Universalization of Elementary Education (UEE)

 Universalization of Elementary Education (UEE)

Universalization of education means availability of education everywhere according to the specific need of the children and place.

 Universalization of elementary education and its aspects: Universalization of elementary education can also be defined as availability and equal opportunity to everyone to educate themselves. There are three aspects of Universalization ofElementary Education

l 1. Universal Access (provision) and Enrollment: The Indian government had  set up a primary school at every kilometer and an upper primary school at every 3 KM for easy access to the students.All children of the age group 6-14 years should have access to Primary and upper primary schools.

l All children in the 3-6 age group must have universal access to early childhood care and education centres.

l Expansion of upper primary education facilities, particularly for the disadvantaged sections. There should one upper primary school for every two primary schools.

l Universal Enrollment: Enrollment of all children, including girls and children belonging to the SC/ST, in schools. A survey of the families which come under the jurisdiction of that particular school is made in the starting of the year by that school. A list of all children who are eligible for education as well as those who are out of schools is made, in order to bring both of them to the school. When the school opens,an enrollment week is observed to ensure 100% enrollment of all eligible students.

l 2. Attendance and Universal  retention: It is increasingly realized that retaining the disadvantaged children enrolled in school is so far a more challenging task than enrolling them into the educational system itself, so universal retention of children up to the 14 year of age is a must. Hence many facilities like daily attendance allowance, free travelling pass, free mid-day meal etc .are provided and new techniques of teaching are adopted to improve the attendance.

l Retention of all children till they complete elementary education.

l Reduction of drop out rate in primary classes.

l 3. Universal Achievement/Quality of education: It means provision of standard education to every child to enable him\her to achieve minimum level of learning(MLL) according to his/her ability and also substantial improvement in infrastructure, basic facilities of drinking water and toilets, teacher’s training and pupil teacher ratio.

Strategies for UEE:

Recommendations of various education commissions & NPE, Operation Black Board, Shiksha Karmi Project, Lok Jumbish, DPEP, SSA, NPEGEL, KGBV,ECCE.

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