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IndiaEducation For All
Overview of Progress and Challenges
E-9 Ministerial Meeting8-10, November 2012
New Delhi, India
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Overview
• Diverse contexts and conditions – consists of 35 States and Union Territories
• About 1.3 million schools of which 87% are in rural areas
• Involves around 190 million children and 6 million teachers at the elementary stage of education
• Demographic changes – increasing youth population – shrinking cohort of children entering primary schools
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Overview of ProgressUniversal Primary Education and
Literacy• Access – Universal access to all within the
neihbourhood• Primary Enrolment Ratios – Near Universal
at 97%• Primary Completion rate – around 70% -
cause for concern• Literacy – 81% - on track for achieving 2015
goal
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Overview of ProgressTowards Gender Equality
• Significant reduction in gender disparity but needs improvement
• Ratio of boys to girls in education – near parity in primary level - but still at around 0.87 overall and Gender parity index in literacy is around 0.84 – youth literacy is near parity
• One of the major focus areas being pursued –special programmatic thrusts
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Overview of ProgressMajor Programmatic Initiatives
• Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan – Programme for Universalisation of Elementary Education
• Universal provision of Mid-Day Meals in schools• Integrated Child Development Programme covering
all children of 0-6 years• Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan – Programme
for Universalisation of Secondary Education• Sakshar Bharat – National Literacy Programme with
special focus on Youth and women
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Right to EducationEducation as a Fundamental Right
• Landmark event • Amendment to Constitution in 2002• Right To Education Act notified in April 2010• Making Free and Compulsory Education a
basic Right - Looking to ensure that all children not only have access to education but access to education of good quality
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Right to Education ActSome Key Provisions
• Rights and Entitlements of children • Ensuring Participation of Children in Schools –
Responsibility of the State• Specifies Teacher qualifications, Pupil Teacher Ratio • Benchmark for Schools - Specification of infrastructure
and academic provisions• Nature of Curriculum – Teaching Learning Process –
Child Centred – National Values• Independent Bodies at Central and State levels for
Monitoring the Protection of Child Rights – National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
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Right to Education ActSome Key Provisions
Focus on Equity and Social Justice•Special Provisions made for marginalised groups - Scheduled Caste children, tribal groups, children with special needs •New Framework for Participation of Private providers - 25% reservation for children from disadvantaged groups
Child friendly classrooms •Ban on corporal punishment and classroom free of fear and anxiety •Calls for education through mother tongue (Without making it compulsory)
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Continuing Challenges Retaining children in Schools to complete
elementary with particular focus on girls and the disadvantaged – Around 40% children aged 6-14 years drop out without completing 8 years of schooling
Strategy – (a) Special Training to mainstream out of school children and drop outs – age appropriate classes ; (b) Programmes for girls including residential schools; (c) Mid-day Meals for all; (d) Draw support from NGOs
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Continuing Challenges
Problem of Qualified Teachers - Around one million additional teachers to be recruited and trained to meet RTE norms.
Strategy – (a) Teacher Eligibility Tests to improve quality; (b) Additional Teacher Training Institutions in Educationally Backward Blocks; (c) Use of Modern Technology and open learning systems for professional development of Practicing Teachers
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Continuing Challenges
Enhancing Learning Outcomes – Independent assessments as well as Surveys by NCERT show that majority of children completing 5 yrs of schooling lack basic competencies
Strategy - Special programme of Quality Enhancement – (a) Curriculum and Textbooks Reform (National Curriculum Framework); (b) Reforming classroom teaching – Ability Based Learning; (c) Revamping Learner Evaluation – Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation
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Continuing Challenges
Out-of-school Adolescents and Young Adults – Large number still fail to complete schooling and enter the world of work
Strategy – (a) Special Programmes of life skills for Adolescents and Youth – through National Literacy Mission; (b) Expansion of open schooling network to reach the unreached; (c) Assessing and certifying skills acquired through non-formal education under the National Vocational Education Qualification Framework (NVEQF)
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Towards A brighter future for India’s children