West Bengal Report-IPAI.pdf - Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

22,836 wards of the 127 statutory towns. There are 6Municipal Corporations, viz. Kolkata, Howrah,Chandannagar, Durgapur, Asansol and Siliguri; 3 NotifiedAreas, viz. Taherpur, Kooper’s Camp and Gayeshpur, 1cantonment, i.e. Barrackpore Cantonment Board and theremaining 117 statutory towns are functioning asMunicipalities throughout the state.1.2 SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN:Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is a comprehensive andintegrated flagship programme of the Government of India(GOI) to attain Universal Elementary Education (UEE) in thecountry in a mission made. Launched in partnership with theState Governments, SSA aims to provide useful and relevanteducation to all children in the age group of 6-14 years by2010. The goals of the SSA Mission are :a) Enrolment of all children in School, Education GuaranteeCentre, Alternate School, ‘Back-to-School’ camp by 2005.b) Retention of all children till the upper primary stage by 2010.c) Bridging of gender and social category gaps in enrolment,retention and learning.