AN EVALUATIVE STUDY OF SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN

Education occupies a very prominent place in the history and life of a nation. It is the most important single factor in the achievement of rapid economic development, technological progress and in creating social order on the basis of freedom, social justice and equal opportunity. “Education for All” and “Life-long Learning” are the slogans of all the developing countries. The U.N.O. Charter (1948) resolved that education should be a fundamental right for all human beings. In India, free and compulsory Primary Education has already been made a fundamental right which came to effect on1st April, 2010. The Constitutional (83rd Amendment) bill in this regard was passed in the Indian Parliament in 2002 for achieving the goal of “Education For All” (EFA) by making free and compulsory education a Fundamental Right for all children in the age group of 6-14 years and the same received the assent of President of India on 26th August, 2009 known as “Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009”. In 2010, District Primary Education Program (DPEP) has been extended to Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA). The SSA is a key move toward achieving the long cherished goal of Universalization of Elementary Education (UEE) through a bound integrated approach in partnership with the states. The SSA provides useful and relevant Elementary Education for all children in the age group of 6 to 14 by 2010. Also, another goal is to bridge the gap of social, regional and gender, with active participation of community in the management