The executive committee of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) has revised several norms of intervention to align them with the standards of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act.

The State SSA societies have factored in the revised norms in their Annual Work Plans and Budgets (AWP&B) for the year 2010-11, according to Anshu Vaish, Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development.

The issue of aligning SSA with the RTE Act was discussed at the recent Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) meeting. The CABE has also suggested that a Committee be set up in order to look into the complexities of admission of 25% children from the neighbourhood in unaided schools.

The revised norms of the SSA include provision of primary schooling facility within neighbourhood as per norms notified by the appropriate government. Infrastructure would hence include school libraries with books for Rs.3000 for primary school and for Rs.10,000 for upper primary school, Ms. Vaish told The Hindu in an email interview............Click for more 

Source Web Page: The Hindu