Education for All

Free and compulsory education to all children up to the age fourteen is constitutional commitment in India. The Parliament of India has recently passed Right to Education Act through which education has become fundamental right of all children of age group 6-14 year.

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan , launched in 2001is the most recent initiatives of the Government of India, which presents its guidelines, planning methodology, data on elementary education created under District Information System for Education , list of districts covered, addresses of state implementation societies and outcome of the research studies conducted on school attendance, teachers absenteeism, out-of-school children, mid-day meal and many other aspects of elementary education in India.


The site - Education for All  in India presents up-to-date information regarding activities initiated in the field of elementary education in India. It presents National Policy on Education  Programme of Action as well as goals and objectives of Education for All in India. A separate section is devoted on to District Primary Education Programme  in terms of its framework, planning methodology adopted in developing District Primary Education Plans.

The site has got separate channel for Educational Management Information System  and presents school, district and state report cards as well as elementary education in rural and urban India and DISE Flash Statistics and analysis of data in the form of Elementary Education in India: Progress towards  Analytical Report for 2006-07 and previous years. In addition, district-specific information on key variables concerning all the aspects of universal elementary education  is also presented. The site presents recent activities towards Rastriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan  which is the most recent initiative of Government of India to achieve the goal of universalisation of secondary education .



It has got separate channel for educational statistics and presents Selected Educational Statistics brought out by the Ministry of Human Resource Development  for different years. In addition, the site also presents state and district-wise population and literacy rates (male, female & total, rural and urban areas and scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) based on 2001 Census.



It also presents book reviews, educational links,  educational planners and many important documents such as common school system, modules on district educational planning and projections and forecasting of population, enrolment and teachers all which are important for those interested in educational planning and administration. It has got a separate channel on educational planning covering training at district , block, cluster and national level.