Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Annual Report 2013-14 (Gujarat)

Abstract

The role of Universal Elementary Education for strengthening the democracy through provision of equal opportunities to all has been accepted since the inception of our republic. Currently, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is implemented as India’s main programme for Universalizing Elementary Education (UEE). Its overall goal include universal access and retention , bridging of gender and social category gaps in education and enhancement of leaming levels of children. SSA provides facility for opening of new schools, construction of school buildings, additional class rooms, Toilets for Boys and Girls and drinking water facility and providing periodic teachers’ training and academic resource support for leaming achievement. These provisions need to be aligned with the legally mandated norms and standards and free entitlements mandated in the RTE Act, 2009.