STEPS TAKEN FOR COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION IN

SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN 

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan envisages active participation of the community in the school development programmes. Several steps have been taken for ensuring the active participation/involvement of the community in these programmes.

Training of community leaders @4 members per village & 2 persons per school is an important component of the programme. All  community leaders and SEC members  at school level are  being  trained/sensitized on community involvement/participation in school development activities every year as part of the SSA activity.

The Government have notified an act (Act 13 of 1998) by which School Education Committees (SEC’s) were constituted in every school for active participation of the community in their development. Pursuant to the act , 70504 SEC’s have been formed. The SEC’s  have become the focal points for taking up the various activities at the school level like construction of new school buildings, additional classrooms, providing other basic amenities, release of grants and  monitoring of their proper utilization in order to achieve the desired objectives. Consequent to the completion of the term of the SEC’s, the Government vide G.O.Rt.No:842,School education dept;dt:14/12/2005 have nominated the Mandal Education officers as person-in-charges of the SEC’s of the respective mandals for a period of one year or till the constitution of the SEC’s  whichever is earlier.

Government have issued orders vide G.O.Ms.No.162, school education dept, dt:14-11-04 permitting donors to adopt schools which will be named after the choice of the donor by donating an amount of  Rs.5.00 lakhs for Primary school, Rs.7.5 lakhs for Upper primary school & Rs.10.00 lakhs for High school. A website : www.vidyanidhi.org  has been hosted for giving wide publicity for the scheme. An amount of approximately Rs.11.00 crores  has so far been received under the scheme in various districts.

Several programmes were also taken up to mobilize the community in ensuring the achievement of the important goal of universal enrolment. Enrolment drives like  “Chaduvulapandaga” and most recently “Badibata” were taken up successfully.

BADIBATA PROGRAMME

• Badibata (Enrolment drive) which was conceived and implemented during 2005-06  is a campaign to enroll all school age children.

• During 2005-06, about 1001922  (5+) children were enrolled into 1^st class and 145535 out of school children were enrolled into regular/bridge schools up to 30/06/05.

• Badibata was taken up  on a  massive scale  during the academic year 2006-07 from 1st June,06 to  16th  June,06.

• As part of the programme, Gramsabhas were conducted to come out with strategies to be adopted for 100% enrolment and retention.

• Other campaign activates like holding rallies, exhibitions and publicity through dissemination of educative material were taken up. 

• Day-wise activities included listing of out of school children, issue of  notices to employers of child labour and ensuring their release etc.

• School readiness activities like  sprucing up of the school premises, tree plantation etc., were done.

• Admission of class V and class VII children into next higher classes was concentrated in order to prevent dropouts. 

• The programme had culminated with the organizing of “Samoohika Aksharabhyasam” (Mass Enrolment) on 16-06-2006 in all the schools.

BADIBATA - PROGRESS MADE

•  Programme was launched in all the districts on 1/6/2006.

• 1288 mandal teams visited 56160 habitations and 74613 Gramsabhas were conducted throughout the state.

• Notices were served on 2517 employers and 4830 child labour were released and admitted into Bridge Courses.

• 1,54,437 dropout children and 40,992 never enrolled children were identified during the Badibata programme for getting them admitted into regular/Bridge schools.

• After the reopening of the schools on 12/06/2006 and until 31/8/2006, 1440963 (5+) children were enrolled into 1^st class.

• 164028 out of school children were enrolled into regular/bridge school.

• 1420579 children of 5^th class were transited into 6^th class .

• 1224694 children of 7^th class were transited into 8^th class.