EDUCATION IN THE 11th FIVE YEAR PLAN

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Title: EDUCATION IN THE 11th
FIVE YEAR PLAN
extracted text: EDUCATION IN THE 11th
FIVE YEAR PL7\N
S’* & S* OCTOBER, 2006
BANGALORE

Prof. A. S. Seetharamu
Consultant
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan

OBJECTIVES AND
CHALLENGES
■ Concern is expressed regarding
QUALITY of school education.
■ Universalisation of Secondary Education
is viewed as a priority in the near
future, (p. 4)
■ Technical and Vocational Education
needs substantial expansion.
■ Special emphasis on FTIs. (p.6)

SECTORAL POLICIES
■ OUTCOME (not Allocation) BASED
FOCUS.(p.2)
■ Education viewed as a strategic initiative
for inclusive development

OBJECTIVES AND
CHALLENGES
■ Education is viewed as a critical input
that determines the growth potential in
the longer term (p.2)
> Education is also viewed as an essential
public service for empowerment of
poor.
■ SSA is considered as a strategy for this
purpose.

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OBJECTIVES AND
CHALLENGES
■ Divides in education recognized :
gender and rural- urban plus regional
disparities.(pp.8&9)
■ SSA to be owned by State Governments
and Local Authorities, (p 9)

SECTORAL POLICIES
PLANNING CONCERNS
WITH MY CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS
■ Kendriya Vidyalaya schools taken as
bench-mark for all schools in the
country - physical infrastructure and
quality of teaching, (p 45)
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SECTORAL POLICIES
• High DOR - attributed to poor access, irregular
functioning of schools, non-teaching activities of
teachers, unattractive methods of teaching, fear
of teacher, sibling care and need for child '
labour.
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SECTORAL POLICIES
• Proposal for chain of institutions to test
standards and quality: GOOD
• Karnataka has given a lead through the
setting up of KSQAO
■ National level independent support Institution
needed not (NIEPA or NCERT)
■ Sub-State Quality testing wings at
DIET/BRC/CRC attached to KSQAO
needed.

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SECTORAL POLICIES
■ Student-specific subsidy in primary education
proposed; like Educational Vouchers of UK
■ Distorts Enrolments; renders rural schools
unviable
■ This will act as a slow-poison to Government
Educatfon Departments by the privatization
lODby.

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' the Problem will be in identification
or the deserving poor.
KINDLY DROP THIS THINKING.

SECTORAL POLICIES
■ So far ECE & ECCE with W&CW
department; new proposal to bifurcate
them and put ECE under SSA. Dangerous
proposal

■ Let us not play with children and divide
them for administrative reasons.
■ Give adequate funds and manpower to
W&CW to manage both.
■ Further, do not distort original SSA goals.

SECTORAL POLICIES

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■ SSA 2 for Secondary Education :
Excellent
■ Challenge: 90% schools in elementary
education in India in Government
sector.
SSA 1 OK
. 58%^fsecondaryischoplsjn private
hands. Matter needs serious thinking.

SECTORAL POLICIES
■ Technical and Vocational Education: proposal for
expansion from current 2 to 3 million to 15 million.
VERY GOOD
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■ Comparison with China unfair and impractical.
Pooling of resources and networking of institutions
for mobilizing full-time teachers needed.
■ Proposal for Computer based self-learning system
for 35+age group adult illiterates.

WONDERFUL !

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■ Move towards "Self Managing Schools’VSMS.

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cnanenge.

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