To document the process of annual planning/budgeting and the impact of government/SSA – CSO partnership in the process of school level needs assessment, micro-planning and cluster/block/district level consolidation of these plans under the banner of Jharkhand Education Project Council (JEPC) through training and facilitation as well as technical support to achieve the objectives of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA).
Objectives:
To document the process of annual planning / budgeting and the impact of government / SSA – CSO partnership in the process of school level need assessment, micro-planning and cluster / block / district level consolidation of these plans under the banner of Jharkhand Education Project Council (JEPC) through training and facilitation as well as technical support to achieve the objectives of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.
Geographical Spread:
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7 districts were randomly selected covering all 5 divisions in Jharkhand, i.e. North Chhotanagpur, South Chhotanagpur, Kolhan, Palamu and Santhal Pargana.
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2 schools from each of these 7 districts were randomly selected for the study along with the VEC members and the villagers
Key areas/components:
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Feedback was taken on predefined formats from the district nodal CSOs and the concerned officials.
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For insight beyond the data focussed group discussions were done with school teachers and the members of the Village Education Committees at the sample districts/villages.
Key outputs:
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Report of district wise status of training, school level planning process, consolidation of school level plans at cluster level and coordination between JEPC DLOs and CSOs (GO-NGO partnership) on the basis of field level observation, survey formats and focussed group discussions.
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Recommendations on the basis of current year’s experiences to provide as reference for future interventions
Year/Period:
2008 – 09
Client:
SSA Jharkhand
