Who are supposed to be partnering in the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)?

Who are supposed to be partnering in the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)? Correct Answer Central government and State government

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan aims to provide for a variety of interventions for universal access and retention, bridging gender and social category gaps in elementary education and improving the quality of learning.

• The program seeks to open new schools in those habitations which do not have schooling facilities and strengthen existing school infrastructure through the provision of additional classrooms, toilets, drinking water, maintenance grant, and school improvement grants.

Key Points

• The Union Budget, 2018-19, has proposed to treat school education holistically without segmentation from pre-nursery to Class 12.
• Samagra Shiksha is an overarching program for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class 12 has been, therefore, prepared with the broader goal of improving school effectiveness measured in terms of equal opportunities for schooling and equitable learning outcomes.
• It subsumes the three Schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), and Teacher Education (TE).
• Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) has been launched in 2001-2002 in partnership with the Central and State Governments along with local self-government.
• The program aims to provide useful and relevant, elementary education to all children in the 6 to 14 age group by 2010.

Therefore, the Central government and State government are supposed to be partnering in the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA).