IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN AND GROWTH OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION – A STUDY OF KEONJHAR DISTRICT IN ODISHA

Golaka Bihari Mahakud; Jayant Parida

Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2018

IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN AND GROWTH OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION – A STUDY OF KEONJHAR DISTRICT IN ODISHA

Golaka Bihari Mahakud, Jayant Parida

Abstract :

The SarvaShikshaAbhiyan was launched 2001 as flagship programme to give a boost to universal primary education. The main focus of the scheme was to increase enrolment, attendance and to reduce drop–outs among the primary level school going children. To attend the above targeted objectives, a number of educational initiatives were started under SarvaShikshaAbhiyan. The present study is an attempt to analyse the impact of the scheme on the primary education interms of enrolment, attendance and drop–outs in primary schools in the Keonjhar district of Odisha.