms India's commitment to UEE which implies not only universal access and enrolment but a substantial improvement in quality of education to enable all children to achieve essential levels of learning.