An Appraisal of SSA in Improving Mass Education in Odisha Debasis Pani Assistant Professor Centre for Management Studies GIACR - Rayagada
An Appraisal of SSA in Improving Mass Education in Odisha
Debasis PaniAssistant Professor
Centre for Management StudiesGIACR - Rayagada
• RTE has come into effect from 1st April, 2010. State Rules notified on 27-09-2010. Basic objectives of the RTE Act 2009 are
• Universalization of Access & Enrolment,• Retention, • Quality & Bridging of different Gender &
Social Category Gaps.
• Schemes like Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) &• Kasturava Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) as
centrally sponsored schemes are being implemented in the state to cater the elementary education needs of children at elementary level.
CATEGORY/ MANAGEMENT
DEPT. OF EDN SSD LOCAL
BODY AIDEDPVT UNAIDED
OTHERS CENTRAL GOVT
UNRECOGNISED TOTAL
PRIMARY 34389 453 0 298 641 18 3 748 36550
UPPER PRIMARY
17773 840 0 1559 1476 34 13 802 22497
SECONDARY 4743 327 1 2892 1233 17 90 188 9491
TOTAL 56905 1620 1 4749 3350 69 106 1738 68538
GER = number of actual students enrolled / number of potential students enrolled
School Dropout
• School and Mass Education Minister Debi Prasad Mishra said, “Teachers play an important role in development of school education at the primary level and proper implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act-2009 in the State is need of the hour.”
Educational Level
Sanctioned strength of Teachers
Total no. of teacher appointed
Teacher Vacancy
Primary(I-V) and Upper Primary(VIVIII)
229006 193281 only for primary
35725
Secondary( IX-X)Govt
44986 27628 17358
Secondary(IX-X) Govt. Aided
24335 18533 5802
Major Challenges
• lack of infrastructure, class rooms, computer labs
• Sanitation ,water purification, basic facilities like adequate toilets
• support service and teachers strength in most of the schools in State is not adequate
• Enrolment of students in private schools
Major Challenges
• Provide or upgrade learning resource centers, library, laboratories, etc.
• Use of multimedia teaching aids• Improving the quality of work life of teacher • Teacher Educators and their Capacity
Development
Conclusion
• “Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” -- Lao Tzu