1st Meeting of Standing Committee of The National Monitoring Committee for Minorities Education Agenda

Abstract

The District Information System for Education (DISE) Is currently collecting data on schools imparting elementary level of education. Under DISE data are collected school as unit. It was initiated as part of DPEP to collect data on primary level of education from District Primary Education Programme (DPEP) districts to monitor its progress. The coverage v^as extended to the entire county and also to upper primary education implying covering elementary education as part of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA). Data are available at state, district and sub-district level. Data are collected on school infrastructure, enrolment by gender, social category, age, grade, and also on a few background variables about school like management, location, etc. From 2005-06 onwards data on enrolment of Muslims was beginning to be collected. Further data on enrolment by medium of instruction that includes Urdu as one variable, repeaters by Muslim community and also very limited information on Madrasas are also beginning to be collected, very recently.