Question : CONCURRENT ASSESSMENT OF SSA



(a) whether several independent agencies have been authorised by the Government to undertake a concurrent assessment of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) launched by the Government;

(b) if so, the names of the agencies authorised to undertake a concurrent assessment of SSA;

(c) whether these agencies have submitted their reports to the Government; and

(d) if so, the outcome thereof?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI M.A.A. FATMI)

(a) Yes, Sir.

(b) A list of the Monitoring Institutions identified for this purpose is annexed.

(c) Seventeen of them have submitted their half yearly reports in the financial year 2006-07.

(d) The reports provide independent feed back on the status of implementation of the SSA programme in the States.

ANNEXURE

Annexure referred to in Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2801 for 12.12.2006 asked by Shri Ravi Prakash Verma and Shri Adhalrao Patil Shivajirao regarding Concurrent Assessment of SSA

LIST OF MONITORING INSTITUTIONS

1. Jammu University, Department of Education, Jammu Tawi, Jammu & Kashmir.

2. Himachal Pradesh University, Centre for Adult, Continuing Education & Extension, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

3. Kurukshetra University, Department of Education, Kurukshetra, Haryana.

4. Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

5. Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Department of Education, Vadodara, Gujarat.

6. SNDT College of Education for Women, Pune, Maharashtra.

7. Regional Institute of Education, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

8. A.N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna, Bihar.

9. Jamia Millia Islamia, Institute of Advanced Studies in Education, New Delhi.

10 Gauhati University, Department of Education, Gauhati, . Assam.

11 Rajiv Gandhi University, Department of Education, . Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.

12 University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir. .

13 Xaviour Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur, . Jharkhand.

14 Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangaluru, . Karnataka.

15 Regional Institute of Education, Mysore, Karnataka. .

16 Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, Kerala. .

17 Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, . Maharashtra.

18 M.P. Institute of Social Science Research, Ujjain, . Madhya Pradesh.

19 Indian Institute of Education, Pune, Maharashtra. .

20 Manipur University, Department of Education, Imphal, . Manipur.

21 North-Eastern Hill University, Department of . Education, Shillong, Meghalaya.

22 Mizoram University, Department of Education, Aizawl, . Mizoram.

23 Nagaland University, Kohima, Nagaland. .

24 Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies, . Bhubaneswar, Orissa.

25 Dr. P.M. Institute of Advanced Study in Education, . Sambalpur, Orissa.

26 Punjab University, Department of Education, . Chandigarh.

27 Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur, Rajasthan. .

28 University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, West Bengal. .

29 Alagappa University, Department of Education, . Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu.

30 Indian Institute of Management, Bangaluru, Karnataka. .

31 Tripura University, Department of Analytical & Applied . Economics, Agartala, Tripura.

32 Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow, Uttar . Pradesh.

33 Govind Ballabh Pant Social Science Institute, Jhunsi, . Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.

34 Centre of Advanced Development Research, Lucknow, . Uttar Pradesh.

35 Lucknow University, Institute of Advanced Studies in . Education, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

36 National Institute of Administrative Research, . Mussoorie, Uttaranchal.

37 Indian Institute of Management, Kolkatta, West Bengal. .

38 Visva-Bharati University, Dist. Birbhum, West Bengal. .

39 Centre for Studies in Developing Societies, Delhi. .

40 Pondicherry University, Pondicherry. .