PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU |
Shri Arjun Singh, Minister for Human Resource Development has released today Flash Statistics: Elementary Education in India: Progress towards Universal Elementary Education (UEE) 2006-07 in the meeting of Executive Commitee of the National Mission for SSA in the presence of Secretary, School Education & Literacy. This document is the second publication on the same subject and has been brought out by the National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA). One of the significant indicators that has been presented in the document is the addition of Muslim enrollment both at the primary and upper primary levels of education which has been attempted for the first time in the country.
This document will further help to track
progress of the States towards Universal Elementary
Education (UEE) for Primary and Upper Primary levels as
well as for a composite look at Elementary level of
Education. The EDI as an annual
exercise that will encourage the States to improve their
performance. It is expected that this exercise
will help more effective targeting of
Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan (SSA) to the
most needy districts. The
Government is already focusing on districts with
substantial population of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled
Tribes and Minorities, educationally backward districts
where there are large numbers of out of school children,
high gender gap and large infrastructure gaps. The EDI is developed keeping in mind four broad parameters of access, infrastructure, teacher and outcomes related indicators. The index takes into account 23 variables for calculating EDI. These variables are for Access (Percentage of habitations not Served, Availability of Schools per 1000 Population and Ratio of Primary to Upper Primary Schools/Sections), Infrastructure (Average Student-Classroom Ratio, School with Student-Classroom Ratio greater > 60, School without Drinking Water Facilities, School with Boy’s Toilet, School with Girl’s Toilet), Teachers( (Percentage of Female Teachers, Pupil-Teacher Ratio, School with Pupil Teacher Ratio > 60, Single- Teacher Schools (in schools with more than 15 students), Percentage of Schools with 3 or less Teachers, Teachers without Professional Qualification), Outcomes (Gross Enrolment Ratio – Overall, Scheduled Castes : Gross Enrolment Ratio, Scheduled Tribes: Gross Enrolment Ratio, Gender Parity Index in Enrolment, Repetition Rate, Drop-out Rate, Ratio of Exit class over Class 1 Enrolment (Primary stage only), Percentage of Passed Children to Total Enrolment, Percentage of Appeared Children passing with 60 per cent and above Marks).
The composite EDI for elementary stage and
separate ones for primary and upper primary levels are as
per Annexure.
At the
Upper Primary level, Kerala is
on the top, followed by Puducherry,
Tamil Nadu and
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 |