MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL ‘NISHANK’)
(a) & (b) : The erstwhile Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)
programme was under implementation since 2000-2001 for universalization of elementary
education throughout the country. Now, SSA along-with other two centrally sponsored
schemes of Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE) have
been subsumed under a new Integrated Scheme for School Education-Samagra Shiksha,
launched in the country from 2018-19. It is an overarching programme for the school
education sector extending from pre-school to class XII and aims to ensure inclusive and
equitable quality education at all levels of school education.
The Centrally Sponsored Scheme of SSA/Samagra Shiksha has an inbuilt
concurrent evaluation and monitoring system. The Ministry of Human Resource Development
convenes periodic meetings with State Education Ministers and Secretaries to review the
programmes. Educational data is collected through a Unified District Information System for
Education (UDISE+) every year to assess the progress. A National Achievement Survey
(NAS) across all States and UTs was conducted on 13.11.2017 to assess the learning
achievement of students of classes 3, 5 and 8. The status of these evaluations and monitoring is
placed in the public domain. Further, an All India Performance Audit on Implementation of
RTE Act. 2009 was conducted by the Comptroller & Auditor General of India (C&AG) for the
period extending from 2010-11 to 2015-16 and accordingly Report No. 23 of 2017 has been
laid on the Table of the Parliament on 21.07.2017. An independent third party evaluation of
the SSA Scheme was also conducted in 2017-18. It has pointed out that SSA achieved
considerable success in universalizing access and strengthening of infrastructure in schools. It
has appreciated the enhanced focus of SSA on quality of education in recent years.
(c) : The statement showing the State and UT-wise details on cumulative physical
progress of school infrastructure for elementary schools under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
(SSA)/Samagra Shiksha during the last three years and the current year is at Annexure-I.
(d) & (e): The funds under the erstwhile scheme of SSA and also Samagra Shiksha are
released for utilization for current recurring activities and also for completion of pending
infrastructure such as toilets, schools, additional classrooms, laboratories etc. The statement
showing State/UT-wise details of central share released and expenditure incurred under Sarva
Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)/Samagra Shiksha during the current year is at Annexure-II.
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