Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is Government of India’s flagship programme for achievement of Universalization of Elementary Education (UEE) in a time bound manner, as mandated by 86th amendment to the Constitution of India making free and compulsory Education to the Children of 6-14 years age group, a Fundamental Right.

When was Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan launched?

2001-2002
1.1. 1 Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is a comprehensive and integrated flagship programme of Government of India to attain Universal Elementary Education (UEE), covering the entire country in a mission mode. SSA has been launched in 2001-2002 in partnership with the State Governments and Local Self Governments.

How successful is SSA?

There is no doubt that SSA has been very successful in increasing the number of schools, classrooms and teachers in the state education system. Just in one year, between ASER 2005 and ASER 2006, Haryana, Punjab, and Karnataka had more than 15% increase in private schools.

What are the problems of SSA?

Shortcomings of SSA Nationally 29% of students dropout before completing five years of primary schooling and 43% dropout before finishing upper primary school. The high school completion rate is only 42%. These figures sum up to reveal that India has 1.4 million out of school children in the age group of 6-11.

How many SSA teachers are there in Meghalaya?

Meghalaya has over 12,500 SSA teachers and the government needs Rs 34 crore every month to pay their salaries.

Which scheme comes under SSA?

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Scheme
Initiative Under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Scheme The SSA scheme initiated the ‘Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat’ programme in 2014. The Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat programme seeks to improve the reading and writing skills of Class I and Class II children and their mathematics skills.

Who are likely to get the most benefits from the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan?

The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is to provide useful and relevant elementary education for al children in the 6 to 14 age group by 2000. There is also another goal to bridge social and gender gaps, with the active participation of the community in the management of schools.

What year did DPEP start?

1994
The DPEP was initiated in late 1994 as a unique and innovative effort towards achieving the objectives of UPE in educationally backward districts of India.