West Bengal Report-IPAI.pdf - Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

93through Education Guarantee Scheme (EGS) and Alternative ofInnovative Education were as under :(a)Setting up schools in school-less habitations (EGS);(b)Interventions for mainstreaming of ‘out of school children’,viz., bridge courses, back to school camps, etc. (AIE);(c)Strategies for very specific, difficult groups who cannot bemainstreamed.4.12.1 Status of Government run EGS Component :The table below shows the position of number of SSKs,MSKs, SSPs, Sahayikas and learners during the last three yearsupto 2007-2008 :Table 25YearEGStype upgra dedNo.ofSSKSSKs (i ncludingSSKs)No.ofSahayikasEnrol mentNo. ofMSKsMSKsNo.of Samp rasa ra kEnrol mentNo. ofMSKsSSPsNo.ofSamprasa ra kEnrol ment2 0 0 5 -0 6 1 6 079 4 1 ,893 1 4 ,25,9 5 9 1 ,593 6 ,198 2 ,09,36 0 1 ,066 2 ,132 7 3 ,5362 0 0 6 -0 7 1 6 054 4 4 ,426 1 4 ,88,1 0 7 1 ,752 8 ,160 2 ,85,00 6 1 ,066 2 ,132 7 3 ,5362 0 0 7 -0 8 1 6 005 4 5 ,612 1 4 ,94,1 5 0 1 ,803 9 ,460 3 ,42,09 7 1 ,067 2 ,124 7 3 ,793(S ou rce: AW P&B for 2006-2 0 0 7 to 2008 -2 0 09 )It would be evident from the above table that EGS schoolswere functioning in 16005 centres at Primary level operated by thePanchayat and Rural Development Department under the nameSSK reaching 1494 150 learners in grade I-IV during 2007-08registering an increase of 68191 learners from 2005-06. At theupper Primary level, a similar model of alternative schooling was