MANUAL-1 

Particulars of Organization, Functions & Duties

[Section-4 (1) (b) (i)]

1) Aims and objectives of the organization:

The objectives of DPEP/ SSA are to ensure universal access, retention and improvement of the quality education of the children age group 6-14 up to elementary level. The Prime objective set before the DPEP, Boudh aims at achieving universalisation of primary education through 100% access, retention and quality improvement in education.

    The programme would be implemented in the district as a whole with the following specific objectives:
i) To reduce over all differences in enrollment, dropout and learning achievement on sex and social basis to less then five percent.
ii) To reduce overall elementary dropouts, stagnation and wastage to less than ten percent.
iii) To raise average achievement level by at least by 25 per cent over measured base line levels and ensure achievement of basic literacy and numeric competencies by all elementary school children.
iv) To provide with, in accordance to prescribed national norms, easy access for all children to complete elementary schooling (from Class-I to VII) either in regular schools or non-formal system of education equivalent to that.

2) Mission/ Vision:

The Sarva Sikhya Abhiyan also implemented in the district in the year 2002-03 aforementioned and these are two Programmes in this district named DPEP/ SSA. The main objective of this programme is to provide access, encourage retention, check dropouts, increase the achievement level, bridge social and gender disparity among the children in the age group of (6-14) years. This framework has also taken some strategies in the form of different interventions such as access and alternative schooling. SC/ ST education, gender, MIS, Project management, Mobilization, IED, Civil works, Research & evaluation, Upgrading primary schools to Upper Primary schools and above all, to eliminate the dropouts, repetition and never enrolled children in the age group of (6-14) years.

3) Brief history and background for its establishment:

Most of the people in this district depend upon primary sector in agriculture. As far as their economic condition is concerned more than 60% of people are below the poverty line. The educational scenario as per data reveals is below the national standard and in case of the children in the age group of (6-14) years is a matter of great concern. The dropout rate in primary education is more and gender disparity in education is a matter of concern also at national level due to poverty, illiteracy and backwardness. To enhance the primary education and improve the quality of education and check the dropout the Govt. of Odisha undertook it to provide all assistance through DPEP programme in the second phase. The perspective plan of DPEP up to 2007 was prepared in the year 2000 having total allocation of fund of Rs. 28.96 Crores and revealed from the SSA perspective plan up to 2010 is 28.15 Crores to implement different activities for Girls education, SC/ST education, quality education, infrastructure facilities, access to children and inclusive education to disabled, pre-school education and innovation etc. DPEP got the assistance from DFID fund from the year 2001-02 to start initiating different activities such as Micro planning, Project management, Access and Alternative schooling to strengthen the primary education. Mean while the project was about to start in different strategies to strengthen the schooling system under the assistance of DFID another scheme launched by Govt. of India named Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) to universalize the elementary education of (6-14) years of age group children. So, this district is called DPEP / SSA district to give more support to piimary as well as elementary education of (6-14) year of age group. The DPEP intervention is similar to that of SSA intervention except for class VI & VII.

4) Allocation of business:

The educational scenario of Boudh District is blurred. The control, supervision and monitoring of school education come under the control of the Inspector of schools, B.K. Circle Phulbani, who looks after both Kandhamal and Boudh district being based at Phulbani. It is obvious, therefore, that he cannot look into the problems of the district due to the vastness of his jurisdiction.