Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
· All States/ UTs
have notified the RTE (Right to Education) Rules
· 2,04,686 Primary
and 1,59,427 Upper Primary schools have been sanctioned for opening under SSA
till date , of which 98.34% are operational.
· Improvement of
school infrastructure and facilities:
|
Items
|
Cumulative sanctions till 2014-15
|
Cumulative completed & in-progress till 30.09.2014
|
Percentage
|
|
Construction of Primary School (PS)
|
199643
|
187605
|
93.97
|
|
Construction of Upper Primary School (UPS)
|
110844
|
107159
|
96.68
|
|
Additional classrooms
|
1857208
|
1751295
|
94.30
|
|
Drinking water
|
236687
|
227102
|
95.95
|
|
Toilets
|
967581
|
869527
|
89.87
|
|
Teachers
|
1985484
|
1506451
|
75.87
|
·
Residential
hostel buildings for children in habitations un-served by regular schools and
also for children without adult protection. 797 residential schools/ hostels to
cater to 88,400 children have been sanctioned under SSA out of which 771 are
functional. KGBVs (Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas) for Upper primary girls
3,609 have been sanctioned, 3,593 are operational with enrolment of 3.52 lakh
girls.
·
Recruitment
of additional teachers- 19,85,484 teacher posts have been sanctioned under SSA,
15,06,451 have been recruited. It has improved the PTR
PTR in Elementary Schools
|
Primary
|
Upper
Primary
|
|
2005-06
|
38
|
31
|
|
2014-15
|
25
|
17
|
·
Provision
of text-books to children: 8.72 crore children were supplied free text books in
2014-15.
·
Uniforms
to all girls, SC, ST and BPL children, have been provided for 8.14 lakh
children.
·
Special
training for Out-of- School children for age appropriate admissions in regular
schools has been provided for 14.77 lakh children in 2014-15 amounting to
outlay of Rs. 569.70 crores.
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas
i.
The
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) are sanctioned in Educationally
Backward Blocks (EBBs) with rural female literacy below the national average as
per Census 2001, provided such residential schools are set up only in those
EBBs which do not have a residential school at upper primary level for girls
under any other scheme of the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment or
the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
ii.
As
on 30th September, 2014, a total no. of 3609 KGBVs were sanctioned out
of which 3593 (99.56%) are operational. 3.52 lakh girls have been enrolled in
these KGBVs out of which 21525 (6.10%) girls are enrolled from Muslim
Community.
iii.
Socio-economic
reasons and reluctance of the community to send girls to residential schools
are the main reasons for low enrolment amongst educationally backward
minorities. In order to promote elementary education amongst girls,
opening of schools in the neighbourhood to make access easier for girls,
appointment of additional teachers including women teachers, free textbooks,
free uniforms, separate toilets for girls, mid-day meal programme to improve
nutrition levels, gender sensitization of teachers, gender-sensitive
teaching-learning materials and intensive community mobilization efforts to
promote girls education, are being undertaken by the Government.
Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS)
i.
Mid
Day Meal Scheme covers children studying in classes I-VIII in Government,
Government aided and Special Training Centres (STCs) including Madarsas/
Maktabs supported under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.
ii.
The
Government has provided Rs. 13215 crores for the Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) in the
current year. During the year 2013-14, 10.80 crore children studying in 11.58
lakh institutions have availed Mid Day Meal.
Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan
i.
The
RMSA guidelines provide for augmenting secondary school infrastructure through
construction of additional class rooms, laboratories, toilet blocks, drinking
water, libraries etc. Till date 10513 new schools have been approved under the
scheme.
ii.
The
centrally Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) has
prescribed norms that are same for all the States/Union Territories (UTs) in
the country. The funds are provided to States/UTs under RMSA based on the
Annual Work Plan & Budget proposals submitted by States/UTs and appraised
for their eligibility as per Schemes norms by Government of India. State/UT
proposals vary depending on state specific requirements.
iii.
Against
the budget allocation of Rs. 550 Crore, Rs. 1500 Crore, Rs. 2512.45 Crore, Rs.
3171.62 Crore and Rs. 3045.85 Crore during 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13
and 2013-14 for RMSA respectively, Rs. 547.83 Crore, Rs. 1481.95 Crore, Rs.
2495.89, Rs. 3171.62 Crore and Rs. 3045.85 Crore have been released.
Grant-in-aid schools are assisted under RMSA only for in-service training of
teachers. Extension of RSMA components to such schools will be subject to
amendment of the scheme and availability of funds.
Model Schools
i.
The
Centrally sponsored scheme to set up 6,000 model schools at the rate of one
school per block as benchmark of excellence is being implemented from
2009-10. The scheme envisages setting up of 3,500 schools in
educationally backward blocks (EBBs) through State/UT Governments and the
remaining 2,500 schools under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode in
blocks which are not educationally backward.
ii.
Under
the State sector component of the scheme which is being implemented from
2009-10, 2490 model schools have so far been approved in 23 States/UTs.
Financial sanctions amounting to Rs. 3725.00 crore have been accorded for
setting up 2329 model schools in 23 States. 1087 model schools have so
far been functional in 12 States. Insofar as PPP component of Model
School Scheme is concerned, the Ministry has decided to undertake review of
this component and the future course of action is thus dependent upon the
outcome of the review.
National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme
(NMMSS)
96798 scholarships (Rs.6000/- per annum) have been
sanctioned to students of Classes IX to XII belonging to economically weaker
sections during nine months of current financial year to arrest their drop out
at class VIII and encourage them to continue the study at secondary stage under
the Scheme.
Adult Education
Adult Education Bureau of
Department of School Education & Literacy deals with two major schemes
namely; Centrally Sponsored Schemes of Adult Education & Skill Development
(Saakshar Bharat) under implementation since 2009 and Centrally Sponsored
scheme of Support to NGOs/SRCs/Institutions for Adult Education & Skill
Development. The major achievements of these two schemes are as under:
·
Under
Saakshar Bharat Mission by December, 2014, 395 districts in 26 States and one
in UT are covered.
·
About
3.92 crore learners appeared for biannual basic literacy assessment tests
conducted by National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) so far. About 2.86
crore learners (including 2.05 crore females), comprising of 0.67 crore SCs,
0.36 crore STs & 0.23 crore Minorities have successfully passed the
Assessment Tests under Basic Literacy up to March, 2014. In addition, about 41
lakh learners have taken up the assessment test held in August, 2014, data in respect
of 36, 67,247 learners received out of which 27, 15,054 learners have been
declared passed. Result of remaining learners is under compilation.
·
1.53
lakh Adult Education Centres are reported functioning by November, 2014.
·
2.58
million persons have been trained as Voluntary Teachers; 42.6 million Primers
in 13 languages and 26 local dialects have been produced and distributed.
·
Around
29 lakh learners have been benefited under Vocational Training programme
through Jan Shikshan Sansthan between 2009 to 2014 out of which the women
beneficiaries were 25.02 lakhs which constitutes around 85% of the total
beneficiaries.
·
As
on 29th December, 2014 accounts of 63.16 lakhs certified adult
literates have reportedly opened accounts under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan
Yojna Scheme, with the active effort of Saakshar Bharat.
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS)
i.
The following seven Regional Offices of
KVS are functioning:-
1. Agra, Uttar Pradesh
2. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
3. Gurgaon, Haryana
4. Ranchi, Jharkhand
5. Raipur, Chhattisgarh
6. Ernakulam, Kerala
7. Tinsukia, Assam.
ii.
The following five Zonal Institute of
Education and Training (ZIET) of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan are functioning:-
1. Bhubaneswar (Odisha)
2. Gwalior (MP)
3. Chandigarh (UT)
4. Mysore (Karnataka)
5. Mumbai (Maharashtra)
iii. Board Examination results of Class XII was all time
high in the year 2014 with the pass percentage of 97.39. Pass percentage in
class X was 99.59 which is again the highest watermark till now.
iv. During the year 2014-15 approval of the Government was
accorded for opening of 54 new KVs. Out of these, 11 KVs have been made
functional. List is attached at the Annexure given in the end.
v.
1250 e-class-rooms in 125 KVs were
established and e-content was developed by KV teachers in-house.
vi. 126 students from different KVs were selected for
participation in JENESYS Program of Japan Education Foundation who visited
Japan.
vii. Provision of doctors and nurses has been made in KVs
to provide emergent medical help to students and staff.
Annexure
Details of
Kendriya Vidyalayas opened during the year 2014 till date.
|
Academic Year
|
S.No.
|
Name of Kendriya Vidyalaya
|
State
|
Sector
|
Date of Issue
|
|
2014 till date
|
01
|
Sector 28,
Rohini Distt., North West Delhi
|
Delhi
|
Civil
|
11.08.2014
|
|
|
02
|
Shivgarh,
Distt., Raebareli
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
Civil
|
11.08.2014
|
|
|
03
|
Jalore
Distt., Jalore
|
Rajasthan
|
Civil
|
22.09.2014
|
|
|
04
|
Miryalguda
Distt., Nalgonda
|
Telengana
|
Civil
|
22.09.2014
|
|
|
05
|
Chamrajnagar
Distt., Chamrajnagar
|
Karnataka
|
Civil
|
01.10.2014
|
|
|
06
|
Gangrani
Distt., Kushinagar
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
Civil
|
08.10.2014
|
|
|
07
|
Mahabubabad
Distt., Warangal
|
Telengana
|
Civil
|
29.10.2014
|
|
|
08
|
Tenali,
Distt. Guntur
|
Andhra
Pradesh
|
Civil
|
31.10.2014
|
|
|
09
|
Hardoi,
Distt. Hardoi
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
Civil
|
31.10.2014
|
|
|
10
|
Sasaram,
Distt. Rohtas
|
Bihar
|
Civil
|
31.10.2014
|
|
|
11
|
Janjgir,
Distt. Janjgir, Champa
|
Chhatisgarh
|
Civil
|
31.10.2014
|
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