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Comprehensive District Annual Plan 2011-12 Balasore District

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<strong>Comprehensive</strong> <strong>District</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>2011</strong>-<strong>12</strong> <strong>Balasore</strong> <strong>District</strong><br />

major thrust areas of SSA. It intends to cover up the children with special needs who are<br />

challenged with the problems such as vision, hearing, movement, learning, cerebral palsy,<br />

mental retardation etc.<br />

From 11 th plan period the funding pattern of SSA is 50:50 between Center and State.<br />

<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> Outlay of SSA during <strong>2011</strong>-<strong>12</strong> for <strong>Balasore</strong> district is Rs. 7504.21 lakhs (CS: Rs.<br />

3752.105 lakhs; SS: Rs. 3752.105 lakhs).<br />

National Programme for Education of Girls at Elementary Level (NPEGEL): NPEGEL is<br />

a Central Sponsored <strong>Plan</strong> with funding pattern of 50:50 between Center and State. It is an<br />

integral part of SSA, provides a dynamic framework to accelerate girl's education i.e.<br />

universal enrollment, retention and achievement in quality education in India.<br />

Objectives of the programme:-<br />

• Reduction of gender gap in education sector.<br />

• Ensure greater participation of women and girls in the field of education.<br />

• Improve quality of education.<br />

• Stress upon the relevance and quality of girls education for their empowerment.<br />

Unique features of NPEGEL:-<br />

• Establishment of Model Cluster School exclusively to promote girls education.<br />

• Scope for all round development of girls (Enhancement of Self-esteem and Selfconfidence).<br />

• Vocational Education.<br />

• Life-Skill Education.<br />

• Gender Sensitization Training Programme for Teachers.<br />

• <strong>Comprehensive</strong> and Continuous Evaluation process.<br />

• Remedial Teaching for Low Level Learner.<br />

• Linkage between Pre-School Education and Primary Education.<br />

• Incentive for girls to attract them towards education.<br />

• Reorganization/award to potential and dedicated teachers.<br />

• Community Mobilization activities and community support for girls education.<br />

• Use of human and physical resources of the community in various programme.<br />

• Bridge Course to address the need of out of school and Adolescent girls.<br />

• Girl child friendly school at cluster level by ensuring the content and process of<br />

education is sensitive to gender issue.<br />

• Development of learning materials in regional language.<br />

• Research study on various gender issue and impact.<br />

In <strong>Balasore</strong> district, the programme is in operation since 2004-05. Under the programme<br />

Model cluster school (MCS) have been opened. A Model cluster school consists of 7 to 9<br />

schools at cluster level. Basically it acts as a resource centre for promoting girls education<br />

in the cluster with all facilities and strategy to improve the rate of retention, ensure regular<br />

attendance, enrollment and quality of education in all schools tagged under MCS.<br />

Under the programme Early Childhood Care and Education Centre (ECCE) are functioning<br />

in the district. It is a school readiness Package for preschool children in the age group of 3-<br />

5. The main objective of ECCE centre is to reduce the sibling care problem and promote<br />

pre-school education with focusing all round development of pre-school children. To meet<br />

TSI: NABARD Consultancy Services (NABCONS) 142

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