Community Mobilisation

COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
(SSA) is a comprehensive and integrated flagship programme of
Government of India
to attain Universal Elementary Education (UEE) covering the entire 
country
in a mission mode. SSA has been launched in 2001
-
2002 in partnership with state Governments &
loc
al self
-
governments. This programme aims to provide useful & relevant 
Elementary Education
to all children in the age group of 6
-
14 years by 2010.
Major areas of Interventions in SSA
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is an attempt to provide quality education to all
children through
active participation of community in a mission mode. Here it is clear 
that involvement of
community is not only essential but core strategy of SSA. If we go 
through major Characteristic,
aims and objectives and basic features of SSA we wou
ld come across these major points regarding
community intervention.
a)
Community ownership of school base interventions through effective
 decentralization.
b)
Community based monitoring with full transparency in all aspects of 
implementation.
c)
Community based ap
proach to planning with habitation as a unit of planning.
1.
Education of out of school children (EGS/AIE).
2.
Quality Improvement.
3.
Special Focus Groups.
4.
Research & Education.

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