AWP&B ( RTE-SSA), 2013-14

1. SARVA SIKSHA ABHIYAN (SSA), ODISHA AWP&B (RTE-SSA), 2013-14

2. ABOUT THE PRESENTATION

3. PART – I • Thrust Areas in AWP&B 2013-14

4. All Govt schools to be RTE compliant. • Residential hostels for small & scattered habitations. • Completion of all pending Civil Works. • CCE to be operationalised. • Teacher Rationalisation as per RTE norm *

5. PART – II • Status of Elementary Education

6. Administrative Indicators

7. Demographic Indicators

8. School Scenario (Elementary)

14. Out of school Children in 6-14 yrs. age group (Figures in lakhs) Source : CTS

15. PART – III • Progress under SSA/ NPEGEL/ KGBV

16. Intervention for Out of School Children • 30,591 children of 6-14 years age group were identified through CTS in 2011. • 2735 CWSN Children were provided Home based Education. • 4383 OOSC were provided Special Training (Residential). • 15791 OOSC were provided Special Training (Non-Residential) • Materials and guideline for Special Training ( Class I – VII) were developed, printed & supplied.

17. Ensuring Child Retention • Textbooks provided to all students from Class-I to VIII on 1st April, 2012. • Uniforms are provided to all Girls and Boys belonging to SC/ST/BPL categories studying in Govt. Elementary Schools. • Facilitating mother tongue based education for children belonging to tribal community from class I to V • School Student Helpline established • Learning materials in tribal languages for pre-primary (NewArunima) • Child friendly school environment creating scope for encouraging child participation in classroom process (AmaVidyalaya) • Library and library-books are provided to all schools. • Summer camp for addressing problems of children belonging to disadvantaged group • Residential hostels for urban deprived children • 5389 children of migrant families admitted in Seasonal Hostels

18. PEDAGOGY • State Curriculum developed in 2007 basing on NCF-2005. • Revision of the Text Book has been undertaken by the State Academic Authority, i.e., TE & SCERT. • In 2008-09- Text Books for Class-I & III, in 2009-10- Text Books for Class-II, IV & VI and in 2010-11- Text Books for Class-V, VII & VIII developed, printed & supplied to students. • Module for CCE developed by State Academic Authority & will be implemented in the state in 2013-14. • Monthly monitoring of the activities at school on 60 parameters done through ‘SAMIKSHA’ • Initiatives have been taken to assess student learning in schools on basic skills in reading, writing and numeracy for Class-II & IV covering 900 schools every month.

19. PEDAGOGY (Contd….) • Teaching in classroom has been shifted to concept based approach. Teachers’ handbook namely ‘SAMADHAN’ & ‘SADHAN’ developed and distributed to facilitate classroom transaction. • Graded reading materials ‘SOPAN’ in Mathematics in class I, II & III developed and distributed. It is based on concepts given in the text books. • Self learning materials ‘SWAYAM’ in Science for class VI, VII & VIII have been developed to supplement the text materials. • Team for Administrative & Academic Support “TAAS” formed for each block to give on-sight support in classroom transaction.

20. Learning Enhancement Programme (LEP) Students’ hand book ‘Sathi’ distributed at both P & UP level. Supply of library books to students done at both P & UP level. Provision of Graded Readers in Math for Class I to III (Sopan) developed and printing in progress. Organization of different activities at cluster level i.e. story telling festival, vision competition completed at block & cluster level. Content generation on basis of child experiences and local knowledge through RPs and teachers is going on. These materials will supplement classroom process. TLM exhibition at block, district and State level completed.

21. COMPUTER AIDED LEARNING (CAL) • CAL programme is implemented in 2645 Upper • Primary schools. • 400 Schools sanctioned during 2012-13 have been • identified for inclusion under CAL. • 9,12,601students of Class-V to VII are benefited since the implementation of this Programme, i.e. since 2004-05. • 4152 teachers & 4782 nos. of Head Masters, BRCCs, CRCCs have been oriented on Techno-pedagogical aspects of CAL. • For capacity building of teachers, 300 CAL trained teachers have been identified as Master Trainers. • Block level MIS-cum-Planning Coordinators are assigned with the task for regular supervision, monitoring and technical support to CAL Schools. • 67 Contents developed and 144 contents identified in convergence with Academic Authority (TE & SCERT).

22. TEACHERS’ TRAINING • For all Teachers in Govt & Aided schools - • 10 days for in-service teachers at BRC level & above and 10 days for in-service teachers at CRC level • Imparted to 82949 teachers. • 30 days induction training for newly recruited trained teacher • Imparted to 4973 teachers • 60 days training for untrained teacher for two years • Imparted to 14074 teachers • 10 days training to all BRCC,CRCC,SI of schools and Resource persons • Imparted to 5562 teachers • 10 days training to all Head Masters • Imparted to 50365 Head Teachers

23. Research , Evaluation , Monitoring & Supervision • 9 Research studies are conducted by empanelled Institutions. Draft reports submitted. • School Development Plan conducted in each school • U-DISE data collection completed for 2013-14 • Monitoring of schools are being conducted through Samiksha/ Officers-In-Charge for each district. • Compliances have been made on the observations of Monitoring Institutions • Third party Evaluation of Civil work is in progress • Evaluation of learning outcomes is being carried out to assess the school performance. • OSCPCR is functional in the state

24. TEACHERS UNDER SSA • Recruitment of 4433 Part Time Instructors is under process

25. INCLUSIVE EDUCATION • 1,20,929 (3384 in 2012-13)CWSN children • enrolled out of 1,21,989 identified. • 604 Block Resource Teachers & 2842 IE volunteers are in position to provide resource support to CWSN at Block level. • 1,14,472 (17,032 in 2012-13) children provided Aids and Appliances. • 7,590(2114 in 2012-13) sets of Braille books supplied to the Visually Impaired children. • 2,735 CWSN covered under HBE

26. SC / STEDUCATION MLE (Multi Lingual Education) • State policy for MLE is at final stage. • Mother tongue based education is operational in 544 schools of 8 tribal districts covering 61 blocks of Odisha in 10 tribal languages. • The languages are Saura, Kui, Kuvi, Munda, Koya, Bonda, Santhali,Juang,Kisan, Oram. • The tribal districts are Raygada, Gajapati, Kandhamal, Mayurbhanj, Malkangiri, Keonjhar, Sambalpur and Sundergarh. • Nine more languages (Gadaba, Bhumij, Ho, Gondi, Desia, Kharia, Didayi, Binjhal, Mahali) covering 4 more districts have been identified and will be implemented during 2013-14. • New Arunima in Tribal language for pre-school children in AWC. • Srujan : • A community based child centered retention drive taken up in 224 blocks covering 2824 CRCs of 30 districts. • 17,29,700 Children have been benefited by this programme.

27. KGBV • 182 / 182 KGBVs made operational having 18,174/18,200 girls enrolled. • Self Defense Skill, Yoga etc. have been implemented . • Scout & Guide has been implemented • Imparting Life Skill Education Programme through curricular & Co-curricular activities. • Children have been oriented on Child Rights and Child Participationthrough Child Reporter Process, Theater Workshop & School Cabinet. • Vocational/ Art and craft training imparted. • Developing Gender Friendly environmentin all KGBVs. • Inter KGBV meet/Sports Meet organised for holistic development of inmates. • Children’s Creativity like art, poems, riddles, puzzles etc. published through Yearly magazines in selected KGBVs. • Conducting of Regular Health Check up & Counseling on Adolescent Issues of the Girls.

28. Training of SMC & PRI members & Community mobilisation • Out of the target of 688488,577354 SMC & PRI members imparted training • ShikshaAdhikarAbhiyan is implemented across the state. Volunteers visited the school, interacted with SMC, community members ,parents on RTE, responsibility of the stakeholders and about the school status • PraveshUtsav was undertaken in each school. • Children festival SURAVI was organised at the state , district,block and cluster level • Summer Camp for urban deprived done. • Community awareness programmes were conducted through pala,daskathia,street play ,flokmecia and posters at block and cluster level

29. Progress of Civil Work under SSA ending March-2013

30. Planning • School Development Plan done in all Govt & Aided Elementary Schools • National level consultation on SDP done in the state. • School Mapping done in 2012. • Capacity building of DPC, DI, BRCC & CRCC on RTE done.

31. MIS • Strengthened up to Block level with required Hardware & Manpower. • Unified DISE adopted from 2012-13 for collection of annual information from Elementary & Secondary Schools. • CTS has been converted to On-line CHILD MONITORING SYSTEM to update the child data from Block point and keep track of Student attendance, dropouts, migrant children etc. • Portal developed to facilitate Private Schools to register on-line and provide information on 25% reservation of seats for socially backward children. • School, Teachers & Child profile integrated with GIS for supervision, monitoring and evaluate the status of elementary education in the State.

32. FINANCIAL PROGRESS In Rs Lakh *

33. PART – IV • Commitment and action taken against the minutes of Secretary’s review meeting

37. PART – V • Progress under RTE

38. Activities Undertaken in RTE RTE has come into effect from 1st April, 2010. State Rules (ORCFCE Rule, 2010) notified on 27-09-2010. Issuance of other Notifications: Prohibition of corporal punishment & mental harassment in schools SCPCR notified. TE & SCERT as Academic Authority Discontinuation of Board Examinations at Elementary Level Prohibition of Screening Procedures & collection of capitation fee during admission TET conducted Guidelines for admission in private unaided schools and notification for defining the disadvantaged children. Local Authority notified.

39. Activities Undertaken in RTE (contd..) • Circular on prohibition of teachers’ engagement in non-academic activities as per the RCFCE Act, 2009 has been issued. • Teachers’ awareness on RTE: Teachers are provided with critical inputs and engaged in brainstorming on RTE at various platforms like trainings and the District level Sensitization Meets on RTE. • Grievance Redressal mechanism through School Student Helpline • Training of SMC members completed • Sensitization of Principals of Pvt. Schools on 25% reservations

40. PART – VI • Annual Work Plan & Budget – 2013-14

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43. School Infrastructure

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45. PART – VII • Issues

46. Issues • Access & Civil works – • 689 NPS (559 in SFD/LWE districts) may be allowed. • 31 residential hostels (24 in SFD/ LWE districts) may be allowed. • Reduction of unit cost in OOSC intervention may affect the implementation in the field. • Teachers Salary for 12401 Teacher Post (vacant) may be allowed for three months. • Transport/ escort facility for children in tribal area may be allowed. • Funds for completing all taken up works under spillover part of the Civil Work budget may be allowed. • 23132 no. of ACR & 13314 no. of girls toilets, 21686 CWSN friendly toilets, 750 common toilets and 154 drinking water facilities in schools may be allowed under fresh Civil Works to make all schools RTE compliant.

47. Issues • Finance – • Non-release of 13 FC Award (Rs.204 Cr.) in 12-13 • Non-release of corresponding Central Share of Rs.266.21 Cr. against Rs143.35 Cr. Sate share already released. • Salary of 30 District Project Coordinators may be allowed. • Minimum three month salary for MCS Coordinators may be allowed under NPEGEL. • CAL - • Recurring cost (committed liability) of 1052 Schools for which purchase order is already issued by Districts amounts to Rs.312.60 may be allowed.

48. Issues • Girls Education– • Budget (Rs. 355.51 lakhs ) for Self defence package for girls at UP level may be allowed. • CWSN - • Honorarium for IE Volunteers may be allowed for 10 months. • Escort allowance for 12000 CWSN may be allowed. • SC/ST Education– • Rs. 2.50 crores may be allowed for SRUJAN activities

49. Issues • Pedagogy - • Meeting TA may be allowed for BRCC & CRCCs • Funds may be sanctioned under LEP for printing of graded reading material in Science for Class VIII for supplementing the process of self learning. • Rs. 41.70 lakhs may be allowed for publication of Children’s Magazine • REMS - • Budget (Rs. 3.41 crore) may be allowed for CCE • Rs. 1 Crore may be sanctioned for learning achievement tracking • Rs.60 lakh for digitization of 144 identified contents (for which tender already floated) may be allowed. • Funds to the tune of Rs. 1 crore for monitoring of schools by the Team of Administrative & Academic Support (TAAS). • Rs. 74 lakhs may be allowed for Environment Assessment plan for schools

50. PART - VIIISSA IN ACTION