West Bengal Report-IPAI.pdf - Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

182declaring EBB status and 4 (identified) districts fulfilled the samepartially and the remaining 5 (identified) districts were identifiedwithout fulfilling the main parameters. But districts like DakshinDinajpur and Murshidabad despite fulfilling both main parametersand other national parameters mostly, were left out fromconsideration for identification of EBB and correspondingimplementation of NPEGEL there.This amply indicates that the procedure adopted foridentification of EBB in the districts for implementation ofNPEGEL Programme was not rational and/or other VideoConference in the year 2003-2004 was partial and inconclusive.11.1.3 Status of Progress (in implementation of NPEGEL)It was revealed from the records that not much initiative wastaken for furtherance of the programme to other districts havingEBBs since launching in 2003-2004. During 2004-2005 the NPEGELwas taken up in 57 blocks distributed in 11 districts, and theprogress made since then (2004-2005) does not give an impressivepicture.