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Unit 17: District Primary Education Programme

• DPEP has so far opened more than 1,60,000 new schools, including almost 84,000 alternative Notes
schooling (AS) centres. The AS centres cover nearly 3.5 million children, while another
two lakh children are covered by Bridge Courses of different types.
• The school infrastructure created under DPEP has been remarkable. Works either complete
or in progress include 52758 school buildings, 58,604 additional classrooms, 16,619 resource
centers, 29,307 repair works, 64,592 toilets, and 24,909 drinking water facilities,
• The Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) for Phase-I states was around 93 to 95 per cent for the
last three years.
• The total number of differently bled children enrolled is now more than 4,20,203 which
represents almost 76 per cent of the nearly 5,53,844 differently-abled children identified in
the DPEP States.

17.7 Keywords

• Initiative : A new plan for dealing with a particular problem.
• Centrally : Most important or having power or control over other parts.
• Sponsored : A person or company that supports a proposal for a new law.
• Conceptualize : To form an idea of something in your mind.
• Envisage : To imaging what a situation will be like in future specially a situation
you intend to work towards.
17.8 Review Questions

1. Explain about district primary education programme.
2. Give main objectives of DPEP.
3. Discuss the salient features of DPEP.
4. Explain the management structure of DPEP.
5. What are the planning competencies adopted by DPEP?

Answers: Self Assessment
1. (i) Centrally sponsored (ii) funding source
(iii) district
2. (i) True (ii) False (iii) True (iv) False

17.9 Further Readings

1. Development of Education Systems : J.C. Aggarwal, Dash Bn, Shipra Publications.
2. Educational Regimes in Contemporary India : Radhika Chopra , Patricia M Jeffery,
Dash Bn.
3. Development of Education System : Mel Ainscow , Alan Dyson , Susan Goldrick.

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