The planning department for any institution or organization plays a vital role in shaping its goal in a directive way. The importance of the planning lies in the fact it initiates the qualitative and concrete improvement of the sector in a strategic way. The integrated and comprehensive planning of SSA,RTE encompasses all its branches of access,equity,retention,and quality and the interrelationships between these segments to achieve the desired goal of SSA,RTE, i.e. Universalisation of Elementary Education(UEE).The formulation of strategic reformed planning to reach the goal is backbone of planning process. The visionary and reflective input in the planning of policies, designing of activities, conduct of need based training, need based prioritized plan leads to prepare a Perspective Plan to reach UEE.The preparation and formulation of Annual Work Plan &Budget (AWP&B) of SSA, Assam is a holistic planning for elementary education for implementation of RTE Act, (2009). The Annual Work Plan &Budget is being conceptualized in the light of National Curriculum Framework and Right to Education Act, 2009.The AWP&B of each districts of the State interplays and materialize the objective of SSA.The coherence and consolidation of objectives of Access,Equity,Quality are integrated in planning keeping note on SSA RTE norms.
Planning Process:
A. Planning Team Level wise
B. The pictorial view of decentralized planning under SSA
The level wise Actual execution of Planning objectives:
Planning details
The scenario of Elementary Education has changed with the advent of Right to Education act, in the State. The assurance of various provisions of the act including the teacher training and its post effective implication in education system is a vital matter in education system. Concentration on the basic principles of education policies SSA; Assam puts emphasis on all district and sub-district level functionaries on preparing Annual Work Plan &Budget in every year.Efforts have been made to design the SSA activities that can be conducted in collaboration and convergence with other education institutes and departments to offer suggestions and in setting the goals.
Budgeting:
The plan under SSA is an Annual Perspective Plan of the coming financial year. The budget and financial proposals under SSA is prepared in the form of AWP&B, covering all components in compliance to the theme of Access, Equity, Quality specified in the SSA, norms.Itemwise budget demands for one year are included in AWP&B.The AWP&B proposals are envisaged in two parts, the plan for current financial year and the progress overview of the previous year.
SSA envisages a strong Monitoring Mechanism in all Cluster, block, district and State level to supervise and inspect the intervention wise activities. The grouping monitoring processes are:
State level monitoring apparatus
National Level Monitoring:
Research Evaluation Monitoring & Supervision (REMS): is one of the functional areas of SSA. Under it, effectiveness of various interventions and activities is evaluated to identify the strengths and weaknesses through surveys/studies. Surveys/studies are conducted involving Universities, colleges, Research institutes and other organisations. Over the years, surveys/studies have been conducted. State Level Achievement Surveys have been conducted. SikshaSamriddhi (Shaala Siddhi)- a school evaluation programme has been implemented since last year.