(a) whether the Government proposes any monitoring of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, to know
about the success achieved in realizing the targets fixed under it;
(b) if so, the achievement of the targets and parameters contemplated thereunder, State-wise
indicating specifically the extent to which the socially backward class, SCs/STs/OBCs and
minorities have been benefited by the Abhiyan; and
(c) the expenditure incurred and the number of boys and girls who were benefited thereby,
State-wise?
MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL ‘NISHANK’)
(a) : 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 2018-2019. 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.