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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | SSA scores 85%, fails on quality by Akshaya Mukul

SSA scores 85%, fails on quality by Akshaya Mukul

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published Published on Jan 13, 2010   modified Modified on Jan 13, 2010

The performance of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, which will form the core of the Right to Education Act, has been satisfactory in terms of ainfrastructure though a lot needs to be done as far as quality improvement — teachers’ appointment, their in-service training etc — is concerned.

In what could further boost the flagship programme, sources said, the Finance Commission has made a provision of more than Rs 20,000 crore for the next five years for recurring expenditure on SSA by states.

Meanwhile, HRD ministry’s internal appraisal of SSA shows that most of its physical targets for 2009-10 are set to be fully achieved. For instance, out of the cumulative target of opening 3.32 lakh schools, 2.82 (85.14%) lakh are already in place. Haryana and Madhya Pradesh are the two states that have met 99% of their target.

As for construction of school buildings, nearly 90% of the overall target of 2.63 lakh buildings has been met. Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, and Daman and Diu have completed 100% of their target. SSA’s overall target was to construct 11.05 lakh new classrooms out of which 9.91 lakh (89.68%) have already been constructed. Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Daman and Diu and Delhi have met 100% of their target.

Free textbook distribution has been mired in controversy in states like Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. In case of drinking water, 1.85 lakh schools (93.5%) have the facility.

In comparison, construction of toilets is slow-paced explaining why many parents in rural/semi-rural areas are not keen to send their daughters to schools. A similar problem can be seen in case of appointment of teachers. Only 77.7% (9.86 lakh) teachers out of the target of 12.27 lakh have been appointed. In case of teachers, the bigger problem is in-service training, a key quality indicator.


The Times of India, 14 Jauary, 2010, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/SSA-scores-85-fails-on-quality/articleshow/5442353.cms
 

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