West Bengal Report-IPAI.pdf - Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

240cement bags, Mats etc. students of class I of all but 2 primaryschool and students of Class II of all but 5 primary schools had tosit on mats. Besides the sitting space available were not as per SSAnorms. In some of these schools, students were accommodated inopen (uncovered) verandah or even under the shade of tree. Thepresent arrangement added more discomfort during winter andrainy seasons.Upper primary schools had two bench sitting arrangement.Consequent on SSA programme, admission to upper primaryschool had been increased and the sitting arrangement became insufficient.15.13 Attendance of Students :The study team visited 2 districts and covered 56 schools(including surprise visit of 6 schools)Review of attendance registers of students revealed that whileaverage 81 per cent presence was registered on the days of visits of 30schools in Murshidabad district (out of 13159 enrolled students, numberof students found present was 10785) the average percentage ofattendance in the schools of South 24 Parganas was 60 on the days ofvisits of 26 schools by the team out of 9101 enrolled students numberstudents found present was 5445). However, percentage of attendancein schools of Murshidabad varied from 47 to 98 percent and that ofSouth 24 Parganas varied from 33 to 100 percent.