INCLUSION: SSA, RTE ACT 2009

In this article an attempt has been made to focus on the Inclusion:SSA, RTE 2009.The Universal Elementary Education (UEE) plays a vital role in Universal strengthening the socio-economic base of a nation by promoting social justice and equity. Basic education is known to improve the overall wellbeing of people. Focus on UEE also became imperative, because India has been signatory to a number of international covenants – Jomtien declaration, UCRC, Millennium declaration, Dakar declaration, SAARC SDG charter for children, etc. With the formulation of the National Policy on Education (NPE) in 1986, a number of programs were initiated in India with a view to achieving UEE. These efforts got intensified through the 1990s via several specific interventions such as Operation Blackboard (OBB), the Shiksha Karmi Project (SKP), the Andhra Pradesh Primary Education Project (APPEP), the Bihar Education Project (BEP), the UP Basic Education Project (UPBEP), Mahila Samakhya (MS), the Lok Jumbish Project (LJP), and Teacher Education, which put in place a decentralized system of teacher support through District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) and the District Primary Education Program (DPEP) in 1993-94. The DPEP, over several phases, covered 272 districts in 18 states of the country. (SSA) The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Scheme is a centrally sponsored scheme. It was launched in the year 2001 under the leadership of the then Prime Minister of India – Shri Atal Bihari Vajpai. The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan program was launched with the aim of providing useful and relevant elementary education for all children in the age group 6-14 by 2010, and to bridge social and gender gaps, with the active participation of the community in the management of schools.