Draft Proposal for District Primary Education Programme (D.P.E.P.) Banaskantha District, Gujarat State

Abstract

From Executive Summary: This draft DPEP II proposal for Banaskantha, Gujarat (1996-2001) has been drawn up after a series of consultations at the district level with elected panchayat representatives, administrators, school teachers, inspectors, non-governmental organizations, educationists and others interested in education. The introductory section (Section 1.0) describes the features of the district. Gross literacy levels for males (43.94 %) and females (18.06 %) are the lowest among those of all the districts in Gujarat. Population grew at around 29 percent over the ten year period 1981-1991. Indications are that about 55000 children will be added on an average to the school-going age population, every year, over the next decade.