Access & Opening of School

Introduction

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan was launched in Delhi with the aim of providing schoolingfacility at Elementary Level to all the children in the age group of 6-14 years in 2003. Forachieving this goal in Delhi, various type of agencies are running the schools for providingeducation to children from Pre-primary level to Senior Secondary Level. The ElementaryEducation in Delhi has been managed by different organization and local bodies like Dte. ofEducation, MCD, NDMC and DCB along with privately managed educational societies. Out ofthese bodies, MCD has been providing only Elementary/Primary Education while Dte. ofEducation, NDMC and DCB have been providing education at all level from pre-primary toSr. Secondary level. Besides this, the Govt. Aided schools as well as Private RecognizedPublic Schools are also imparting Elementary Education under DOE and three other localbodies like MCD, NDMC and DCB. Central government has also helped Delhi State by way ofrunning Kentriya Vidyalayas and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in this connection.

Access in Delhi under SSA programme is one of the most important interventionwhich is clubbed with Civil Works. It is also known as universal access which meansestablishment of schooling facilities for providing elementary education within thereasonable reach of all children. If schools are not located near the residence of children,Parent will not be ready to enroll the name of their wards in far flung areas situatedschools. Access to elementary schools within the defined area or limits of neighbourhood isessential to consider. As per RTE Act, no children from any branch of society includingweaker sections or disadvantaged groups is excluded for elementary education. Acomprehensive exercise is in practice to identify gaps and areas where new schools areneeded to be opened.

In Delhi, all Government and Local bodies schools are providing universal access forschooling keeping in view the compulsory phenomena of elementary education. As Delhi ismulti-cultural of numerous regional and local cultures, hierarchies of cast, economic statusand gender relations that characterize the symbol of society deeply influence childrenaccess to education

Achievements

The ultimate aim of SSA is to provide universal access, universal enrolment, universalretention and universal quality education. Universal access is made available by creatingand developing infrastructural facilities for schooling in all habitations. Fortunately in anation vide survey conducted by NUEPA, Delhi was awarded rank- 01 with regard to theavailability of infrastructural facilities under universal access programme upto upperprimary level. Following aims have been achieved in Delhi through SSA: -

1. Maximum children having age group of 6-10 in primary level as well as11-14 years children in upper primary schooling have been admitted.

2. 12 schools buildings have been constructed all over in Delhi through SSA.3. Additional Classrooms including toilet blocks have been constructed in maximum

schools of Delhi.4. Policy of physical punishment and no detention upto upper primary school has been

adopted.

Details of New School Buildings constructed through SSA: -

District Sl.No.

Name of school buildings

1 Govt. School Savada Ghewra, A-Block

2 Govt. School Savada Ghewra, B-Block3 Govt. School Kalyan Vihar4 MCPS, Savada Ghewra, F-Block

North West

5 MCPS, Savada Ghewra, I-BlockEast 1 Govt. Co-Ed SS, J.J. Colony Khichripur

North East 1 Govt. Co-Ed School Buland Masjid Shastri Park

West 1 Govt. School Ranhaula

1 Govt. S. Co-Ed Vidyalaya Nangli SakrawatiSouth West

2 MCD Primary school, KapasheraNorth West 1 MCPS Sec-22, Rohini

2 MCPS Sec-27, Rohini

Some glimpses of school buildings and other infrastructures have been depictedbelow: -

Govt. School Kalyan Vihar Govt. S. Co-Ed Vidyalaya Nangli Sakrawati

MCPS I-Block Savada Ghewra MCPS F-Block Savada Ghewra

Govt. Sarvodaya Middle School, A-Block Govt. Co-Ed School B-Block Savada

Savada Ghewra Ghewra

Govt. School, Ranhaula

Govt. Co-Ed SS, J.J. Colony Khichripur

Additional Classrooms Constructed through SSA

G.Co-Ed, Sarvodaya Vidyalaya Buland Maszid C.S.A. Govt. Boys.Sr.Sec. Sch., New FriendsColony

MCPS, Sec-16, Rohini GBSSS, Tukhmir Pur

Govt. Boys. Sr. Sec. School, Lalita Park Railway Colony, Tughlkabad

Porta Cabin Room’s structure, Shakti Nagar Porta Cabin Room attached withToilet Block

Implementation of Access & Opening of School

1. Proposal

At the time of determining need for universal access of children to neighbourhood

school through the mapping school exercise, the availability of seats from disadvantaged

group and weaker section in all type of schools have to be decided.

In Delhi, Govt. schools have a high proportion of 1st generation school goers and

children from marginalized communities. No punishment is given to children, if the child is

punished or school does not help such children to cope up with learning, child will feel

discouraged and will be dropout of the formal schooling.

2. School Mapping

School Mapping as Access to neighbourhood schools is needed to go beyond special

planning and preparation of distance matrix for school location. The provision of schooling

facilities at appropriate locations is an essential pre-requisite to universal elementary

education. Provision of schooling facilities is in sufficient to ensure that all children attend

school and participate in the learning process. It is possible that the school may be there

but children may not attend. They may dropout after a few months, or may absent too

many days and cannot cope up with the learning load.

School mapping exercise has to incorporate social mapping, with the help of

communities’ involvement, to ensure that all children who cannot access for school social,

cultural, economic reasons are enabled to do so. School and social mapping is powerful

means of mobilizing the community to ensure that all children attend schools and

complete elementary education.

A school map helps in determining the changes which are necessary in schools and

buildings a dynamic reason of education service including infrastructure teacher,

equipment, required so that all children irrespective their cast religion and gender are

provided education of reasonable qualities. School mapping includes the following steps: -

1. Environment Building.

2. Conduct of House Hold Survey

3. Preparation of Map indicating different households, the number of children in each

household and their participation status in school.

4. Preparation of school education register

5. Presentation of the Map and analysis to the people.

6. Preparation of a proposal for improved education facilities in the village forms the

basis school development plan an mandated under RTE Act 2009,

3. Enabling provisions under SSA to Universal Access:

All new schools opened under SSA provide requisite infrastructure, teachers and

Teacher Learning Equipments as mandate under the schedule of RTE Act. New Upper

Primary school/ Sections are opened in the campus of the existing primary schools.

Opening of school within prescribed area/limits of neighbourhood is the responsibility of

Govt. It is only Govt. who can ensures that the land is available for opening of new schools

as well as up-gradation and expansion of schools.

Efforts made by UEEM - Access Point of View

In order to provide effective infrastructure under SSA in Delhi, following points have

been considered:

1. Total 1812 habitations (Kshetras) in Delhi have been identified.

2. Infrastructural gaps are being filled up through qualitative Civil Works under the

initiative of SSA.

3. Special admission drive launched every year to bring maximums children under the

ambit of formal education.

4. Online facilities have been provided for the enrolment of children at all levels to

simplify the admission process.

5. Residential Bridge courses for street and working children has been started.

6. Launching mobile school for reaching the unreached children.

7. Operationalization of 28 BURCCs and 136 CRCCs

8. Implementation of no detention policy upto class 8th.

Useful statics along with status report of Access and opening of school in Delhi up to

31st Oct 2011

Overall educational district: 12

District under SSA 09 ( based on No. of revenues district)

MCD Wards 272Total BURCCs 28No. of CRCCs 136Total No. of primary schools 3673 (as indicated below)

DOE- Sarvodaya Vidylaya, Aided Schools and

Recog. Public Schools 1623MCD, Aided and Recognized school -2011NDMC-33DCB -06

Total No. of Upper Primary Schools 2656 (as indicated below)DOE, Aided and Recognized Public Schools 2216MCD-NilNDMC -34DCB -06

Total Habitations 1812Habitations having schooling facilities 1810Habitations without school 02Name of Habitations without schools Badarpur Khadar in Distt-North East and Krishna

GauShala area in Distt-North West near Bawana.No. of Primary teachers assessed under SSA 2717No. of Specific Subject Teachers (TGT) forUpper Primary level under SSA approved

3761

No. of schools constructed by SSA 12No. of teachers provided in the SSA schoolbuildings

40

Vacant post of Asstt. Teachers 17No. of additional classrooms constructedthrough SSA

1399

Proposal for construction for the session211.12

155

No. of toilets constructed 610No.of girls toilet proposed for construction 161Porta cabins constructed through SSA 553