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The Education (School) Department,
Govt. of Tripura in collaboration with the Department of
Elementary Education & Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource
Development, Govt. of India has launched Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
Programme in the State from 2001-02. Prior to the actual
launching of the project in all the 4 (four) Districts of the
State, pre-project activities were undertaken. These activities
include conduct of survey (complete enumeration) of households
and schools, purchase of various equipments, conduct of
awareness campaign at State, District, Block and Village levels,
strengthening of District & Block Offices by way of putting
manpower at various places etc.
Tripura has a strong 3-tier Panchayat base. Planning of SSA
starts in the State at village levels where the Village
Education Committees (VEC) and Mother -Teacl1er Association (MTA)
play a very important role. For successful implementation and
monitoring of all activities under SSA elaborate monitoring
Committees have been formed. These include formation of a
society named Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Rajya Mission, Tripura
headed by the Chief Minister of the State, Executive Committee
of the mission under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary of
the State, District-level Education Committee with the DM &
Collector of the District at the helm, Block-level Education
Committee with the Chairman, Panchayat Samiti at the head,
Village Education Committees under the Chairmanship of the
Panchayat Pradhan of the concerned village and Mother- Teacher
Association for all schools with one of the parents as Chairman.
The District Elementary Education
Plan (DEEP) under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is prepared by the
District Education Officers who are the District Project
Coordinators at the District level. Prior to that the Block
Education officers (Inspector of School) collect information,
materials from the Circle Inspectorates depending upon the Plan
proposals prepared by the Village Education Committee (VEC). All
the proposals of Village Education Committee are tabulated at
the Block Levels and the Block Plan under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
is prepared by the Inspector of Schools (Block Project
Coordinator) of the concern Block. After the preparation of
Block plan it is placed before the Block Level Education
Committee (BLEC). Once the Block plan prepared by the Block
Project Coordinator (Inspector of Schools) is approved it is
sent to the District Project Coordinator (District Education
Officer).
The District Project Coordinator (District Education Officer)
now prepares the District Plan covering all the Blocks of the
District basing on the proposals received from various Block
Project Co-ordinators. While preparing the District Plan, the
requirement of individual Block particularly those in remote
areas and are dominated by the tribal population having still
less facility in regard to elementary education is taken into
special consideration so that with the passage of time the
education facility and quality of education of the remote Blocks
can be brought at par with that in relatively developed Blocks.
The State having only one
Municipal Council and 12 Nagar Panchayats which are outside the
jurisdiction of Blocks, the elementary education plan of those
Municipal Council and Nagar Panchayats are also included in the
District Elementary Education Plan of the Districts. The plans
of urban areas are prepared by concerned Block Inspector of
Schools with the approval of Municipal Council and Nagar
Panchayat Education Committees created specially for
implementation and supervision of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
programme.
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