WHAT IS SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN?

a.      A progremme with a clear time frame for universal elementary education.

b.     A response to the demand for quality basic education all over the country.

c.     An opportunity for promoting social justice through basic education.

d.     An effort at effectively involving the Panchayati Raj Institutions. School Management Committees, Village and Urban Slum level Education Committees, Parents Teachers Associations, Mother Teachers Associations, tribal Autonomous Councils and other grass root level structures in the management of elementary schools.

e.      An expression of political will for universal  elementary education across the country.

f.       A partenership between the central, state and the local government.

g.     An opprotuity for states to develop their own vision of elementary education.

AIMS OF SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN

         The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is to provide useful and relevant elementary education for all children in the 6 to 14 age group by 2010. There is also another goal to bridge social, regional and gender gaps, with the active participation of the community in the management of schools.