STATUS OF UNIVERSALIZATION OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION IN CHAMBA DISTRICT HIMACHAL PRADESH UNDER SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN-RTE

Free and compulsory education to all children upto age 14 years is the constitutional commitment in India. At the time of the adoption of the constitution in 1950, the aim was to achieve the goal of universalisation of elementary education (UEE). On which efforts have been made in the last fifty years. However due to various reasons the goal is yet not be achieved. So Government launched the programme Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) in 2000, with the aim to achieve universalization of elementary education (UEE). SSA was launched in Chamba district in 2001-02. Present paper focuses on the status of UEE in SSA-RTE in Chamba district Himachal Pardesh.