Opinion of Educational Functionaries towards the Functioning of Rajiv Vidya Mission (SSA)

SSA is an Indian programme aimed at the universalization of elementary education in a time bound manner, as mandated by the 86th amendment to the constitution of India making free and compulsory education to children between the ages of 6 to 14 a fundamental right. The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan realizes that untills now focus has been more on Access to primary education and increase in enrolment and Retention of children in schools with somewhat inadequate attention to quality of education in terms of effective teaching and adequate level of student’s achievement. The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan now, while recognizing the need for increasing Access, enrolment and Retention lays stress on improving the quality of elementary education.  It therefore proposes a holistic and comprehensive approach to the issue of quality.  It encourages decentralization and vibrant role of community in the school management and implementation of interventions.  It is implied that planning and interventions and their implementation.  Focusing on improvement of quality in elementary education, must go hand in hand with the effort to increase enrolment and Retention (T.N. Dhar, et.al., 2004). This study focuses on the opinion of educational functionaries towards the functioning of Rajiv Vidya Mission.