Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), or the Education for All Movement, was a flagship program of the Government of India launched in 2001 to universalize elementary education, following India's 2002 constitutional amendment making free and compulsory education a fundamental right for children aged 6 to 14. It funded the construction of new schools, recruitment and training of teachers, and interventions aimed at out-of-school children, and was later merged with other schemes into the broader Samagra Shiksha program in 2018.
Facts
Key ProvisionUniversalisation of elementary education, with free and compulsory education for children aged 6 to 14 a fundamental right. 1 Enacted / Adopted Year Classification
Policy TypeAccess or Equity Policy 1 Education LevelPrimary Education (ISCED 1) 1 FAQs
What constitutional change stood behind Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, and what became of the programme?
The 86th Amendment made free and compulsory education for ages 6 to 14 a fundamental right; in 2018 the programme was merged into the broader Samagra Shiksha scheme.
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan was formally structured in 2001 and pioneered by former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Its constitutional foundation came from the 86th Amendment to the Indian Constitution, which inserted Article 21A, making free and compulsory education a fundamental right for all children between the ages of 6 and 14. In 2018 the programme was merged with the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan and teacher education to form the broader Samagra Shiksha scheme.
Sources
1. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan - Wikipedia
Infobox, launched
2001
Introduction
making free and compulsory education to children between the ages of 6 and 14
Lead paragraph, policy-kind
'Education for all campaign'), or SSA, was an Indian Government programme aimed at the universalisation of Elementary education "in a time bound manner", the 86th Amendment to the Constitution of India making free and compulsory education to children between the ages of 6 and 14 (estimated to be 206 million children in 2001) a fundamental right (Article- 21A).
Description, education-level classification
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), or the Education for All Movement, was a flagship program of the Government of India launched in 2001 to universalize elementary education, following India's 2002 constitutional amendment making free and compulsory education a fundamental right for children aged 6 to 14.
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