Monitoring of SSA Programme in the
State of Himachal Pradesh
Access
 Children accessing the Primary school cover maximum distance
of 1.5 kms and children of upper primary school cover the
distance of 2.5 kms.
 Lack of features posing danger to the safety of children accessing
the schools
 General condition of classrooms was good in most of the schools.
Separate toilets for boys and girls exist in most of the schools.
 Student classroom ratio and teacher student ratio in the schools
was adequate.
Special Training Centres
 Special Training Centres for out of school children are
functional in district Hamirpur and these are not
operational in Bilaspur and Una districts but EGS/AIE are
functional in district Una.
 EVs appointed in Special Training Centres are qualified and
well trained. The MI found no dropouts in the schools.
Quality Issues
 Required no. of teachers have been appointed in all the primary
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and upper primary schools in all the districts.
Training of 15 days imparted to all the teachers and most of the
teachers were satisfied with the quality of training.
Text books have been supplied well in time in the beginning of
the session in all the schools
School Grant, maintenance grant and TLM grant etc. have been
received in the months of August / September and October.
The teachers expressed the views that both the teacher and the
student are equally important in teaching learning process.
Teachers’ talk time is more as compared to that of students talk
time
 Teachers’ relate personal life experiences to learning in a very few
classroom situations. Full autonomy provided for learning to
students in the classrooms.
 Teachers give stress on learning by understanding and do not
stress on cramming the things.
 English taught in the schools in both mediums i.e. English and
Hindi.
 Methods of continuous and comprehensive evaluation, grading
and marking are in the evaluation of children.
 Community members are not very much aware of the changes in
teaching and learning process and some community members
consider CCE of children un -useful.
Computer Aided Learning
 Computers and other accessories provided under CAL
have been kept in separate rooms by the schools.
 Condition of computer rooms is not good in all
schools.
 Computers are not maintained properly in some
schools and complaints lodged for their repair are not
attended timely.
 All the teachers of the schools do not have proper
knowledge of computer.
Girls’ Education, NPEGEL & KGBV
 NPGEL & KGBV were not operational in all the three
districts.
 No significant gap found in enrolment, attendance,
learning and achievement level in the education of
girls.
 Separate toilets for girls exist in most of the schools.
 No discrimination against girls at the time of
assigning the tasks like welcoming the guests in the
functions and making them participate in curricular
activities.
Inclusive Education with Special
Reference to CWSN
 Inclusive education for CWSN was operational in all
the three districts.
 Special Educators have been appointed in all the three
districts but inclusive education centres are functional
in district Hamirpur only.
 Behavior of peers was friendly towards such children
and that of teachers was same as towards other
children.
Civil Works
 Construction work (wherever sanctioned) has been assigned to
SMC.
 SMC imparted training for implementing civil works.
 Separate account for civil works was maintained in the schools
by the SMC.
 JEs visit the construction sites rarely. The reason behind it was
that the no. of JEs appointed in each district is very less and the
post of SDO has not been filled-up in any of the three districts.
Community Awareness
 SMC as well as community members are ignorant
of
composition of SMC as prescribed under RTE Act, 2009.
 Copy of guidelines has not been provided to the SMC
members/chairpersons. Guidelines have not been printed
in local language.
 SMC members have been oriented regarding their roles
and responsibilities by the SSA functionaries.
 SMC members have been given training of three days
and these members frequently visit the school and
monitor the activities of the school.
MIS
 Training on filling up of DCF provided to all
the teachers.
 Copies of DCF are generally not available
while the copies of School Report Cards are
available in the schools.
Financial Management
 Cash books, pass books, stock/ledger registers are
available in all the schools and these have been
updated.
 All the grants have been released to the schools
and the same have been received by the schools in
the months of August/September 2010.
Mid Day Meal Programme
 The MI visited 120 Schools in 1st half of 2010-11 and
found that hot cooked meal is served in all the schools.
 80 kitchen sheds were constructed and also in use in
districts Bilaspur and Hamipur. 29 kitchen sheds were
constructed and also in use in district Una while 4
kitchen sheds were under construction, 4 kitchen
sheds have been sanctioned but construction not
started and these have not been sanctioned in 3
schools.
 The MI during its interaction with students, teachers,
parents and verification from the registers observed that
hot cooked meal is being served to children regularly and
there is no interruption in the Programme.
 The MI found that all the children enrolled in the schools
have opted for Mid Day Meal and there is no variation
between the number of children availing the MDM as per
MDM registers and the no. of children actually availing
MDM on the day of MI visit.
 It was also found that the food grains (Rice) is delivered to
schools in time and one month buffer stock lies with all the
schools. The schools have to collect food grains from the
civil supply depot.
 The cooking cost is received by the schools regularly but
not in advance. The same is paid through cash. The MI did
not find any discrimination on the basis of gender or caste
among children at the time of serving/taking meal. The
MI found that variety of food is served in mid-day–meal
and the daily menu include rice preparation, dal, and
vegetables and in some cases dry fruits also.
 The MI during its interaction with children observed that
children are satisfied with the quality and quantity of
meal. Health cards have been maintained in primary
schools and in upper primary schools the record of health
has been maintained in registers only. The health check up
of children is done in the schools once/twice in a year.
Mostly Iron tablets have been provided to children in the
schools.
 MDM is prepared by the cooks/helpers and these have
been appointed by SMC. Remuneration paid to
cooks/helpers is normally Rs.1000/-p.m. and the same
is paid to them regularly.
 MDM is prepared in Pucca kitchen sheds constructed
for this purpose. Gas and firewood (in some cases) are
used for preparing mid day meal.
 The cooking process is safe in the schools and the same
was good from the hygienic point of view. The MI
found that parents and community members
frequently check mid day meal in schools.
 The source of awareness of parents and
community members regarding MDM scheme is
mostly news papers and the children.
 It was observed that block and district level
officers inspect MDM Programme after 3-4
months but no such inspection is made by state
level officers. The MI during its interaction with
students, teachers and parents found that there is
improvement in the health of children but
generally no improvement in enrollment and
attendance of children