Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

 Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan or SSA is an Indian Government programme aimed at the universalisation of primary education in a time bound manner”, the 86th Amendment to the Constitution of India making free and compulsory education to children between the ages of 6 to 14 (estimated to be 206 million children in 2001) a fundamental right (Article-21A).

The programme was pioneered by former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. It aims to educate all children between the ages 6 to 14 by 2010. However, the time limit has been pushed forward indefinitely.

As an intervention programme, it started in 2002 and SSA has been operational since 2000-2001. 

However, its roots go back to 1993-1994, when the District Primary Education Programme (DPEP) was launched, with an aim of achieving the objective of universal primary education. DPEP, over several phases, covered 272 districts in 18 states of the country.

The expenditure on the programme was shared by the General Government (85%) and the State Governments (15%).

The Central share was funded by a number or external agencies, including the World Bank, Department for International Development (DED) and UNICEF By 2001, more than $1500 million had been committed to the programme, and 50 million children covered in its ambit)

In an impact assesment of Phase I of DPEP, the authors concluded that its net impact on minority children was impressive, while there was little evidence of any impact on the enrolment of girls Nevertheless, they concluded baulib investment in DPER was not a waste.

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