Contemporary Concerns and Issues in Education PDF

34 Contemporary Concerms and Issues in Education voluntary organisations in workingout ofthis plan of universalization of education. To realize the obligation of theconstitution for providing free and compulsory education, various programmes are taken as-...

34 Contemporary Concerms and Issues in Education voluntary organisations in workingout ofthis plan of universalization of education. To realize the obligation of theconstitution for providing free and compulsory education, various programmes are taken as- istrict Primary Education Programme or DPEP: The government of India launched DPEP in 1993-94 with a view to' lake special responsibilities and to play important role in the of proces universalization. The programme is an effort to decentralize educational planningat the district level. It was planned in such a Way that it tried to satisfy the educational need and aistrict concerned. Some ofthe major cbjectives demand of the the programme may be presented below: characterising ) To make national, state andnecessary planning of primary on the district level and to education on the research activities, conduct teaching and YTo increase enrolment of students in dropouts upto 10%. schools and to reduce m) To increase the rate of people iv) To make primary receiving primary education. children from class Ito class V.education possible to be had by all DPEP has certain functions to be Text book performed which are as - reading materialsdevelopment, development toprovide inputs of supplementary to both teachers pupil and evaluation, teacher training, academic support, students, strengthening ofDIET, recruitment of teachers, setting institutions, (State Institutes of SIEMATS of Educational provision of distance education, Managementthe and Training), integrating childhood education and soçial equity etc. in disabled, early reduce the disparities between tribal and which DPEP tries to non-tribal children in the enrollment, retention and learmer achievement Sarva Siksha Abhiyan or S.S.A. : to less than 5%. isa programme whichis Sarva Siksha Abhiyan basically aim at education. The aim of S.S.A is to provide universalization of primary practical primary,