How have the various
policies and programmes
helped in the promotion
of child education?
Answers
Answer:
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan
The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is being implemented as India's main programme for universalising elementary education. Its overall goals include universal access and retention, bridging of gender and social category gaps in education and enhancement of learning levels of children.
Explanation:
The Right of Children to Free
and Compulsory Education (RTE)
Act came into force in the year 2010
which provides the right of children
to free and compulsory education
in the neighbourhood school which
are to be established within 3
years time period. The provisions
relating to school infrastructure
and Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR),
training to untrained teachers,
quality interventions are prescribed
under the Act. The Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan Scheme (SSA) aims
to provide free and compulsory
elementary education to all children
in 6-14 age by 2010. The scheme
provides school infrastructure and
quality improvement in education
of the children. The objectives of
the scheme is that all children to be
in school and universal retention by
2010, bridging all gender and social
gaps at primary stage by 2007 and
at elementary education level by
the year 2010. The Government
of India is committed to realise
the goal of universalisation of
elementary education by 2010.
The Mid-day meal Scheme is being
implemented under Sarva Siksha
Abhiyan Scheme which aims atuniversal enrolment and retention of children. Under the programme
nutrition and snacks are provided to
the children attending schools.
The National Programme for
education of girls at elementary
level is being implemented by the
Department of Education which
adopts community based approach
for the development of children
under difficult circumstances to
check drop out girls, working
girls, girls from marginalised
social groups, girls with low
levels of achievement to gain
quality elementary education and
develop self esteem of girls. The
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya
Scheme enables opening of special
residential schools for the girl
child belonging to Scheduled
Castes, Scheduled Tribes, other
backward classes and minority
in educationally backward areas
having low female literacy. The
Schemes for Providing Quality
Education in Madrasas (SPQEM)
is launched to bring qualitative
improvement in the Madrasas to
enable Muslim children to attain
educational standard as per the
national education system. The
other programmes including Model
School Scheme (2008), Rastriya
Madhymika Sikshya Abhiyan
(2009), Inclusive Education for
Disabled (2009), Construction of
Girls Hostel for secondary and
higher secondary schools (2009) are
introduced to promote education at
secondary level.