West Bengal Report-IPAI.pdf - Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

164and improving upon quality of learning in elementary educationand negated the alleviation of the effort-making universalisationof Elementary Education (UEE) useful and relevant to lifethrough CAL programme.10.3 (A) STATUS OF COMPUTER AIDED LEARNINGIN THE SELECTED DISTRICT -MURSHIDABADTable below indicates the position of CAL in the upper Primary schoolsin the district of Murshidabad during 2005=-06 to 2007-08YearPABappr ovedFund(Rs. inlah)BudgetaryPr ovision inthe Distt/.(Rs.inlakh)2005-06 15.00 13.002.00Fundreceivedfr om SPOfor CAL(Rs.inlakh)Expenditureincurr ed(Rs.inlakh)NA 17.715(onlypr ocuremen tof computers& accessories)No.ofUPSNo.ofUPScoveredNo.ofTeacherTrained513 10 Nil2006-07 15.00 15.00 NA 14.955 513 10 802007-08 15.00 15.00 NA 15.068 513 10 120Total 45.00 45.00 NA 47.738 513 10 200It emerges from the above table that during last three years2005-06-2007-08 only 30 UPS out of total 519 UPS constituting 5.85 percent (UPS) were covered under CAL in the district. Total nos. ofteachers trained on CAL was only 200 ( 80 nos. in 2006-07 and 120nos. during 2007-08) while no teachers were trained in CAL during2005-06. In absence of any trained teacher in CAL how the studentswere imparted training in CAL during 2005-06 was not recorded. Asreported ,out of 4,63,108 nos. of student enrolled in Ups only 32449(Average) nos. of students constituting only 7 per cent were coveredunder CAL.