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DISTRICT ELEMENTARY EDUCATION PLAN

ANNUAL WORK PLAN & BUDGET 2003-2004

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Chapter-I Plan Overview

SI. Content Page N o. N o .. 1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Planning Process 1

1.3 General ProGIe 3

1.4 Educational ProGle 5

1.4.1 Access 9

1.4.2 Enrolment - GER & Net Enrolment Ratio 10

1.4.3 CR , RR , DR - Primary level 13

1.4.4 CR , RR , DR - Upper Primary level 15

1.4.5 CR , RR , DR - Primary , Upper Primary 17

1.4.6 Transition Rate 19

1.4.7 Teacher Pupil Ratio 20

1.5 Early Childhood Care and Education 21

1.6 Out of School Children 22

1.7 Special focus Group 23

1.8 VECs , CRCs , BRCs 24

1.9 Infrastructure 25

1.10 District Project Office 27 Chapter-II Progress Review

SI. Content Page No. No. 2.1 Introduction 28 2.2 Progress in Access 28 2.3 Progress in Enrolment 29 2.4 Progre.ss in Completion 30 2.5 Transition Rate for Primaiy 31 2.6 Attendance Rate for Upper Primary 32 2.7 Transition Rate for Primary 33 2.8 Pupils’ Achievement 34 2.9 Mainstreaming Out of School Children 35 2.10 Appointment of Teachers 37 2.11 Programmes for Girls, SC / ST and Disabled 38 2.12 Early Childhood Care and Education 36 2.13 Functioning of Village Education Committee 41 2.14 Activity in Cluster Resource Centres 42 2.15 Programmes in Block Resource Center 42 2.16 Research, Evaluation and Monitoring 43 2.17 Improving Infrastructure 44 2.18 Maintenance and Repairs 44 2.19 Programmes for Quality Improvement 45 2.19.1 Capacity Building for Project Staff 45 2.19.2 Training to Tcachcrs 45 2.19.3 Orientation to VEC Members 46 2.19.4 Provision of TLM , TLE , School Grant 46 2.19.5 Curriculum Revision - VI Standard Text book 47 Innovation -Computer Literacy, Vocational Skill 47 2..I9.6 Development 2.20 Project Management 51 2.20.1 Establishment of MIS 51 2.20.2 Implementation of DISE 51 2.20.3 Appointment of Project staff 52 2.21 Convergence with Ongoing Schemes 52 2.22 Issues and Strategies 54 Chapter-Ill Activities and Budget

Si. Content Page No. No. 3.1 Primary Schools 64 3.2 Upper Primary Schools 64 3.3 Alternative and Innovation Education 65 3.4 Special focus Groups 65 3.5 Village Education committee 65 3.6 Cluster resource Centres 65 3.7 Block Resource Centres 66 3.8 Research , Evaluation and Monitoring 66 3.9 ^ Civil Construction Works 67 3.10 Maintenance and Repair Works 67 3.11 Management 67 3.12 Training 68 3.13 Innovation 69 3.14 Procurement Plan 69

A nnexure

1. Implementation Schedule

2. Bridge course centres list

3. List of Abbreviations LIST OF TABLES

Table Title Page No. No. 1 Population 3 2 Literacy Rate 4 3 School/Teacher/ Pupil at Primary and Upper Primary 5 4 Number of Pupils 2002 -2003 6 5 Number of Schools 2002 -2003 7 6 Number of Teachers 2002 -2003 8 7 School Access 9 8 GER and NER at Primary Level 10 9 GER and NER at Primary at Upper Primary 11 10 GER and NER - 2002 - 2003 12 11 CR, RR and DR - Primary 13 12 CR, RR and DR - Upper Primary 15 13 CR, RR and DR - Primary & Upper Primary 17 14 Transition Rate 19 15 Teacher Pupil Ratio 2002 - 2003 20 16 Number of ECCE centres and Children 2002 -2003 21 17 ^ Out of Sdiool Children 22 18 Number of Girls, SC/ST and Disabled Children 23 19 VECs/CRCs/BRCs 24 20 Infrastructure Facilities 25 21 Access 28 22 Enrolment 29 23 CR, RR and DR - Primary & Upper Primary 2000-01 30 2001 -02 24 Attendance Rate for Primaiy 31 25 Attendance Rate for Upper Primary 32 26 Transition Rate for Primary 33 27 Pupils' Achievement 34 28 Mainstreaming Out of School Children 35 29 Number of Teachers 37 30 Special Focus Group 38 CHAPTER -I

PLAN OVER VIEW

1.1. INTRODUCTION

“ Education for all “ was launched during 2001-2002 with a view to providing free and Compulsory Education to all Children upto the age of

14 years . A perspective plan for a period of 2001-2010 was prepared and got approved up to the period of 2007. A total of Rs. 67.931akhs ’ as approved and various activities were implemented in the district towards achieving UEE .As a part of annual exercise , the AWP&B for 2003-2004 has been developed by evolving demand based at the gross root level.

The AWP&B 2003 - 2004 Contains 3 Chapters namely plan

overview , Progress Review and Budget & Acdvities . The Plan overview deals

with status of Elementary Education of the district . The progress l-lcview

provides activity wise Physical and financial achievement of 2002-2003 and the

issue to be given priority . Chapter III on the Budget and Activities gives details

of fresh proposals with spillover and financial requirements to be taken up during

2003-2004 .

1.2 PLANNING PROCESS :

Decentralized and participatory planning . Process was followed in preparation of AWP&B for 2003-2004. Core planning teams at District / Block / Village levels were formed to coordinate the planning activities and consolidation of plan at various stages. The planning team members were given one day orientation on 16-03- 2003 in preparing AWP&B 2003-2004 at SPO, Chennai . The following areas were given focus. - Strategy to bring out of school children in the system. - First objective of SSA was given top priority during the discussion. - Capacity building of project staff and teachers were given priority to enhance quality of education. The Secretary to Government of Tamilnadu Education Department outlined the need for local specific plan and programme implementation .Regional level workshop on orientation of District and Core planning team members were convened on 18-03-03 at Madurai.The district core planning team visited Schools , BRC centres , CRCs and consulted with VEC Members on 20- 3-03 and discussed the problems of out of school children, enrolment, classroom activities , achievement level of children and training needs of teachers . One day orientation on data collection and Data analysis for BRC supervisors / BRTS / AEEO /AAEEO were given orientation on 22-03-03 . Block level consolidation was undertaken by block level core planning team members. Based on ,block level, development plan,the disUicl planning team developed AWP&B 2003 -2004. State level workshop was organized from 27.03.03 to 29.03 .03 at KVK Hall Gandhigram Rural University , Gandhigram , Dindigul District. During this workshop special secretary for Education /SPO Faculty/DTERT Faculty /lED experts and Experts in Education offered inputs for intervention under various activities. The district level draft plan was prepared and presented for discussion at SPO , Chennai from 07.04.03 - 10.04.03 . The AWP&B was modified based on the suggestion. The suggestion given in the workshop was incorporated and modified the plan document. The final version of plan was discussed with members of district education committee and further refined . The final document was submitted to SPO Chennai on 16.04.03. 2 . 1.3 GENERAL PROFILE

Dindigul district was carved out of Madurai in 1984. It covers an area of 6266 .64 Sq,km . The main occupation of the people is Agriculture .There are 3499 habitations, 390 Village Panchayats,1447 Revenue villages, 14 Panchayat Unions and 3 Municipalities .It has two Educational districts.

Population There are 19,48,873 population in this district. Out of this 9,78,442 are male and 9,70,431 are female. This population is being divided as per social Category wise and Percentage wise which is given in the table.

Table -1

Population

Category Male Female Total % Total Population 978442 970431 1948873

SC Population 214631 194632 409263 21%

ST Population 5072 4672 9744 0.5%

Rural Population 807776 812100 328997 83%

Urban Population 170666 158331 328997 17%

( Source - National Census 2001)

The rural population is predominant being 83% . The population of scheduled caste is 21% which constitute one fifth of the total population. There are 917 females for 1000 males. The density of the population is 317 per sq.km. LITERACY RATE

This table represents gender wise and social categories wise literacy rate of this district.

T able-2

LITERACY RATE

DISTRICTSC ST YEAR M F Total M FTM FT 1991 69.19 43.94 56.68 28 46 37 37 22 34

2001 80.29 58.3 69.3 48 56.8 52 45 31 38

( Source - National Census 2001)

As per 1991 census, the literacy rate of this district is 56.68% and 69.3 in

2001. This shows that rate of literacy is increased by 9%. The rale of SC and ST

in this district has also increased considerably from 37 to 52 for SC and from 34

to 38 for ST Population for the referred period. Table-5

Number of Schools - 2002-2003

8.NO BLOCK PRIIklARY UPPER PRIMARY GOVT AIDED UNAIDEE TOTAL GOVT AIDED UNAIDEI) TOTAL 1 DINDIGUL URBAN 18 22 3 43 4 26 11 41 2 PALANI URBAN 4 8 0 12 5 4 0 9 3 DINDIGUL RURAL 61 25 3 89 10 10 5 25 4 PALANI RURAL 54 9 9 72 15 5 5 25 5 REDDIARCHATR/yV 74 18 1 93 14 3 3 20 6 ATHOOR 60 17 0 77 13 11 5 29 7 NILAKKO'l'l'AI 61 23 0 84 17 11 0 28 8 BATLAGUNDU 55 6 0 61 16 6 5 27 9 SANAIRPA'riY 66 13 0 79 15 7 0 22 10 NATHAM 91 10 7 108 15 3 5 23 11 THOPPAMPATTV 99 8 8 115 19 6 4 29 12 ODDANCHATRAM 91 8 0 99 16 7 0 23 13 KODAIKANAL 46 16 0 62 15 2 0 17 14 VADAMADURAI 75 4 4 83 15 2 0 17 15 VEDASANDUR 83 13 0 96 17 4 1 22 16 GUJILIAMPARAI 79 6 1 86 15 5 0 20 TOTAL 1 0 1 7 206 36 1259 2 2 1 1 1 2 4 4 377

SOURCE -DISE -2002 This Table indicates there are 1259 schools in this district. Out of which 1017 are Government Primary schools , 206 are Aided schools and 36 are Unaided Schools. In this district there are 377 Upper Primary schools, Out of which 221 are Government schools, 112 are Aided schools and 44 are Unaided schools at upper primary level.Totaiiy there are 1636 schools serving access for Elementary education. Table-6 Number of Teachers - 2002-2003

PRIMARY UPPER PRIMARY

S.NO BLOCK GOVT AIDED UNAIDED TOTAL GOVT AIDED UNAIDED TOTAL

1 DINDIGUL URBAN 67 179 37 283 38 397 188 62S .

2 PALANI URBAN 6 45 0 51 51 100 0 151

3 DINDIGUL RURAL 163 125 10 298 63 84 47 194

4 PALANI RURAL 178 46 20 244 93 43 81 21 7 J

5 REDDIARCHATRAM 228 89 4 321 99 41 13 153 ;

6 ATHOOR 219 143 ’ 0 362 70 67 49 186

7 NILAKKOTTAI 176 86 0 264 127 150 0 2 7 7

8 BATLAGUNbU 162 74 0 236 133 54 37 224

9 SANARPATTY 179 50 0 229 . 135 71 0 206

10 NATHAM 221 ^ 25 25 271 128 37 43 208

11 THOPPAMPAl’lY 205 24 53 282 96 28 31 155

12 ODDANCHATRAM 234 33 0 267 101 44 0 145

13 KODAIKANAL 242 102 0 344 119 21 0 140

14 VADAMADURAI 225 22 37 284 114 4 0 118*

15 VEDASANDUR 216 48 0 264 138 19 10 ley]

16 GUJILIAMPARAI 154 26 15 195 67 32 0 99

TOTAL 2 8 7 7 1 1 1 7 201 4195 1572 1 1 9 2 4 9 9 3 2 6

SOURCE -DISE-20 This table indicates blockwise . management wise number of teachers. There are 4195 teach i working at Primary level under various types of schools and 3263 teachers are working at Dpi primary level under various managements in this district. . 1.4.2 ENROLMENT - GER and NER This table indicates block wise, social categories wise GER / NER at upper primary level. Table-9

GER and NER at upper primary level

GER NER S. BLOCK ALL SC ST ALL SC ST NO B G B G B G B G B G B G

1 Dindigul Urban 93 109 97 95 0 0 89 90 91 92 0 . 0 2 Palani Urban 90 111 83 90 0 0 80 79 82 75 0 0 3 Dindi^I Rural 100 100 94 95 0 0 86 85 86 84 67 65 4 Palani Rural 91 112 96 96 70 70 88 82 92 90 72 70 5 Reddiarchatram 102 98 82 81 75 69 76 71 81 79 0 0 6 Athoor 100 100 93 95 0 0 82 80 88 86 0 0 7 Nilakkottai 109 92 81 81 65 65 84 80 81 79 63 60 8 Batlagundu 108 93 89 89 o' 0 87 83 82 80 0 0 9 Sanarpatty 110 91 73 74 0 0 72 78 81 78 0 . 0 10 Natham 110 92 95 95 0 0 89 91 92 90 0 - 0 11 Thoppampatty 94 108 91 92 d 0 86 87 91 89 0 . 0 12 Oddanchatram 100 100 80 82 0 0 81 86 82 80 0 0 13 Kodaikanal 94 108 79 90 73 74 75 70 78 76 71 • 69 14 Vadamadhurai 111 90 76 81 71 71 73 ^ 70 75 73 70 ‘68 15 Vedasandur 82 85 93 94 0 0 85 80 91 89 0 ■ 0 16 Gujiliamparai 98 103 r 94 95 0 0 88 87 92 90 0 0 District Average 100 100 88 87 71 70 82 81 85 S3 67 66 Source ; DI.SP - 2002 The District GER for boys and girls is 100 % . The District GER for SC/ST boys is 88 and 71 % and for girls is 87 and 70 % . It is inferred that there is a social and gender gap in GER . NER is considered as the quality indicator . The NER for boys and girls is 82 and 81%. The NER for SC boy and girls is 85 and 83 % and NER for ST boy ^nd girls is 67 and 66 % . Table- 10

PRIMARY UPPER PRIMARY GER ■ ner GER SNO BLOCK B G T B G T B G T BG T 1 DINDIGUL URBAN 101 99 100 93 93 93 93 109 101 89 90 90 2 PALANI URBAN 118 82 100 81 78 80 90 111 101 80 79 80 3 DINDIGUL RURAL 102 98 100 92 88 90 100 100 100 86 85 86 4 PALANI RURAL 108 92 100 92 93 93 91 112 102 88 82 85 5 REDDIARCHATRAM 100 100 100 79 73 76 102 98 100 76 71 74 6 ATHOOR 99 101 100 86 85 86 100 100. 100 82 80 81 7 NILAKKOTTAI 99 101 100 82 81 82 109 92 101 84 80 82 8 BATLAGUNDU 103 94 99 80 80 80 108 93 101 87 83 85 9 SANARPATIY 91 99 100 84 83 84 110 91 101 72 78 75 10 NATHAM 101 101 101 92 93 93 110 92 101 89 91 90 11 THOPPAMPATiy 98 102 100 88 90 89 94 108 101 86 87 87 12 ODDANCHATRAM 90 113 102 85 83 84 100 100 100 81 86 84 13 KODAIKANAL 103 97 100 73 73 73 94 108 101 75 70 73 14 VADAMADURAI 94 107 101 82 82 82 111 90 101 73 70 72 15 VEDASANDUR 84 87 86 90 89 90 82 85 84 85 80 83 16 GUJILIAMPARAI 110 90 100 87 92 90 98 103 101 88 87 88 DISTRICT AVERAGE 100 98 99 85 85 85 100 100 100 83 81 82 SOURCE- DISE -2002

The District GER is 99 % . In Vadasandur block 86% Children are enrolled . Special attention are to be given to this block In this district. The district NER is 85 % . In blocks of Vadamadurai and oddanchartram , the NER is below the district average at primary level. The table source 100 % GER at upper primary level. There is no gender gap in GER . The district NER is 82 % . As per this table gender gap is Identified in NER of this district. ( B - 83 , G-81 )

19 1.4.3 CR , RR , DR - Primary level This table provides block wise , gender wise completion , repetition and drop out rate at primary level. Table-11

CR , RR and DR - Primary -2002 -2003

CR RR DR S.No oRT JLA-/v-/rv. nOK B G TB GT B G T

1 DINDIGUL URBAN 66 68 67 12 30 21 14 10 12

2 PALANI URBAN 64 60 62 19 23 21 17 17 17

3 DINDIGUL RURAL 76 68 72 14 18 16 10 14 12

4 PALANI RURAL 62 64 63 19 15 17 20 20 20

5 REDDIARCHA'IHAM 69 61 65 21 29 25 10 10 10

6 ATHOOR 67 67 67 20 21 21 11 14 12

7 NILAKKOTTAI 67 63 65 22 20 21 11 17 14

8 BATLAGUNDU 66 68 67 20 22 21 14 10 12

9 SANARPAl'lY 51 53 52 33 27 30 16 20 18

10 NATHAM 54 56 55 34 30 32 12 14 13

11 THOPPAMPAllY 74 70 72 18 16 17 8 14 11

12 ODDANCHATRAM 58 58 58 32 28 30 8 16 12

13 KODAIKANAL 69 67 68 19 17 18 12 16 14

14 VADAMADURAI 54 50 52 30 28 29 16 22 19

15 VEDASANDUR 68 66 67 18 20 19 14 14 14

16 GUJILIAMPARAI 54 56 55 30 30 30 16 14 15

District Average 64 6 2 63 23 23 23 13 15 14

SOURCE-COHORT -2001-02

13 COMPLETION RATE As per Cohort study 2002-2003 the district averageCompletion rate is 63% .Boys completion rate 64% which is more than the girls completion rate 62% .It indicates the existence of Gender gap in Completion rate. The completion rate of Sanarpatty (52%) , Natham (5 5%) , Oddanchatram (58%) Vadamadhurai (52%) and Gujihamparai (55%) are below the district average.

REPETITION RATE Repetition rate of this district is 23% . The repetition rate of boys 23% and girls also 23% .The repetition rate of Reddiarchatram (25%) , Sanarpatty (30%) , Natham (32%) ,0ddanchatram(30%), Vadamadurai (29%) and Gujiliamparai (30%) are more than the district average .

DROPOUT RATE: The dropout rate of this district is 14% Girls dropout rate is 15% more when compared with dropout rate of boys 13%. Still there is gender gap in dropout rate in the district. The dropout rate of Palani Urban(17%) ,Palani Rural (20%), Nilakkottai (14%), Sanarpatty (18%) , Kodaikanal (14%),Vadamadhurai (19%) and Gujiliamparai (15%) are more than district average.

14 1.4.4 CR , RR and DR - Upper Primary This table indicates completion , repetition and drop out rate of this district at upper primary level. Table-12

CR , RR and DR -Upper Primary - 2002-2003

CR RR DR S.No WTi^r'TT B G TB GTB G T

1 DINDIGUL URBAN 54 50 52 34 30 3 2 12 20 16

2 PALANI URBAN 58 55 57 26 28 2 7 16 17 16

3 DINDIGUL RURAL 6 4 60 62 20 22 21 16 18 17

4 PALANI RURAL 59 57 58 22 24 2 3 19 19 19

5 REDDIARCHATRAM 62 53 58 22 25 2 4 16 22 19

6 ATHOOR 61 63 62 23 21 2 2 16 16 16

7 NILAKKOITAI 66 56 61 18 24 21 16 2 0 18

8 BATLAGUNDU 66 62 64 18 20 19 16 18 17

9 SANARPAi'iY 56 55 56 23 25 2 4 21 20 2 0

10 NATHAM 55 55 55 22 22 2 2 23 23 2 3

11 THOPPAMPATTY 56 52 54 26 28 2 7 18 20 19

12 ODDANCHATRAM 72 6 2 67 14 20 17 14 18 16

13 KODAIKANAL 53 50 52 30 32 31 17 18 17

14 VADAMADURAI 52 52 52 27 26 2 7 21 22 21

15 VEDASANDUR 60 66 63 22 14 18 18 20 19

16 GUJILIAMPARAI 54 50 52 24 25 25 22 2 5 23 District Average 59 56 58 23 24 24 18 2 0 19

SOURCE - COHORT 2001-02

15 COMPLETION RATE As per cohort study 2002-03 the completion rate of this district is 58% .Boys completion rate is (59%) is more than the girls completion rate (56%) . It indicates that there is low completion rate among girls at upper primary level. The completion rate of Dindigul Urban (52%), Palani Urban (57%) , Sanarpatty (56%), Natham (55%), Thoppampatty (54%) , Kodaikanal (52%) , Vadamadurai (52%) and Gujiliamparai (52%) are below the district average .

REPETITION RATE Repetition rate of this district is 24% . The Repetition rate of girls is (24%) which is more than boys (23%) .The Repetition rate of Dindigul Urban (32%) , Palani Urban (27%), Thoppampatty (27%) , Kodaikanal (31%), Vadamadurai (27%)and Gujiliamparai (25%) are above district average .

DROP OUT RATE : Dropout rate of this district at Upperprimary level is 19% Girls dropout rate is (20%) more than the boys dropout rate(18%).There is a gender gap in dropout rate . The dropout rate of Sanarpatty (20%), Natham (23%) is higher than Gujiliam parain(23%) are higher than district average .

16 1.4.5 CR , RR AND DR - PRIMARY AND UPPER PRIMARY The table provides block wise completion , repetition and drop out primaiy and Upper primary . Table-13

CR , RR and DR > Primary and Upper Primary

PRIMARY UPPER PRIMARY S.No RTTIOK CR RR DR CRRR DR

I DINDIGUL URBAN 67 21 12 52 32 16

2 PALANI URBAN 62 21 17 57 27 16

3 DINDIGUL RURAL 72 16 12 62 21 17

4 PALANI RURAL 63 17 20 58 23 19

5 REDDIARCHATRAM 65 25 10 58 23 19

6 ATHOOR 67 21 12 62 22 16

7 NILAKKOri'AI 65 21 14 61 21 18

8 BATLAGUNDU 67 21 12 64 19 17

9 SANARPAl'lY 52 30 18 56 24 20

10 NATHAM 55 32 13 55 22 23

11 THOPPAMPAl'lY 72 17 11 54 27 19

12 ODDANCHATRAM 58 30 12 67 17 16

13 KODAIKANAL 68 18 14 52 31 17

14 VADAMADURAI 52 29 19 52 27 21

15 VEDASANDUR 67 19 14 63 18 19

16 GUJILIAMPARAI 55 30 15 52 25 23 District Average 63 23 14 58 24 18

SOURCE-COHORT 2001-02

17 COMPLETION RATE

Completion rate of this district at Primary level is 63% and at upper primary level is 58% .Completion rate of this district is more at Primary level than at Upper primary level. The completion rate of Palani Urban (62%), Sanarpatty (52%) Natham (55%) ,Oddanchatram (58%) Vadamadurai (52%) and Gujiliamparai (55%) aree below the district average at primary level . the following blocks are below the district average at Upper primary level.Dindigul (52%) , Palani Urban (57%) Sanarpatty (56%) , Natham (55%) , Thoppampatty (54%), Kodaikanal (52%) Vadamadurai (52%) and Gujiliam parai (52%).

REPETITION RATE Repetition rate of this district at primary level is 23% and at Upper primary level is 24% . Repetition rate is high at Upper primary level .The Repetition rate of the following blocks are more than the district average are Reddiarchatram (25%), Sanarpatty (30%), and Natham (32%).

DROP OUT RATE

The drop out rate at primary is 14 where as in upper primary is 19. The blocks of Palani Urban 17 , Palani Rural 20 , Sanarpatti 18 and Vadamadurai 19 are having high drop out rate . The drop out rate at upper primary rate is 19 % . Sanarpatti 20 , Natham 23 , Vadamadurai 21 , Gujiliamparia 23 are blocks which are having high drop out rate at upper primary level.

18 1.4.6 TRANSITION RATE This table indicates block wise , gender wise . social category wise transition rate of this district. Table-14

Transition Rate 2001^02

t r a n s i t i o n r a t e ( V to VI \ SNO BLACK ALL SC ST B G Ave B G Ave B G Ave 1 DINDIGUL URBAN 95 94 95 89 88 89 0 0 0 2 PALANI URBAN 93 93 93 94 93 94 80 72 76 3 DINDIGUL RURAL 87 89 8 8 8 7 86 87 95 90 93 4 PALANI RURAL 91 91 91 91 91 91 75 83 79 5 REDDIARCHATRAM 87 83 8 5 79 75 77 0 0 0 6 ATHOOR 89 87 88 85 82 84 0 0 0 7 NILAKKOTTAI 87 81 8 4 84 80 82 0 0 0 8 BATLAGUNDU 92 90 91 90 88 89 0 0 0 9 SANARPAriY 88 90 8 9 85 87 86 0 0 0 10 NATHAM 85 83 84 81 80 81 0 0 0 11 THOPPAMPATTY 82 78 8 0 80 74 77 0 0 0 12 ODDANCHATRAM 86 86 8 6 85 84 85 0 0 0 13 KODAIKANAL 81 79 8 0 76 74 75 71 69 70 14 VADAMADURAI 82 80 81 80 77 79 0 0 0 15 VEDASANDUR 88 80 84 92 80 86 0 0 0 16 GUJILIAMPARAI 80 76 78 78 74 76 0 0 0

District Average 8 7 85 86 85 82 83 80 7 9 80

SOURCE - DISE -2 0 0 2

The transistion rate of this district at 86 % , for SC 83% . The transition rate is very low among SC and ST Children, it indicates , all primary graducates among SC and ST are not joining 6th Std. This table also shows that, there is a gender gap in transition rate at all category.

19 1.4.7 TEACHER PUPIL RATIO This table reveals block wise teacher pupil ratio of this district at primary and upper primaiy level Table-15

Teacher Pupil Ratio- 2002-2003

T1PR S.NO BLOCK PKBCART UPPER PRIMARY

1 DINDIGUL URBAN 3 9 41

2 PALANI URBAN 51 29

3 DINDIGUL RURAL 3 7 39

4 PALANI RURAL 3 9 40

5 REDDIARCHATRAM 3 7 46

6 ATHOOR 40 39

7 NILAKKOTTAI 38 43

8 BATLAGUNDU 34 56

9 SANARPAilY 38 48

10 NATHAM 3 9 45

11 THOPPAMPAl’lY 42 20

12 ODDANCHATRAM 28 36

13 KODAIKANAL 22 16

14 VADAMADURAI 38 40

15 VEDASANDUR 32 42

16 GUJILIAMPARAI 32 48

DISTRICT AVERAGE 37 39

SOURCE - DISE-2002 Teacaher pupil ratio of this district is 37 at primary level and 39 at Upper primary level in Government schools. It indicates that there is adequate number of teachers in this district.

20 1.5 EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION This table represents block wise pre primary children enrolled in ICDS , TINP and KG classes of this district. Table -16 Number of ECCE Centres and children -2002-2003

ICDS TINP OTHERS CmLOREN CHnJ)R£N CHILDREN S.NO BLOCK CENTRES CENTRES LKG/UKG

1 DINDIGUL URBAN 100 2762 0 0 912 912

2 PALANI URBAN 22 892 0 0 628 628 3 DINDIGUL RURAL 0 0 88 7766 826 826 4 PALANI RURAL 0 0 76 6272 512 512 5 REDDIARCHA' i'HAM 0 0 89 5127 420 420

6 ATHOOR 0 0 96 6512 318 318 7 NILAKKOllAI 104 2812 0 0 212 212 8 BATLAGUNDU 0 0 74 5418 314 314 9 SANARPAllY 0 0 89 6342 228 228 10 NATHAM 0 0 85 7417 220 220 11 THOPPAMPAi'lY 0 0 83 4717 122 122 12 ODDANCHATRAM 0 0 78 5112 314 314 13 KODAIKANAL 0 0 64 4112 528 528 14 VADAMADURAI 98 2437 0 0 3123 3123 15 VEDASANDUR 0 0 77 5112 362 362 16 GUJILIAMPARAI 0 0 73 4120 128 128

District Total 324 8903 972 68027 9167 9167

SOURCE- DISE -2002

There are 324 ICDS Centeres are functioning in this District. 8903 Children in the age 3- 5 years are enrolled in those centres. There are 972 TINP Centres catering to the need of 68027 Pre primary children in this District. Apart from these centres 9167 preprimary children are enrolled in K.G classes under private management.

21 1.6 OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN

Out of school children Includes drop out and never enrolled . TTiis table shows block wise out of school children at primary and upper primary level. Table-17

S-10 TEARS 11-13'rEARS DROPOUT NEVER ENROLUTD DROPOUT NEV]SRBimOlXBD GRAND T TOTAL 8NO BLOCK B a T B O TB G TB Q

1 DINDIGUL URBAN 260 215 475 15 28 43 275 212 487 155 156 311 1316

2 PALANI URBAN 122 117 239 81 112 193 598 695 1293 281 298 579 2304

3 DINDIGUL RURAL 272 262 534 7 10 17 271 342 613 157 176 333 1497

4 PALANI RURAL 178 198 376 12 4 16 287 292^ 579 188 185 373 1344

5 REDDIARCHATRAM 391 357 748 11 14 25 530 607 1137 162 87 249 2159

6 ATHOOR 292 257 549 5 14 19 392 368 760 187 169 356 1684

7 NILAKKOTTAl 412 417 829 91 102 193 702 217 919 135 197 332 2273

8 BATLAGUNDU 186 192 378 81 87 168 542 749 1291 512 547 1059 2896

9 SANARPATTY 198 181 379 197 112 309 352 327 679 517 405 922 2289

10 NATHAM 212 191 403 3 17 20 352 471 823 159 131 290 1536

11 THOPPAMPATTY 172 179 351 12 42 54 258 262 520 171 102 273 1198 12 ODDANCHATRAM 178 192 370 205 121 326 375 362 737 421 431 852 2285 13 KODAIKANAL 311 212 523 108 97 205 647 292 939 212 141 353 2020 14 VADAMADURAI 155 162 317 50 101 151 417 391 808 405 412 817 2093 15 VEDASANDUR 212 260 472 198 202 400 317 418 735 76 73 149 1756 16 GUJILIAMPARAI 432 628 1060 108 115 223 612 926 1538 113 111 224 3045 DISTRICT TOTAL 3983 4020 8003 1184 1178 2362 6927 6931 13858 3851 3621 7472 31695 SOURCE-H.H-2001 1.7 SPECIAL FOCUS GROUP Special focus group includes girls , SC /ST and disabled Children. This table provides the enrolment of block wise special focus group. TabJe-18 Girls , SC / ST and Disabled Children 2002-03

S. No. Blocks Girls SC /ST Disabled 1 Dindigul Urban 18589 3712 127 2 Palani urban 5565 3687 82 3 Dindigul Rural 6221 6337 75 4 Palani Rural 6090 8460 76 5 Reddiarchatram 8289 4462 79 6 Athoor 10913 6438 66 1 Nilakkottai 11957 8976 62 8 Batlagundu 7883 5982 149 9 Sanaipatti 8433 3940 63 10 Natham 7805 3727 149 11 Thoppampatty 9536 4613 47 12 Oddanchatram 8676 3196 57 13 Kodaikanal 8785 2620 28 14 Vadamaduari 7529 3160 78 15 Vedasandur 1490 981 148 16 Guziliamparai 5398 2793 24 District Total 13959 73084 1310 Source ; DISE -2002 This table provides block wise enrolment of Girls ST/ST/ Children / Disabled Children. In this district 13959 girls Children enrolled . There are 73,084 Children belong to SC/ST category .1310 differently abled children are enrolled in this district. 23

1.8. VILLAGE EDUCATION COMMITTEES, CLUSTER RESOURCE CENTRES , BLOCK RESOURCE CENTRES. Table-19 VECs / CRCs/ BRCs

Village Block Education CRC Resource S. Block Committee Centre No. CRC Trs. Center Staff VEC Member 1 Dindigul Urban 22 330 15 681 2 Palani Urban 8 120 5 202 3 Dindigul Rural 71 1065 10 435

4 Palani Rural 65 975 9 371 5 Reddiarchatram 113 1695 12 457 6 Athoor 73 1095 12 499

7 Nilakkottai 58 870 13 541 S Batlagundu 83 1245 12 423 9 Sanarpalty 77 1155 10 455 10 Nath am 117 1755 10 411 11 Thoppampatii 118 1770 10 353

12 Oddanchairam 107 1605 9 391

13 Kodaikkanal 122 1830 9 484 14 Vadamadurai 85 1275 10 365

15 Vcdasandur 100 1500 9 421 16 Guziliamparai 106 1590 8 279

District Total 1325 19875 163 6758 16 128

Source DISE-2002 There are 1325 village Education Committees which are monitoring the activities of SSA in this district. Totally there are 19,875 VEC members who are monitoring the activities at the village level . 163 CRCs are functioning in this district. 6758 teachers are attending CRC meetings and discussing the problems related to enrollment drop out and teaching learning process in classroom level. 16 BRC Centres are functioning in this district 128 BRTs were appointed to provide quality education at the block level. 24 1.9 INFRASTRUCTURE This table provide block wise infrastructure requirement for BRC / CRC / School

Table- 20

Infrastructure Facilities

Infrastructure S. Block No. Toilet Drinking BRC CRC 3CR 2CR s water

1 Dindigul Urban -- 3 3 5 5

2 Palani Urban -- 2 2 7 6 3 Dindigul Rural 1 3 0 7 20 0

4 Palani Rural - 2 2 3 30 10 5 Reddiarchatram 1 2 4 5 70 6 6 Athoor 1 1 6 6 10 10

7 Nilakkottai 1 - 1 1 47 24 8 Batlagundu 1 2 3 15 9 9 Sanarpatty 1 2 1 5 25 14 10 Natham 1 2 5 51 98 20 11 Thoppampatti 1 2 6 10 70 57 12 Oddanchatram 1 4 10 8 45 37

13 Kodaikkanal - 4 0 0 0 0

14 Vadamadurai - 8 6 6 21 6

15 Vedasandur - 4 3 8 14 10

16 Guziliamparai - 3 7 11 70 15

District Total 8 36 58 129 547 223

Source : DISE - 2002

25 Block Resource centres There are 16 BRC Centres in this district. Out of which 8 BRC Buildings are to be constructed for the year 2003 - 2004. Cluster Resource Centres It is considered as professional empowering body at cluster level. 163 CRC Centres are functioning in this district. Out of which 8 CRC centres are to be provided which building facilities for the year 2003 - 2004. Classroom Constructions There are totally 129 two classrooms are required at primary and upper primary level. The district committee decided to provide 40 two classrooms on priority basis. 58 three classrooms are required for the year 2003-04 mainly at upper primary level . The District committee decided to provide 17 three classroom on priority basis. Providing adequate classroom facilities is an important aspect in improving qualify of the children . As per DIES 2002, 58 three classrooms are to be provided to middle / high/ higher secondary schools. But planning team recommended only 41 Three class rooms facilities based on urgent needs of schools. As per this table , 129 two class room are to be provided for primary schools to enhance the enrolment of children.

Toilets and Drinking W^ater Facilities 547 toilets arc to be provided for primary / upper Primary schools. Still girls enrolment is far behind the boys enrolment - To remove this gap - toilets are to be provided for upper primary sections. 223 schools were identified to provide drinking water facilities . These is an urgent need to provide drinking water for those schools. 1257 schools are in this district are in need of major / minor repair works.

26 1.10 DISTRICT PROJECT OFFICE

The District Project Office is headed by one DPC in the cadre of CEO , supported by additional DPC , ADPC and other staff The details are given below. 1. The District Programme co-ordinator - C.E.O 2. Additional Programme co-ordinator - D.E.E.O. 3. Asst. District Programme Co-ordinator - Full Time 4. Superintendent - 1 5. Assistants -2 6. Up graded Superintendent - 1 7. Acadamic consultants - 2 8. Civil consultants - 1 9. Statistical Officer - 1 10. Data Entry Operator -1 11. Computer Programmer - 1 12. Training Officer 1 13. Media Documentation Officer - 1

27 CHAPTER - II Progress Review 2.1 INTRODUCTION This chapter deals with the progress of SSA activities undertaken from 2001 -02 & 2002- 03 ; 2.2 PROGRESS IN ACCESS Table - 21 ACCESS Year PRIMARY UPPER PR][MARY Total No.of GAR Total No.of GAR No.of Habitations No.of Habitations Habitation served with Habitation served with schools schools

2001 3499 3464 99% 3499 3481 99.5%

2001 -02 3499 3464 99.6% 3499 3481 99.5%

2002-03 3499 3485 99.8% 3499 3499 100%

Source : School !Mapping During 2000-2001 - 99 % access was there, by opening of 9 schools, the access was raised to 99.6 and then by opening 3 more schools it was raised to 99.8 %. 1. To achieve 100 % access 3 EGS Centres are provided al the Primary level 2. 100% is achieved during 2002 - 03 by upgrading 3 Primary into Upper Primary. EGS Centres S. No. of Block Habitations No. Children 1 Kodaikkanal Vazhagiri 20 Kaduguthadi 17 2 Vedasandur Karuppathevan patti IS

28 2.3 Progress in Enrolment The following table indicates block wise enrolment progress at primary and upper priamary level for the year 2001 -02 , 2002-03 Table 22 Enrolment Primary Upper Primary

S.NO BLOCK 2001-02 2002-03 2001-02 2002-03

GER NER GER NER GER NER GER NER

1 DINDIGUL URBAN 96 93 100 93 93 89 101 90

2 PALANI URBAN 88 77 100 80 70 68 101 80

'3 DINDIGUL RURAL 92 88 100 90 89 84 100 ■ 86

4 PALANI RURAL 94 91 100 93 87 84 102 85

5 REDDIARCHATRAM . 78 74 100 76 63 61 100 74

6 ATHOOR 91 85 100 86 87 81 100 81

7 NILAKKOTTAl 82 79 100 82 66 63 101 82

8 BATLAGUNDU 83 78 99 80 77 74 101 85

9 SANARPAl'l V 87 81 100 84 66 64 ^ 101 75

10 NATHAM 96 91 101 93 92 90 101 90

11 TH0PPAMPA1TY 93 88 100 89 87 86 101 87

12 ODDANCHATRAM 85 81 102 84 74 72 100 84

13 KODAIKANAL 79 72 100 73 74 62 101 73

14 VADAMADURAl 86 81 101 82 63 61 101 72

15 VEDASANDUR 93 89 96 90 87 83 90 88

16 GUJILIAMPARAI 94 89 100 90 91 87 101 88

DISTRICT AVERAGE 89 84 100 85 79 76 100 S3 Source : DISE - 20q The district GER and NER is 89 and 84 for 2001-02 .Where as for 2002-03 the district GER and NER is 100 and 85 at primary level.lt clearly indicates there is a progress in enrolment in all blocks. At upper primary level the district GER amd NER is 79 and 76 fo| 2001-02, The district GER and NER is 100 and 83 for ?002-03. It is inferred that there progress in enrolment of children at upper primary level also

29 2.4. Progress in Completion This table represents block wise , year wise completion , repetition and drop out at the primary and upper primary levels . It indicates the progress in completion at primary and upper primary levels. Tabie-23 Completion , Repetition and Drop out for 2000 - 01 , 2001 - 02

Primary Upper Primary S.NO BLOCK 2001-2002 2002-20C 3 21001-2002 20102 - 2003 CR RR DR CR RR DR CR RR DR CR RR DR 1 DINDIGUL URBAN 63 13 25 67 21 12 47 31 22 52 32 16 2 PALANI URBAN 50 21 29 62 21 17 47 27 26 57 27 16 3 DINDIGUL RURAL 64 22 14 72 16 12 52 23 25 62 21 17 4 PALANI RURAL 54 22 24 63 17 20 47 29 24 58 23 19 5 REDDL^RCHATRAM 56 20 24 65 25 10 51 24 25 58 23 19 6 ATHOOR 64 16 20 67 21 12 53 26 21 62 22 16 7 NILAKKOTTAI 57 20 23 65 21 14 52 26 22 61 21 18 3 BATLAGUNDU 75 12 13 67 21 12 56 21 23 6 4 . 19 17 , 9 SANARPATTY 52 20 28 52 30 18 50 26 24 56 24 20 10 NATPiAM 45 31 24 55 32 13 45 29 26 55 22 23 11 THOPPAMPATTY 49 41 10 72 17 11 49 27 24 54 27 19 12 ODDANCHATRAM 56 33 11 58 30 12 56 19 25 67 17 16 13 KODAIKANAL 66 19 15 68 18 14 41 32 27 52 . 31 17 14 VADAMADURAI 36 43 21 52 29 19 37 34 29 52 27 21 15 VEDASANDUR 65 22 14 67 19 14 56 20 24 63 18 1 19 16 GUJILIAMPARAJ 43 40 17 55 30 15 44 28 28 52 25 23 DISTRICT AVERAGE 55 25 20 63 23 14 49 26 25 58 24 18

Completion rate is increased considerably in all 16 blocks of this district Repetition rate is reduced both at Primary and Upper primary level in this district Drop out rate has gone down . It is a good sign of success of SSA. 30 CR RR DR 2001 55 25 20 2002 63 23 14

Progress in Completion and Retention for Primary

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12001 Dindigul District 12002 2.5 Attendance Rate for Primary

This table provides block wise , year wise Attendance rate at primary and upper primary level. Table - 24 Attendance Rate for Primary

Attendance Rate S.NO BLOCK 2001-02 2002-03 AR AR 1 DINDIGUL URBAN 95 95 2 PALANI URBAN 90 93 3 DINDIGUL RURAL 93 94 4 PALANI RURAL 94 95 5 REDDIARCHATRAM 98 98 6 ATHOOR 91 96 7 NILAKKOTTAI 90 91 8 BATLAGUNDU 96 96 9 SANARPATIY 93 93 10 NATHAM 79 82 11 THOPPAMPATTY 75 78 12 ODDANCHATRAM 91 95 13 KODAIKANAL 72 91 14 VADAMADURAI 78 80 15 VEDASANDUR 91 94 D GUJILIAMPARAI 83 86 DISTRICT AVERAGE 88 91 Source : DISE -2002 As for attenance rate is concerned district average is 88 % . Only two blocks are below the district average .Where as upper primary Increase from 80 to 90 shows the SSA programmes have worked out well in this areas.

31 2.6 Attendance Rate for Upper Primary

This table provides block wise , year wise Attendance rate at upper primary level. Table - 25 Attendance Rate for Upper Primary

Attendance Rate S.NOBLOCK 2001-02 2002-03 AR AR 1 DINDIGUL URBAN 82 97 2 PALANI URBAN 78 92 3 DINDIGUL RURAL 83 95 4 PALANI RURAL 80 96 5 REDDIARCHATRAM 85 99 6 ATHOOR 91 96 7 NILAKKOTTAI 82 94 8 BATLAGUNDU 83 97 9 SANARPATTY 81 94 10 NATHAM 79 96 11 THOPPAMPATTY 73 78 \2 ODDANCHATRAM 81 94 13 KODAIKANAL 72 80 14 VADAMADURAI 76 82 15 VEDASANDUR 82 85 D GUJILIAMPARAI 79 87 DISTRICT AVERAGE 80 9 1 Source; DISE -2002

32 2.7 Transitioin Rate for Primary

This table provides block wise , year wise Transition rate rate at primary and upped primary level. Table - 26 Transitiojn Rate for Primary

Transition Rate S.NO BLOCK 2001-02 2002-03 TR TR 1 DINDIGUL URBAN 98 99 2 PALANI URBAN 68 93 3 DINDIGUL RURAL 86 88 4 PALANI RURAL 84 91 5 REDDIARCHATRAM 65 85 6 ATHOOR 89 90 7 NILAKKOTTAI 68 84 8 BATLAGUNDU .86 91 9 SANARPATIY 80 89 10 NATHAM 70 84 11 THOPPAMPATTY 68 80 12 ODDANCHATRAM 84 86 13 KODAIKANAL 66 80 14 VADAMADURAI 70 81 15 VEDASANDUR 81 84 D GUJILIAMPARAI 69 78 DISTRICT AVERAGE 77 86 Source : DISE -20^

Dindigul urban (ransitioin rate is increased from 98 to 99 . It is almost nearing to centem. Where as in Palani urban 68 to 93 . Which is a remarkable increase . In some of the blocks like Guziliamparai, kodaikkanal, Thoppampatti and Nillakkotai transition rate exceeds 10% . It is due to SSA programmes. ^

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0 Primary Dindigui District 12001 >2002 2.8 Pupil's Achievement This table provides subject wise , year wise pupil achievement. It helps to identify the progress of achievement level of pupil at primary and upper primary level Table - 27 Pupil’s Achievement

Primary Upper Primary S.NO Subject 2001-02 2002-03 2001-02 2002-03

Tamil 53 59 50 67

English 41 45 47 51

Mathematics 57 60 58 62

Science 63 69 53 65

Social Science 62 75 58 70

District Average 55 62 53 63 Source : Achievement survey -2002

The students performance were taken and analysed in subject wise and found out that , all the students of this distirct have crossed the state norms ( 35 % ) and there is an increase of 7% when compared with that of previous year at primary level. It is due to the qualitative training given to the teacher under SSA. In the same way upper primary students also have 10% of increase in their performance . It is due to the effective use of TLM and good provision of infrastructure and school grant facilities.

34 Tamil English Maths Science Social 2001 53 41 57 63 62 2002 59 45 60 69 75

Achievement Level of Students in Primary

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Tamil English Maths Science Social Science Dindigui District 12001 B2002 .lonnnr r A f lus-^ I £u'^* ot Ki4toc avid 17~B, '#1 ?ndo M^i;|, N.« ,. I. ;:6 ^ ^ | DOC, N o . : ^ : : m Z 7 S ^ o o 3> 2.9 MAINSTREAMING OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN The table indicates block wise , year wise out of school children , enrolment in bridge course and number of children to be enrolled in AIE to mainstream in formal schools.

Table-28 Mainstreaming Of Out Of School Cliildren NO.OF. OUT OF NO .OF NO.OF SCHOOL CHILDREN CHILDREN CHILDREN ADMITTED TO BE S.NO BLOCK CHILDREN IN IN EGS ENROLLED IN 6 - 14 FORMAL BRIDGE IN 2002- 2001-2002 SCHOOL COURSE 2003

1 DINDIGUL URBAN 1338 - 605 733 2 PALANI URBAN 1865 - 633 1232 3 DINDIGUL RURAL 1580 - 492 1088 4 PALANI RURAL 1685 - 989 696 5 REDDL\RCHATRAM 4791 - 570 4221 6 ATHOOR 2329 - 536 1793 7 NILAKKOTTAI 5737 - 1482 4255 8 BATLAGUNDU 3354 - 695 2659 9 SANARPATIY 3011 - 993 2018 10 NATHAM 1101 - 882 219 11 THOPPAMPATTY 1496 - 367 1129 12 ODDANCHATRAM 3034 , - 555 2479 13 KODAIKANAL 3136 - 320 2816 14 VADAMADURAl 3222 - 2477 745 15 VEDASANDUR 1365 - 545 820 16 GUJILIAMPARAI 844 - 712 132

District Total 39888 - 7812 28185 Source : DISE - 2002 1. Total dropped out Children are 27035 2. By Conducting 434 bridge course Centres, 7812 Children were mainstreamed. 3. 74 Students are enrolled in three EGS Centres. 4. 400 students are to be enrolled in 8 residential schools. 5. 1841 bridge course centres are opened for mainstreaming the out of school Children for 28185 Individual child tracking system has been developed for enrolment of out of school children , to ensure cent percent enrolment by 2003. A specimen format child tracking system is given below . 35 • OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN

There are 3499 habitations in this district. As perspective plan there were 27827 dropped out children and 12132 never enrolled children and totally there were 39959 out of school children. Among this 452 children were enrolled in the formed school and 7812 children were enrolled by means of 434 bridge course centres and 31695 out of school children are there in this district. And among this as was pointed out earUer nearly 3110 from all the 16 blocks will be trained in the block resource centres by the BRT - Teacher educators and also by the specially trained instructors to make them eligible to appear for VIII std examination through open school system and the remaining 23144 out of school children will be streamlined through 1841 bridge course centres. Last year 434 bridge course centres were functioning and it worked out well. Following the same experience four residential camps for girls and four residential camps for boys will be started in places lie Reddiarchartram, Guziliamparai and Thoppampatty blocks . Out of this residential camp, 400 children will be enrolled with this strategies all the out of school children are streamlined. Out of School Children during 2001 - 2002 - 39959 Out of School Children during 2002 - 2003 - 31695 Admitted in formal school during 2002 - 2003 - 452 Streamlined through 434 bridge courses 2002-2003 - 7812 Residential Camps for 2003- 2004 - 400 1841 Bridge courses for 2003-2004 - 28185 Preparing for VIII Std Exam for 2003 - 2004 - 3110

36 2.10 APPOINTMENT OF TEACHERS The following table reveals block wise, year wise teachers working at primary , upper primary level in this district. T able-29

Number of teachers

PRIMARY UPPER PRIMARY

20 0 1 -0 2 2 0 0 2 -0 3 2001-02 2002-03 S.NO BLOCK 1 DINDIGUL URBAN 251 283 475 623 2 PALANI URBAN 68 51 159 151 3 DINDIGUL RURAL 195 298 131 194 4 PALANI RURAL 241 244 131 217 5 REDDIARCHATRAM 314 321 111 153 6 ATHOOR 358 362 184 186 7 NILAKKOTTAI 277 264 264 277 8 BATLAGUNDU 236 236 256 224 9 SANARPATTY 293 229 209 206 10 NATHAM 277 271 173 208 11 THOPPAMPATTT 239 282 112 155 12 ODDANCHATRAM 254 267 159 145 13 KODAIKANAL 337 344 140 140 14 VADAMADURAI 215 284 140 1 18 15 VKDASANDUR 276 264 177 167 16 GUJILIAMPARAl 195 195 118 99

D istrict Total 4 0 2 6 4 1 9 5 2 9 3 9 3 2 6 3 Source : DISE - 2002

1. At primary level the number of teachers are increased from 4026 lo 4195 2. At Upper Primary level the number of teachers are also increased from 2939 to 3263 . It includes the tcachers working in the middle sections of high and higher secondary schools.

37 2.11 PROGRAMMES FOR GIRLS , SC/ST AND DISABLED This table reveals block wise , year wise girls ,SC/ST and disabled children and programms conducted for those children.

Table - 30

Special focus group

no of chffdren Disabled children Girls SC / ST children given g BLOCK special c/3 c o a c h i n g 2002- 2001-02 2002-03 2001-02 2002 -03 2001-02 2001-02 03 1 DINDIGUL URBAN 12887 18589 6057 3712 400 101 127 2 PALANI URBAN 3215 5565 2889 3687 400 81 82 3 DINDIGUL RURAL 7388 6221 3012 6367 400 65 75 4 PALANI RURAL 8746 6090 5126 8460 400 193 79 5 REDDIARCHATRAM 6202 8289 3120 4462 400 144 66 6 ATHOOR 10014 10913 3251 6438 400 163 62 7 NILAKKOrrAl 9433 11957 5978 8976 400 245 149 8 BATLAGUNDU 7210 7883 6116 5982 400 175 63 9 SANARPATTY 7077 8433 2929 3940 400 36 149

10 NATHAM 10420 7805 5806 2,727 400 27 47 11 THOPPAM PATTY 7251 9536 5012 4613 400 60 57

12 ODDANCIIATI^M 7033 8676 3102 3196 400 56 28

13 KODAIKANAL 5891 8785 6215 2623 400 30 50

14 VADAMADURAl 5274 7529 3324 3160 400 28 148

15 VEDASANDUR 6976 1490 3017 981 400 19 24

16 GUJILIAMPARAl 5637 5398 3158 2796 400 25 54

DISTRICT AVERAGE 12654 13959 68112 73120 6400 1448 1260 SOURCE : DISE -2002 1. More Number of SC/ST Children are enrolled during the 2002-03 academic year. 2. During 2002 -03 1448 lED Children were identified and enrolled, but only 1260 Children are identified and enrolled during this academic year. 3. Girls enrolment is more during this academic year .

38 2.11.1 PROGRAMMS FOR GIRLS, SC /ST STUDENTS 7500 Children were identified from among socially and Economically backward . All CRC Centres were selected for providing spoken English classes, at the week end days . Nearly 50 students were gathered in the CRC Centre. The Co-Ordinators acted as organisors of this programme. Experts from Ghandhigram Rural university namely Dr. b.ArunaChalam and Dr. M. Thangasamy of lakshmi College of Education , Miss. R. Rajammal , Senior Lecturer DIET and several P.O. assistant of English offered their services . The students were trained in simple conversational English . Oratorial skills of the students were trained. The students were given exposture to basic English words and ordinary traditional grammar Patterns. This year the same will be continued for 40582 students this year too. Since the Parents know the value of this exposture to students, they are very much enamoured of i t . This year more number of students will be trained. Apart from CRC Centres, the High and Hr.Sec.Schools will also be treated as centres of learning for these children. 2.11.2 Programme of Disabled Children

Last year 1448 disabled Children were enrolled in the formal school. 3 NGOs were engaged in treating the Children . These NGO conducted enrollment campaign. Because of the awarness conducted by these organizations, more number of children were enrolled. Medical assessment camps were conducted, different modalities of disabilities were identified .The parents and disabled children were provided transport and food facilities on the day of medical assessment. Special teachers for each block were appointed. HM’s of primary and upper primary schools were given one day orientation on lED Programmes. Project staff of BRC and CRC were given one day workshop.

39 During this year 2046 Children are identified. These Children are to be enrolled in the formal schooling during this academic year.They are to be encouraged through their teachers and parents to continue their education in the formal schooling, lliey will have a mind to overcome their Physical challenges and prove their worth in their life. Such as attitudinal change will be created in their mind. 2.11.3 Programme for Girls 14770 girl children are chosen as socially and economically backward . They are given a special care. They are trained to stand on their own legs . They are trained to live on par with the other gender. They are trained in simple vocational skills such as embroidering , tailoring , plastic and cane chair knitting. This is done as per the materials available in the local area. In Athoor block places like chinnalapatty , plastic chair wire knitting is quite common. The girls of that area are trained in that art in the local community centres by the local experts. In Natham block , embroidering work is predominant . Local tailoring - men are nominated as resource persons. CRC - buildings are used for this puipose . Materials are procured from Madurai by the local VEC members. At palani , panchamirtham is prepared . It is a flourishing vocation. Girls are trained in it. Local high schools are used as the centres of training. Dindigul block children are trained in the preparation of ready made garments. Thus area specific vocational skills are taught. It increases enrolment of girls and reduces the drop out. The finished products are handed over to local marketing societies. They help the children by selling them. It gives a lot of encouragement to the girls children.

40 2.12 EARLY CHILD HOOD CARE AND EDUCATION 67229 Children are enrolled in ECCE centres in 2001-02. 76,930 Children are enrolled in 2002 -2003 . It shows that there is increasing number of pre primary children. Apart from these 9167 preprimary Children are enrolled in K.G classes. 2.13 FUNCTIONING OF VILLAGE EDUCATION COMMITTEE There are 1325 VECs are functioning in this district. In 2001 - 02 VECs are formed and it started to function from 2002 -03. 19384 members are appointed in these centres. Funds are rooted through VEC and monitoring the civil construction work. The VEC plays an important role in maintenance of VER , updation of house hold survey and preparation of school development plan .VECs are functioning in an effective manner which is reflected in the following table. FUNCTIONING OF VEC S. VEC School Contribution by VEC Requirement No. President Constmcied Compound wall ' 1.T oilet PU P School 1 P.Alagarswamy worth of Rs. 80000 /- under 2. Two Class Thoppupatty PMYG Scheme. room Building. 60 sq.ft. of land donated by PUP School Thiru.P.Palaniyandi (VEC 2 P.Nagamalai Avaiyampatty member ) for additional building construction Lighting and Furnilure PUP School facilities were provided by 1. Toilet 3 S.Natarajan Pillaiyarnatham VEC members which cost of facilities Rs 50,000/- PU.Mid. School VEC Donated 0.15 acre Land 4 R.Ponraj Siru naickanpatty worth ofRs. 65000 PUP School Earth work done by VEC 5 Kottaisamy Vilanipatty members at free o f cost. Good governance of School PUP School garden by VEC even though 6 Kotlaisamy E.Kovilpatty without school compound facilities

41 2.14 ACTIVITIES IN CLUSTER RESOURCE CENTRE There are 163 centres and 1342 VEC centers in this district .Each CRC has a minimum of 40 teachers and it meets once in a month , preferably, Third week (Saturday ) of every month .It is a professional empowerment body. Here the teachers share their professional experiences and get clear cut ideas about the methodology of teaching .

2.15 PROGRAMMES IN BLOCK RESOURCE CENTRE There are sixteen BRC in this district. Each block has a superviser and seven teacher educators. Each BRC is provided with a pulla building. It monitors the quality aspect of the primary and upper primary sections. It conducts periodical training to secondary grade teacher. It conducts DISE survey through primary teachers . It conducts Block level committee meeting., monitors the activities of VEC and CRC . It is a mini DIET for each block.

42 2.16 RESEARCH , EVALUATION AND MONITORING

Research , Evaluation and Monitoring is an important aspect in enhancing quaUty of education in 2001-02 , the following research activities were initiated in consultation with DIET and University department. Effective use of TLM Issues in enrolling girl Children Cohort Analysis Identification of Low performance schools Impact study on training programme

M onitoring The SSA activities are monitored by planning committee at village block and district level. The monitoring was done by conducting weekly , monthly review meetings and conducting field visits. SPO faculty also reviewed the activities under taken at various level.

Evaluation Evaluation is an important aspect to determine the progress of activities , to determine short falls and to judge the efficiency of the methods. Evaluation of activities and programmes are made by conducting studies, and survey with the help of evaluation tool. The evaluation tools are questionaire / Rating scale / Observation / Interview which are used to assess the achievement level of SSA programes in relation to its objectives. Evaluation of programmes and activities are made by University Department / external agencies at district / State / National level. Dr. R.Sudir Professor and H.O.D. Department of Action Research , Gandhigram Rural University , Gandhigram has taken up a study regarding the completion and drop out rate of this district.

43 2.17 IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE Infrastructure assessment was made in 2001 - 02 to assess the block wise requirement of classroom, drinking water and toilet facilities at elementary level. There are 107 schools are in need of 3 classroom facilities and 82 schools are in need as 2 classrooms. In 2002 - 03, 38 schools are provided with 3 classroom and 43 schools are provided with 2 classroom facilities.

2.18 Maintenance and Repairs

1107 Primary Schools and 221 middle schools ( including the middle sections of high and higher secondary schools ) were provided with Rs. 5000 /- ( for each school). With this amount all the schools did the white washing and undertook the floor repairing , replacing tiles and some other minor repairs.

44 2.19 PROGRAMES FOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT 2.19.1 Capacity Building for Project Staff Five days orientation on implementation of SSA was given for DPO staff. School attachment programes was practised for three months. Training on SAP and SBT was given for three days on cascade mode for BRT staff. Tl^ee days orientation for S.O. , A.D.P.C. on implementation of DISE was conducted . For DPO and BRC staff Decision Making and Leadership Training is planned for this year . For the BRT - teacher education ABT Training , SAP training , MGT - training CAI ( Computer assisted instruction ) , test items ( for continuous assessments ) , ECE sensitization and women empowerment programms are designed for 2003 -04. 2.19.2 Training to Teachers To provide quality education , the teachers need updating of knowledge and orientation to new strategies and exposure to modern techniques. This will improve the quality of teaching of the teachers , and thus taught will be benefited finally To achieve this different types of training were planned. The need based training program was designed by DTERT and modules were developed and following programes were conducted in cascade mode . Effective use of English in Standards III to V this was given to all the primary schools which numbered as 3994. Training on simple technique of conversation and teaching of poetry in an effective way was given to those teachers for five days. 6758 teachers were given quality training on capacity building for teachers for 5 days. 362 HMs were given capacity building training for 3 days. 3048 VEC members were given training on implementation of SSA. During this 2003 - 2004 academic year , the training on content and methodology especially for VI Std English teaching teachers was planned, ( because of revision of text book ) and a training on DISE for headmasters are planned. It improves the quality of the teachers which in turn reflects on students. The following training programmes are designed for 2003-2004 given in annexure. Workshop on Preparation of TLMs Training on Science experiment Training on Multigrade Teaching Training on ABT Approach

45 2.19.3 Orientation to VEC Members There are 1556 VECs are functioning in this district . Two days orientation was given to 3012 VEC members in cascade mode. The modules were developed in which , role of VEC in implementing SSA was given importance. The strategies adopted in training are lecture , discussion ,debate and role play. Monitoring the SSA activities were given importance and local experts were utilized during training programme. 2.19.4 Provision of TLM , TLE and School Grant Teachers were provided with Teaching Learning material grant. A teacher is given Rs. 500/- per year to purchase teaching learning material. To provide joyful learning , teachers were provided this grant. Teachers were given one day training in TLM preparation. Training with the DIET staff was arranged to prepare improvised kits with locally available material. An exhibition was arranged at Batlagundu and Nilokkottai blocks where the Primary teachers displayed TLMs prepared by them . It was low cost and no cost. Because of this quality component, drop out and repletion rate is reduced. Same will be followed for this year also. In the same way for TLE ,a team was formed. It consists of DIET faculty , P.G assistants , BRTs , Sec.grade teachers and AEEOs. It reconmiended certain procedures to spend Rs. 10000 /- for the Primary and Rs. 50000 for the upper Primary schools. List of books for library , Articles for laboratory, play materials and music materials were prepared by the team and given to the teachers . The school grant Rs. 2000 was provided to improve the infrastmcture facilities ( Chair , table , bureau )of government school.

46 2.19.5 Curriculum Revision - VI Std. Text book

After the implementation of SSA Progranmie in our state , a lot of changes have taken place . The changes are towards the betterment of Elementary Education. The needs of the students also underwent considerable changes. Their Psychological needs are also taken into consideration . Now the government of Tamil Nadu have a constituted a high level forum. It analysed the present status of curriculum of IV standard. It 2dso assessed the need of students. All these factors wee taken into accounts. The high level forum has framed a new curriculum to suit the needs of the students. Based on the curriculum , a new syllabus was formed. Based on the new syllabus. Experts were appointed to write the text book. Now the experts have written the textbook.

2.19.6 Innovation - Computer literacy : All the sixth standard children 44,812 are given computer literacy with the help of local Philanthropist, NGOs , SHG all the schools are grouped as per CRC centre (163) .Each centre will have 273 Children .Each cluster will be provided with five computers .Daily 47 students will be given two hours exposture to Computer . Once a day in a week they are given training in computer for 10 months. Total Children 44,812 CRC Centres 163 Each centre 273 - children in 6 batches Two hours a week 47 Students 10 months x 4 weeks = 40 weeks 40 X 2 Hours = 80 Hours per students 15 Lakhs will be divided among 163 CRC s . The remaining expenditure will be met from the local resources such as VEC , NGO and SHG.

47 Innovation - Education of Girls 7500 Children (girls ) are identified ( Economically backward ) from 3 blocks .ie Natham , Vadamadurai and Nilakkottai with the help of BRC - teaching educators. Natham : This block is dominated by palm and coconut trees. 1. Planned Toy making and ornamental baskets from palm leaves - local Artisan - week end ( 2500 x Rs. 20 = 50 000 x 10 = 5 00 000 ) coaching 2. Planned coir making from coconut fiber ( 2500 students x Rs. 20 per month = 50 000 x 10 months = 5 00 000 ) Local machinery and local Artisans are utilized . Vadamadurai: 1000 students 1000 X 20 x 10 = 200000 Decorative materials from waster paper Local Higher Secondary schools drawing master employed as part time teachers Material 60 000 Salary 10 000 Meals 15 000 Miscellaneous- 15 000 Total 1 00 000 Fifteen batches are planned . It will be arranged in the 163 CRC Centres. Nilakkottai : Bouquet making and dry flower decoration from locally available Flowers Materials 60 000 Salary 15 000 Meals 10 000 Miscellaneous 15 000 Total 1 00 000 48 Initially 1000 students will be trained in different CRC and Higher Secondary Schools Centers .

20 X 50 = 1000 students Fifty students in batch 20 batches Two hours a day , 4 batches a day , 5 days a week 5 days x 4 batches = 20 batches 20 batches x 50 students = 1000 students 15 batches will be trained and 15 000 students will be trained. Each batch 50 students, week end days 4 weeks a month , So 200 students in a month .In 163 CRC Centres 32,600 students trained in a month and in such a way Rs. 15 lakhs will be spent. Innovation for SC / ST Children 7500 children were identified as economically backward children . Hie are attached with 163 cluster centres . Each centre is having 41 students . These students are asked to assemble at cluster centres on week end days. Skills on spoken language and simple conversational style are taught. Local P.G assistants in English, DIET staff and Professors from Lakshmi collegc of Education Gandhigram are invited as guest lectures and trainers. The Coimbatore- ordinators of the cluster centres are acting as organisers. 15 lakhs of rupees are distributed among 163 cluster resource centres . Additional expenditure will be met from local philonthropists.

49 Nursery Education 1296 ECCE centres are functioning in the district. They cater to the needs of the pre-primary children. Many of the centres are actively engaged in rural area. These centres give the feed back to the primary schools. Each centres is provided with Rs.lOOO per year. Out of this Rs. 500 is spent on training. Need based training is given to the instructors. Three day orientation is arranged for these instructors at Block Resource Centres . Experts from DIET and Teacher Training Colleges are invited. These eminent people conduct the orientation programmes on Psychological needs of the children Inculcating language skills Formation of Pre- numbering Another Rs.500 is provided to the centre to procure play materials which are of educational value . An exposture is also given to these teachers about selecting teaching learning material.

50 2.20 PROJECT MANAGEMENT 2.20.1 Establishment of MIS For effective planning , monitoring and implementation of project we require strong MIS. A separate MIS cell has been created with one statistical officer on deputation from department of economics and statistics and one data entry operator on consolidated basis. One computer Pentium system with accessory like printer , Internet facility and Fax etc. have been provided for quick transmission of information to various project functionaries. DISE-2002 has been implemented in all schools upto elementary level. Cohort analysis has been undertaken and the result used in preparation of document. Similarly database on out of school children have been created to track the children to strengthen MIS cell the following material and men are proposed for 2003 and 2004. Additional Programmer DataEntry Operator Computer Copier Machine A/C Machine

2.20.2 Implementation of DISE 3 days orientation for ADPC and S.O.was given on DISE at district level . They in turn conducted training for BRT /AEO at block level. They collected and scrutinised data at gross root level. The data were incorporated in the preparation of plan AWP&B. Cohorts study also undertaken to estimate CR , RR ,DR of every school. The result was incorporated in the plan.

51 2.20.3 Appointment of Project Staff This is a unique programme of providing education for all. Here we need the workers who are corrunitted to it A full time A.D.P.C. was appointed. He looks after the entire implementation of the project at District level. 16 BRC - Supervisors are appointed. Each block is having seven members as teacher educators. ADPC in the cadre of Higher Secondary HM on deputation , S.O , Trammg officer , M DO, Civil Consultant and establishment staff are appointed to monitor the SSA activities at distnct level. 128 Teacher educator are appointed at block level to look after the SSA activities.

2.21 CONVERGENCE WITH ONGOING SCHEMES

Revenue Department ,

Revenue department helps m identifying the lower income groups, and the socially backward children. Revenue department coordinates with the social welfare department in helping backward SC , ST students by prov'ding scholarships and other benefits . It helps increasing enrolment of children

Health Department : Normally health department implements many healLh education prograinmes . Health awa^ness programs i>uch as penodical medical check up was conducted for primary children. This department also helps in identifying physical disability and reconunends for the provision of aids and appliances to those children percentage of disability can be identified with the coordination of medical department.

52 Social welfare : The government of Tamil Nadu implements various welfare schemes such as free noon meal , free uniform , free text books, scholarships for SC/ST / BC /MBC students. The social welfare department also is conducting special schools for the upliftment of backward students . Social welfare department is conducting TINP centres all over the state. It also conducts orphanage homes for the welfare of the orphanage students. Department of Labour This department helps to identify 7812 children involved in child labour in various factories and found out ways and means for enrolling them in the schools the main aim of eradication of child labour could be achieved only with the coordination of child labour department. The children will be enrolled in the residential camp , after the preparatory coursed they are to be enrolled in schools with hostel facilities run by government department. Adidravida welfare Welfare schemes for SC/ST are implemented through this department . The scholarships are issued to the student of SC/ST in order to promote attendance rate and transition rate, Educational tours at various levels are organized by this department. To the promote education of SC, ST , to bridge the social gap in achieving UEE the convergence with Adidravidar welfare department is quite essential. Rural Department Under MP / MLA fund 4 additional classrooms , toilets , compound wall were constructed in 2002-03. NGO The NGOs coordinated for identifing disabled children and to enroll them in the formal school. The innovative programmes are planned for 2003-04 with the help of NGOs.

53 2.22 ISSUES AND STRATEGIES

Access There are 16 blocks in this district . Ail blocks are provided with 100% Primary Schooling facilities except in kodaikanal (96) and vedasandur block (99%) because of scattered habitations is where school age population is below 25 . 3 EGS Centres are to be provided for those habitations to achieve 100% access at Primary level. Enrolm ent There are 31295 out of school Children which include drop outs and Never enrolled both at primary and upper - Primary level. It poses a threat to achieve 100% enrolment. Which is the first objectives of SSA . All the blocks in this district are having out of school children. To achieve 100% enrolment 8 residential camps are to be provided in the blocks of Vadamadurai , Guziliamparai, Thoppampatty , Kodaikanal , Natham , Nilakkottai, Athoor and Oddanchatram to streamline the out of school children. In addition to that all blocks are to be provided 1841 residential bridge course centres to streamline the out of school children. Mobile teachers are to be appointed for out of school children of scattered habitations to mainstream those children. 3110 students are trained to appear for VIII std examination. Quality Issue: Completion The Completion rate at Primary level is 63 and at Upper primary level is 58% . Last year it was at 56 at primary and 49 at upper primary level. Though there is considerable increase it is not appreciable in Vadamadurai ( 52 % ) and sanarpatti ( 52 % ). To attain 100% completion rate School Base Training , School Adoption Progranmie are to be implemented . Need based training , attractive TLM and TUB materials are to be provided for teachers.

54 CHAPTER - III

BUDGET AND ACTIVITES

Activity wise Budget, Receipt Expenditure - 2001 -02

Table A provides a detail that the spill over amount of 2001 - 2002 of Rs. 2.160 from PFE salary. 50 thousands from TLE 0.140 lakhs from UPE salary. Rs. 10.848 lakhs from special focus groups , Rs. 20.375 lakhs from CRC Rs. 23.760 Lakhs from BRC ,Rs. 102.000 lakhs from CCW , Rs 3.180 from training and Totally Rs. 162.963 was carried over as spill over to 2002-2003.This amount was be spent during the financial year of 2002-2003

55 Activity wise Budget, Receipt Expenditure - 2002 - 03

Table .B Indicates the Spill over amount of 2001-2002. Rs. 6.740 for PFE Rs.7.470 for UPE , Rs.2.640 for special Focus group , Rs. 16,870 for CRC , Rs. 14,00,000 for computer Education , Rs .14,00,000 for SC/ST Children , Rs. 14,00,000 for Education for girls . So totally Rs.58.870 was carried over to 2003 -2004 as spill over activities .These amount was be spent during the financial year 2003 -2004 .During 2003-2004 nearly Rsl240 lakhs is estimated in plan out lay for 2003-2004 is nearly Rs.l240 lakhs.

58 Spill over Activities of 2001 -02 and 2002 -03

Table c. gives panoramic view of Spill over activities . 162.963 lakhs of rupees that was spilled over from 2001-2002 was spent during 2002-2003 academic in all the 13 major heads .Activities that were started during 2001-2002 was carried out and finished during this (2002-2003) academic year. In the same way 58.87 Lakhs of rupees that was spilled over during 2003-2003 will be spent during the academic year 2003-2004 .Activities under the head of Innovation is having the major amount of 42 lakhs of rupees .Since all the activities are already started , this amount will be spilled over to 2003-2004 and will be spent during 2003- 2004.

61 Budget Estimation

3.1 Primary Formal Education

As Per school Mapping exercise 2002 , GAR of this district is 96% 3 habitations are proposed to open Genres'because the school age population is below 25 . Already 12 school were opened and 24 teachers were appointed in the year 2002 -2003 . So the proposed expenditure for 24 newly appointed teachers is Rs. 1.680 lakhs for 06 /03 - 05 / 04 . To make teaching learning process effective in the classroom , it is proposed to provide teacher grant for 3994 teachers at the cost of Rs. 19,930 lakhs. To strengthen the Government schools, it is planned to provide infrastructure facilities for 1223 schools at the cost of Rs. 24.260 lakhs for 06 / 03 as school grant.

3.2 Upper Primary Education

In 2002 - 2003 3 Primary schools are upgraded to provide 100% access. No new school is proposed for 2003 - 04 .Seven teachers are appointed for newly upgraded schools . Seven teachers are to be provided salary at the cost of Rs. 0.049 lakhs for 06/03 - 05 / 04 . In order to strengthen the government schools, 333 schools are to be provided with school grant for Rs. 6.660 lakhs for 08 / 03 . In order to achieve quality education TLM Plays vital role . So it is proposed to provide TLM grant for 2767 teachers at the cost of Rs. 13.835 lakhs for 07 / 03 .

64 3.3 Alternative and Innovative Education 3 EGS Centres are to be provided for 3 unserved habitations . So it is proposed to provide Rs. 0.633 lakhs towards salary for instructors and TLM grant for 3 EGS Centre for 06/03 -0 5 /0 4 . 1841. Bridge course centres are to be provided to mainstream the out of school children. So it is planned to provided Rs.264.462 lakhs for 06/03 - 02/04

In order to minimize the seasonal migration family with children , it is proposed to start 8 residential camps in identified blocks at the cost of Rs.l2 lakhs for 06/03 - 05/04. 3.4 Special Focus Group 2096 Children identified as differently abled children by NGOs with the help of BRT project staff. To promote education of disabled children and for mainstreaming than it is proposed to provide of Rs. 25.152 I- for 06/03 - 05/04. In order to promote Girls education 14,270 girls are identified below the poverty line. So it is proposed to provide Rs. 28.540 lakhs towards girls education for 06/03 - 05/04 43082 SC/ST Children are found out as educationally backward Children . These pupil are to be provided Rs.81.164 lakhs to promote education of SC/ST Children for 06/03 - 05/04 3.5 Village Education Committee VEC Plays an importance role in implementing SSA Project They are to be provided training to monitor SSA activities at Village level. So it is proposed -to provide Rs J.2,650^1khs towards VEC meeting and Rsci^i^?0^1akhs for VEC training for 07/03 - 12 /04. 3.6 Cluster Resource Center CRC is a professional empowerment body . It meets once in a month on Saturdays. It focuses its attention on reducing out of school children. . So it is proposed to provide Rs.3.260 lakhs towards workshops and meetings on 06/03 . To strengthen functioning of CRC , it is proposed to provide TLM grant of Rs. 1.630 lakhs and Rs. 4.075 laksh as contingency grant for 06/03 - 05/04.

65 3.7 Block Resource Centre BRCS plays an important role in implementing SSA scheme 16 BRCS are opened and 128 BRC staff are appointed . So it is proposed to provide Rs. 16.00 as salary for BRC staff for 6 / 03 - 5 / 03 . Consumables and stationeries are the essential item for functioning of BRC. It is proposed to provide Rs 2.000 lakhs as contingency grant. Conduction of workshop and meeting is an important aspect at block level to share the experiences of teachers and problems in classrooms and to find out solutions collectivity . So it is proposed to provide 0.080 lakhs as grant for workshops and meeting. BRC are the important agencies in effective use of TLM . So it is proposed to provide TLM grant of Rs. 0.800 for 16 BRC centres.

AfW equipment, Lab equipment. Plays an important role in applying new approach and modem techniques in classroom practices. Being BRC each centre must be supplied with equipment. So it is proposed to provide Rs. 16.000 for 16 BRC centres on 7 / 02. BRC has to implement SAP SBT and school visits programme to import quality education. So it is proposed to provide Rs. 16.000 laksh as TA & DA for BRTs for 06/03 - 05/04.

3.8 Research , Evaluation and Monitoring Elementary teachers are encoveraged to undertake research activities . It has to be monitored & evaluated at district , State and National level Missionaries . So it is proposed to provide Rsi;|^61.9^ ;lakhs for schools in this district on 8/03. n ^ n

66 3.9 Civil Construction Works Strengthening of BRCs is essential . It has to be provided with building facilities . So it is proposed to provide Rs. 48.000 lakhs to construct 8 BRC building on 7103. CRC is important in providing.quality education, at cluster level. It is proposed to provide for buildings for ^ CRCs Centres at the cost of Rs. IG.OO lakhs for 08/03 . Providing adequate classroom facilities are essential in - enhancing enrolment . So it is proposed to provide two class room building for 18 schools at the cost of Rs. 5'4-. .000 lakhs. To enhance quality education at upper primary level 3 classroom buildings are to be provided V*7 schools at the rate of Rs. lakhs for 07/03 -0 1 /0 4 Provision of drinking water is essential for children’s health . So it is proposed to provide drinking water facilities for 81 schools at the cost of Rs. 12.150 lakhs 08/03 . Toilet facilities are to be provided to retain girls children in school at upper primary school . So it is proposed to provide Rs. <3.0'<^)£5iakhs for '{W schools.

3.10 Maintenance and Repair Works Schools must be attractive to provide joyful atmosphere for children . So it is proposed to provide Rs. 61.900 lakhs for 1238 schools 8/ 03 - 1 / 04 .

3.11 Management Management is known as DPO office . The DPO was estabhshed with 20 project staff. So it is planned to provide Rs. 22.000 lakhs as salary of DPO staff for 06/03 to 05/04. Being the district office it must be provided with well furnished equipments and furniture. It is proposed to provide Rs. 3.000 lakhs to as equipments for DPO office on 6/03 to 9/03,

67 Books and periodicals are essential to update the knowledge of DPO & BRC staff at distict level . So it is proposed to provide salary at the Cost of Rs. 0.500 lakhs . Maintenance of equipments and others is essential for DPO office . It is proposed to provide it is 0.500 lakhs of Rupees to as maintenance equipments for 06/03 to 05/04 Consumables and stationary are the essential items for functioning of DPO . It is proposed to provide Rs. 0.250 lakhs for 6 / 03 - 5 / 04 MIS data entry operator is appointed . To strengthen the MIS the provision of equipment and its maintenance is essential so the consumable and stationary is also essential to update data under MIS . So it is proposed to provide Rs. 5.000 lakhs towards MIS . To achieve 100 % enrolment and to reduce dropouts to 5% Awareness programme , Enrolment drive , Enrollment rally are to be conducted. To develop material and to conduct probaganda , it is planned to provide Rs. 3.000 lakhs towards media and documentation for 06/03 -08 / 03 . It is planned to provide TA / FA for DPO staff at the cost of Rs. 1.000 lakhs . It is proposed to provide consultancy cost of Rs. 1.26 lakhs for DPO office for 6/02 - 3/03 . It is proposed to provide contingency cost of Rs. 0.150 lakhs for DPO on 6/03 . It is planned to provide Rs. 1.000 lakhs to conduct training to project staff. *

3.12 Training Training for teachers at elementary level is important to import quality education. It is planned provide training for 3994 teachers at the cost of Rs. 55.916 lakhs at primary level for 7/03 - 1 / 04 . It is proposed to provide training for 2764 teachers at upper primary level at the cost of Rs. 38.696 lakhs .

68 3.13 Innovation All the Std. VI Children 44,812 are given computer literary with the help of local Philanthropist, NGOs , SHGs . So it is proposed to provide Rs. 15.000 lakhs towards computer literacy for 8/03 - 12/03 .

7500 children (girls ) are identified as economically backwards from 3 blocks . So it is proposed to provide useful vocational arts and crafts activities at the cost of Rs. 15.000 lakhs for ST / ST Children below the poverty line was identified and it was decided to provide Rs. 5.000 lakhs towards useful vocational arts and craft activities. It is proposed to provide pre primary education for 3 - 5 years children. So it is planned to provide Rs. 15.000 lakhs towards nursery education .

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3.14 PROCUREMENT PLAN Equipments for DPO office BRC and CRC centres are to be procured.as. per. SSA norms. The District planning committee decide and approve the equipments that are needed for DPO office. This year two more computers , a copier and an A/C machime are to be procured. All the civil works up to six lakhs are undertaken by the Village Education Committees. VEC also decides and purchases all the infrastructure materials that are meant for school utility. Block level committee purchased furniture worth of Rs. 100000 for BRC centres. All the requirements are derived from gross root level are finalised by the committees at various statges. All the financial dealing is transparent in this district.

72 jssKAHY & amirn 4atk»s.i*^ " isisity** of -!.d Aurcbiad© N«w L't;ihi-i.IIQ16 t\ [OiHl DOC, No ■ ...... Table A Dindigaul Maj. 2001-2002 S. Activity Description A ct Receipt Spill No. Exp. Phy. Fin. Phy. Fin. 1 PFE Primary Schools i No. of Schools ii Saleiry o f new teachers 9 1.260 9 1.260 iii Salary o f addl. Teachers iv School Grants

V Teachers Grants vi TLE Grants 9 0.9 9 0.9 Total 2.160 2.160 2 UPE Upper Primary Schools i No. of Schools ii Salary o f new teachers 1 0.140 1 0.140 iii Salary o f addl. Teachers iv School Grants V Teachers Grants vi TLE Grants 1.000 0.500 1.000 0.500 Total 0.64 0.64 3 AIE Alternative & Innovative Educatio i EGS Centres (Unserved Habitations) ii Bridge Courses/Transit Camps iii Residential Camps Total n 0 0 4 SFG Special Focus Groups i Education o f disabled 2712 10.791 2712 10.791 ii Education o f Girls iii Education o f SC/ST Children ^ Total 10.791 10.791 5 VEC Villaee Education Committees i Meetings ii Training Total 0 0 6 CRC Cluster Resource Centres i Workshops and Meetings ii Furniture 163 16.300 163 16.300 iii Contingency Grant 163 4.075 163 4.075 iv TLM Grant V TLE Grant vi Library Books vii TA/DA Total 326 20.375 326 20.375 7 BRC Block Resource Centres i Salary of Staff 16 5.760 16 5.760 ii Furniture 32 18 32 18 iv Workshops and Meetings V TLM Grant vi Training Equipments vii Library Books viii TA/DA Total 23.760 48.000 23.760 Research, Evaluation & 8 REM Monitorins 9 CCW Civil Construction Works Dindigaul Maj. 2001-2002 s. Activity Description A ct Receipt Spill No. Exp. Phy. Fin. Phy. Fin. i Construction o f BRCs 1 6.000 1 6.000 ii Construction o f CRCs 1 2.000 1 2.000 iii Construction o f two classroom 15 45.000 15 45.000 iv Construction o f three classroom 7 . 3 U 0 0 • • 7 31:500 V t)rinkmg Water 5 7.500 5 7.500 vi Toilets 50 10.000 50 10.000 Total 79.000 102.000 79.000 102.000 10 MRW Maintenance & Repair Works 11 MGT Manaeement i Salary o f staff ii Furniture and Equipment iii Books and Periodicals iv Maintenance of equipment V Consumable and Stationery vi Management Information System vii Media and Documentation viii Training to Project Staff ix Consultancy X Contingency xi TA/DA Total 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 12 TRG Trainine i Training to Teachers (Primary) ii Training to Teachers (Middle) Total 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 13 INO Innovation i Computer Education 3.180 3.180 ii Edn. o f Girls ( Arts and Crafts) iii Edn. o f SC/ST Children (Arts and iv Nursery Education Total 0.000 3.180 0.000 3.IS0 Grand Total 162.906 162.906 Table B Dindigul s. M aj. Activity Description Receipt Expenditure No. Act. Spillover Phy Fin Phy Fin Phy Fin iii Contingency Grant 16 0.49 16 ! 0.4901 0.000 . ! IV Workshops and Meetings 16 0.7 16 0.7001 0.000 f ■ V TLM Grant I I 0.000 kp vi Training Equipments 0.000 Library Books . . 0.000 TA/DA i 0.000 Total 64.000 120.540 64.000 I 118.790 0.000 1.750 8 REM Research, Evaluation & Monitoring 1316 11.844 1316 11.844 0.000 9 CCW Civil Construction Works i 1 i iConstruction o f BRCs 5| 30.000 5 30.000 0.000 1 ii Construction o f CRCs 2 | 4.000 ■2i 4.000 0.000 1 . . . fm Construction of two classroom 33; 99.000 33; 99.000 0.000 > ■ iv Construction o f three classroom 311 139.500 31| 139.500 0.000 V Drinking Water 10 1.500 10 1.500 0.000 Vi Toilets 15 3.000 15: 3.000 0.000 Total 96.000 277.000 96.0001 277.000 0.000 0.000 10 MRW Maintenance & Repair Works 1316 65.800 1316! 65.800 0.000 ! ! 1 1 MGT Management

i Salary o f staff 1' \5.000 1 5 \ 5.000 0.000 ii Furniture and Equipment 1 3.000 1 3.000 j 0.000 iii Books and Periodicals 1 0.500 I! 0.500 0.000 iv Maintenance o f equipment li 0.500 ll 0.500 0.000 V Consumable and Stationery 1 0.250 I 0.250 0.000 y------vi Management Information System 1 1.000 1 1.000 0.000 vii Media and Documentation 1 3.000 1 3.000 0.000

viii Training to Project Staff U 1.121 .....1 : 3.041 -1.920

ix Consultancy 1 1.000 \ 1.000 I 0.000 ...... 1 Hx j Contingency 1 ; 2.500 1 i 2.500 0.000 xi I TA/DA i: 0.150 li 0.150 0.000 Total 11.000 28.021 11.000 29.941 0.000 -1.920 Training 12 TRG i...... -...

I i Training to Teachers (Primary) 1418 19.849 41951 6.8521 1418 12.997 ii Training to Teachers (Middle) 1181 16.538 3263; 5.5341 1181 11.004 Total 2599.000 36J87 7458.000 12.386 2599.000 24.001 ! t ; 13 INO Innovation i...... 1 i Computer Education 7500 15.0001 7500; 1.0001 7500 14.000 ii Edn. o f Girls (Arts and Crafts) 75001 15.0001 7500 1.000 7500 14.000 liii Edn. o f SC/ST Children ( Arts and Crafts) 7500 15.000! 7500 1.000 7500 14.000 L_ 1 fv >Jursery Education y 0.000 I— . —_ ...... ^ Total 45.000 3.000 42.000

Grand Total 1 708.736 628.155 80.581 Table - C Dindjgaul 2001-2002 s. No. Maj. Act. Activity Description 2002-03 Spillover Expenditure spillover Fin. I Fin. 1 PFE Primal^ Schools 1- . . i No. of Schools ( 0.000 ii Salary of new teachers 1.260 9 1.260 0.000 i ■ ' ' ’ : iii Salary of addl. Teachers i i . - - 0.000 iv School Grants 3.240 i V Teachers Grants 3.500

vi TLE Grants ______9 0.9 ...... 9 I 0.9 0.000 Total 2.160 i 2.160 6.740 A UPE Upper Primary Schools 0.000 i No. of Schools 0.000 ii Salary of new teachers ' 1 0.140' T r 1 0.140 0.000 iii Salary of addl. Teachers 1 0.000 iv School Grants 0.980 i V Teachers Grants ! 3.390 i vi TLE Grants 1.000 1 _ 0.500 i.oooi1 0.500 1.000 i t Total - . 0.64' 1 0.64 5.370 AIE Alternative & Innova^^^^^ ] 0.000 3 ... 1 f i EGS Centres (Unserved [ 0 ii [ Bridge CovHses/Ttansil Can^ 0 iii Residential Camps [ 0.000 Total 1 0 0 0.000 t ■ 4 SFG Special Focus i i 0.000 i I i^ucation o f disabled 2712 10.7911 2712 10.791 2.640 1t ii Education o f Gir ls 0.000 iii i Education of SC/ST Childrer 0.000 ! .r , r Total 1 10.791; 10.791 2.640 5 VEC i Village Education Committ 0.000 i 1 Meetings 1 0.000 ii 1 Training 0.000 Total 0 0 0.000 CRC ^Cluster Resource Centres 1 0.000 1 II Workshops and Meetings 1 -4.0752 E Furniture 163 16.300 163^ 16.300 0.000 ! Contingency Grant i 163 4.0751 163 4.075 2.445 i IV It LM Grant 1.630 i V TLE Grant 0.000 vi Library Books 0.000 vii TA/DA 0.0001 Total 326 20375 326 20.375 0.0001 BRC ' Block Resource Centres 0.000 ;jji Salary. of Staff 16 5.760 16 5.760 1.75: i Furniture 32 18 32 18 0.0001 S Workshops and Meetings 0.000 V TLM Grant : 0.000 vi 1 Training Equipments 0.0001 vii 1 Library Books 1 0.000 viii 1 TA/DA 1 1’ 0.000 I Total V__ 23.760 48.000 23.760 1.750 {Research, Evaluation & 1\ REM i 0.000 iMoiiitorine 1______;... ______i CCW 1 Civil Construction Works i 0,000 1 Construction of BRCs I 6.000^ 1 6.006 I 6.000 ii Construction of CRCs ' li 2.000' 151 - 2.060 1 0.000 iii ’ Construction of two i 15: 457000* 45.666: 0.000 iv : Construction o f three I ’ 7] 31.500 31.500 I 0.000 V Drinking Water 5' 7.500* '...... ‘ 5 ' 7.500 0.000 vi Toilets ! 50' 10.600' 50 ■ loTooo 0.000 ; Total i 79.000- 102.000 79.000 io 2.oao . . 0.000 iMMntenance & Repair ■ ■- ■-----j MRW ! , 10 UWarks!___ __ 0.000 11 i MGT iM an^em ent ! j 0.000 ! Salary of staff 0.000 : Furniture and Equipment i i 0.000 ! Books and Periodicals 0.000 j Maintenance of equipment I 1 0.000 V Inconsumable and Stationery o^ooo vi i| Management Information Sys I 0.000 vii 1 Media and Documentation : i 0.000 viii [Training to Project Staff 1 -1.920 ix i Consultancy ! 0.600' X 'Contingency 1 0.000 xi flA/DA . . 1 6.066 II Total i 0.000; 0.000 0.000 o.oooi -i.920 12 IRG II Training 0.660 i ii Training to Teachers (Primar 12.997 ii [Training to Teachers (Middle 11.004 ii Total 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 24.001 13 INO 1 Innovation 0.000 i 1 Computer Education 1 i 3.180' 3.180; 14.000 ii |Edn. of Girls ( Arts and 14.000 iii llEdn. of SC/ST Children i I 14.000 iv j|Nursery Education 1 i 0.000 |: Total 1 0.000; 3.180 0.000 3.180^ 42.000 Grand Total 162.906 162.906 80.581 Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaa, Tamilnadu

Table D Budget Estimate for 2003-2004

Dindigul S. No. M aj. Act. Activity Description Unit Cost Phy. Fin.

1 PFE Primary Education i No. of Schools 3 ii Salary o f new teachers 0.840 30 25.200 iii Salary o f addl. teachers 0.840 iv School Grant 0.020 1223 24.460 V Teachers Grant 0.005 3994 19.970 vi TLE Grant 0.100 3 0.300 Total 69.930 2 UPE Upper Primary Education i No. of Schools 0 ii Salary o f new teachers 0.840 7 5.880 iii Salary o f addl. teachers 0.840 iv School Grant 0.020 333 6.660 V Teachers Grant 0.005 2767 13.835 v i TLE Grant 0.500 Total 26.375 3 AIE Alternative A Innovative Education i EGS Centres (Unserved Habitations) 0.211 3 0.634 ii Bridge Coiases/TTaQsit Camps 0.211 264.442 iii Residential Camps 0.030 12.000 Total 277.076 4 SFG Special Focus Group i Education o f disabled 0.012 2096 25.152 ii Education o f Girls 0.002 14770 29.540 iii Education o f SC/ST Children 0.002 40582 81.164 Total 135.856 5 VEC Villaee Education Committees 1325 i Meetings 0.018 11.925 ii Training 0.009 11.925 Total 23.850 6 CRC Cluster Resource Centres 163 i Workshops and Meetings 0.002 3.260 ii Furniture O.lOO iii Contingency Grant 0.025 4.075 iv TLM Grant 0.010 1.630 V TLE Grant 0.250 v i Library Books 0.100 v ii TA/DA 0.002 Total 8.965 7 BRC Block Resource Centres 16 i Salary o f Staff 10.000 160.000 ii Furniture 1.000 iii Contingency Grant 0.125 2.000 iv Workshops and Meetinfss 0.005 0.080 V TLM Grant 0.050 0.800 vi Training Equipments 1.000 16.000 vii Library Books 0.250 viii TA/DA 1.000 16.000 Tot«l 1 9 4 ^ Dindigul s . No. Maj. Act. Activity Description Unit Cost Phy. Fin.

8 REM Research, Evaluation & Monitoring 0.015 1556 2 3 3 4 0 9 CCW Civil Construction Works i Construction o f BRCs 6.000 8 48.000 ii Construction o f CRCs 2.000 8 16.000 iii Construction o f two classroom 3.000 18 54.000 iv Construction o f three classroom 4.500 17 76.500 • V Drinking Water a .l5 0 81 12.150 vi Toilets 0.200 100 20.000 Total 226.650 10 MRW Maintenance & Repair Works 0.050 1238 61.900 11 MGT Management i Salary o f staff 22.000 22.000 ii Furniture and Equipment 3.000 3.000 iii Books and Periodicals 0.500 0.500 iv Maintenance o f equipment 0.500 0.500 V Consumable and Stationery 0.350 0.350 vi Management Information System 2.000 2.000 vii Media and Documentation 2.000 2.000 viii Training to Project Staff 0.010 1.000 ix Consultancy 2.500 2.500 X Contingency 0.140 0.150 xi TA/DA 1.000 1.000 Total 35.000 12 TRG Training i Training to Teachers (Primary) 0.014 3994 55.916 ii Training to Teachers (Upper Primary) 0.014 2764 38.696 Total 94.612 13 INO Innovation i Computer Education 15.000 15.000 ii Edn. of Girls (Arts and Craft) 15.000 15.000 iii Edn. of SC/ST Children (Arts and Craft) 5.000 5.000 iv Nursery Education 15.000 15.000 Total 50.000 Grand Total 1228.434 P age 1

Regn. No. Identity Card Never Enrolled/Dropout Child

D is t r ic t : BRC : CRC : VEC

1) Name of the Child :

2) Father'fj/Guardian's Name

3) Address :

4) Age

5) Sex Male/Female

6) Community SC/ST/MBC/BC/Others

7) Religion Hindu/MusUm/Christian / Others

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8) Whether Disabled Yes/No

9) Status of the child during enimieration : Drojxjut/Never enrolled/Child labourer

10) Present Status : Admitted in School

11) Address of the School and class

Signature :

BRC Supervisor :

B lo c k : ABREVIATIONS ADPC Assistant District Programme Co-ordinator AAEEO Additional Assistant Elementary Educational Officer ALS Mtemative Schooling AWP&B Annual wori< plan and Budget AEEO Assistant Elementary Educational Officer BRC Block Resource Centre CP Community Participartion CRC Cluster Resource Centre DEP Distance Education Programme DIET, DIT District Institute of Education and Training DIfiE District Information System for Education DPC District Programme Co-ordinator DPEP District Primary Education Programme DRDA District Rural Development Agency ECE Eariy Childhood Education EMIS Educational Management Information System FAO Finance and Ac

> e j a ^ S.No Name of the Habitation No. of children ea^ifkd - __A------1 Santhai Road 20 2 Santhai Road 20 3 Santhai Road 20 4 Anna Memorial Municipal School 20 5 Nehruji Memorial Municipal H.S. School 40 6 Nehruji Memorial Municipal H.S.School 31 7 Nehruji Memorial Municipal H..S.School 32 8 Mohammadiapuram Municipal Elementary School 25 9 Begampur Municipal Elementary School 25 10 Solangony Municipal Elementary School 25 11 Govt. Girls HSS,Dindigul 20 12 Govt. Girls HSS,Dindigul 25 13 West Car Street Municipal Elementary School 20 14 West Car Street Municipal Elementary School 20 15 West Car Street Municipal Elementary School 20 16 Thonthiapillai Santhu Municipal Elementary School 25 17 Thonthiapillai Santhu Municipal Elementary School 25 18 Municipal Elementary School,Poochinayakanpatty 25 19 Municipal Elementary School 32 20 Municipal High School,Mettupatty 20 21 Municipal Elementary School,Kavadakara Street 25 22 Municipal Elementary School,Gandhiji Road 30 23 Municipal Elementary School,Kennadi Memorial 20 24 Municipal Elementary School, Kennadi Memorial 20 25 G.H.S..S.Palani Road 20 TOTAL 605 PALANl URBAN BLOCK EGS CENTERS

S. No Name of the Habitation No. of children enrolled

1 Municipal Anna Primary School,Palani 40 2 Municipal Middle School,Adivaram,Palani 106 3 Municipal Primary School, East car street,Palani 40 4 Municipal Middle School,Bazaar,Palani 107 5 Govt. Girls HSS,Palani 100 6 Municipal Middle School,Shanmugapuram,Palani 89 7 Peter David Primary School,Palani 20 8 Municipal Bharathi Primary School,Palani 22 9 Dr.Ambedkar Municipal Primary School,Palani 109 TOTAL 633 DINDIGUL RURAL BLOCK EGS CENTERS

S. No Name of the Habitation No. of children enrolled 1 C.Kalampatti 25 2 Thadickombu 20 3 Thadickombu 20 4 Chetinayanakpatti 27 5 Chetinayanakpatti 28 6 Kakathoppu 25 7 Kodankinayakanpatti 24 8 Silapadi 20 9 Sirumalaipalayur 20 10 Undarpatli 20 11 Thadikombu 20 12 Pcriyakottai 20 13 Ramayanpatti 20 14 Balakrishnapuram 25 15 Kottur-Avarampatti 20 16 Aragam 25 A 0 17 Aragam 25 18 Aragam 25 19 Pudipuram 20 20 Vallampatti 20 21 Thatanathur 20 22 T.N.Parayapatti 23 TOTAL 492 PALANI RURAL BLOCK g) EGS CENTERS

S.No Name of the Habitation No. of children enrolled

1 Kalayamputhur 20 2 Javagamagar 20 3 R.Kalayamputhur-Ward 1 20 4 Perumalputhur 20 ...... 5 " Akkamanayakanputhur 20 6 Kothaimangalam 25 7 Periyakalayanputhur 25 8 Kalinganayakanpatti 22 9 Sokkamanayakanpatti 20 10 Chinakaliyamputhur 24 11 Pothanayakanpatti 20 12 Karupagoundavalasu 21 13 Obulapuram 30 14 Puduayakudi Ward 7,8,9 25 15 Puduayakudi Ward 10,11 20 16 Palayaayakudi Ward 2,5 23 17 Puduayakudi Ward 11,12,13 20 18 Puliampatti 20 19 Kurumampatti 20 20 Poruthalaru 20 435 435 21 Palaranai 21 22 Balasamuthram 22 23 Varumathianai 21 24 Kavalapatti 20 25 Andipatti 22 26 Pappapatti 20 27 R.Ayyampalayam 22 28 Lakshumapuram 20 29 Neikarampatti 24 30 Kavalapatti 21 31 Puduayakudi Ward 8,10,11 22 32 Palayaayakudi Ward 1,3,4,5 44 33 Sivagiripatti 21 34 Kanakanpatti 25 35 Pottampatti 20 36 Panchalanayakanpatti 22 37 V.P.Puthur 25 38 Pappampatti 20 39 Pappampatti 20 40 Balasamuthram 20 41 Varathamanathianai 20 42 Kurambapatti 20 43 Nerikarampatti 21 44 Nerikarampatti 21 45 Kavalapatti 20 TOTAL 989 REDDIYARCHA TRAM BLOCK ^ EGS CENTERS

S. No Name of the Habitation No. of children enrolled

1 Kannivadi 20 2 Ondivadanayakanpatti 20 3 Naripatti 20 4 Manikarampatti 20 5 Ulavanayakanpatti 20 6 S.Vadipatti 20 7 Nettiyapatti 21 8 Kathirayankulam 21 9 Thannathupatti 20 10 T.Pannaipalli 20 11 Velaservaikaranpatti 20 12 Kannimathur 20 13 Siluvarpatti 20 14 Ponnirnanlhiirai 20 15 iMuthurampatti 20

I - ...... - 302 302 16 Thopakulathupatti 21 17 Kochisanipatti-Puthur 20 18 Kuttiyampatti 20 19 Thirumularpatti . 20 20 Kaladipatti 20 21 Konur 20 22 K.Elampatti 22 23 M.Kottamarapatti 20 24 Anupapatti 20 25 Alavasipatti 20 26 Adalur 20 27 Kannivadi 22 28 Nadupatti 23 TOTAL 570 a t h o o r b l o c k EGS CENTERS

1 5.//0 Name of the Habitation No. of children enrolled

1------j 1 Penimparai 26

2 Ay>^am palayam - 2 ward 31

3. Ay\'am palayam- 6 ward 48

4. Kathir nayackan patty 25

5. Sanalputhur 20.

6. Siddhareuv 25

7 Chokkalinkapiiram 15

8. Alakar naickanpatty 15

9. Athoor (muslim ) 27

10. Siddhaiyan kottai -4 ward 25

11. Siddhaiyan kottai -6 ward 25

12. Paraipatty 21

13. 1 V.Koolhampatty 25 j 14. 1 Athilakshnii puram 25

15. A.Kurumpa patty 25

378 378

16 Murugan patty 35

17. Chettia patty 25

18. Chinnalapatty-I 32

19. Chinnalapatty-II 31

20 Kella kottai 20

21 Pillaiyar natham 15

TOTAL 536 NILAKOTTAI BLOCK ^ EGS CENTERS

S. No Name of the Habitation No. of children enrolled i ! 1 Sourasthra Middle School, Nilakottai 46 2 I Nadar Middle School,Nilakottai 30 1 Santilarpuram 22 4 Sakayanakanoor 21 5 Agraharapatti 27 6 Makayagoundanpatti 20 7 Sithargalnatham 22 8 Thopupatti 20 9 Kongapatti 20 10 Ulampatti 21 11 Sirunayakanpatti 25 12 Sivagnanapurani 25 TOTAL 299 BATALAGUNDUBLOCK EGS CENTERS

S. No Name of the Habitation No. of children enrolled

1 Batalagundu 25 2 GHS-Chekkapatty 26 3 Eluvarpatty 76 4 Karuppamampatti 25 5 Kottaipatti 26 6 Kulipatti 25 7 Rengappanaichanpatty 26 8 Pudupatti 25 9 Thopathupatty 51 10 Thumalapatty 26 11 Valayapatty 50 12 Viralipatty 80 13 Viruveedu 51 14 M.Vadiapatty 27 15 Pattiveeranpatty 52 16 Poosaripatty 26 17 Sengilalthikottai 26 18 Sengambipatty 26 19 Eliyapanayakanpatty 26 TOTAL 695 SHANARP A TTI BLOCK ^ ^ EGS CENTERS

S. No Name of the Habitation No. of children enrolled 1 Vallampatti 41 2 Chengurunji 40 3 S.Alampatti 37 4 K.Ammapalti 32 5 Kattupatti 28 6 K.Andipatti 33 7 Silathur 40 8 Vadakattupalti 36 9 Nechodapatti 43 10 Kurumpatti 31 11 Avalipatti 44 12 Emakalapuram 37 13 Velampatti 34 14 Anjukulipatti 43 15 Veerachinampatti 38 16 Maninuthur 42 17 V.Metupatti 43 18 Thavasimadai 38 19 Thirthampatti 36 20 Pogailaipatti 34 750 750 21 Shanarpatti 37 22 Mangalamathur 35 23 Kosavapatti 35 24 A.Ayyapatti 26 25 Kosapatti 34 26 Maligampatti 36 27 M.Pannaipatti 40 TOTAL 993 NATH AM BLOCK ^ EGS CENTERS ^

S. No Name of the Habitation No. of children enrolled 1 Natham 34 2 Oraiipatti 39 3 Ammapatti 35 4 P.Thotampatti 35 5 S.Thotampatti 39 6 Chinayampatti 33 7 Kasampatti 37 8 Mathavanayakanpalti 38 9 ^ N.Pudupatti 36 10 Kosukurunji 37 11 Sirungatupatti 36 12 Kanayaipatti-Velore 38 13 Thothur 34 14 Kuttupatti 39 15 Mulaiyur 39 16 Malayanakanpatti 1 38 17 Chinamulaiyiir 38 18 Madhukarampatti 37 19 Velayuthampatti 36 20 Erumanayakanpatti 35 1 733 733 21 iMamarathupatti 35 22 Kavarayampatti 33 23 Poriyupatti 36 24 Nallapichampati 37 25 Palanipatti 34 26 Paralipudur 33 27 Chitiraigoundampatti 38 TOTAL 979 THOPHAMPATTIBLOCK EGS CENTERS ^

1 S. No 1 Name of the Habitation No. of children enrolled

1 Melkaraipatti 25 2 Kumarapalayam 20 3 Thalayoothii 20 4 Maanour 25 5 Kaluthagiripalayam 25 6 Ayyampatti 26 7 Poothampoondi 20 8 Porulur 21 9 Anthimarathuvalasu 24 10 Puspathur 20 11 Keeranor 25 12 Midapadi 20 13 Vayalur 23 14 Samanithapuram 24 15 Manjunayakanpatti 24 16 Athur 25 TOTAL 367 OTTANCHATRAMBLOCfL^ (g } EGS CENTERS

S. No Name of the Habitation No. of children enrolled 1 Gandhinagar 25 2 Chatrapatti 21 3 K.Keeranoor 22 4 K.Keeranoor 21 5 Periyakottai 21 6 S eerangagoundanputhur 22 7 Petholpuram 20 8 Periyakulipatti 20 9 Puliyumatham 22 10 Kannanoor 20 11 Kollampatti 25 12 Salaiputhur 29 13 Thangasiammapatti 30 14 Kavariammapatti 20 15 Samiyararputhur 20 16 Kosavapatti 22 17 Arasapillaipatti 22 18 Odaipatti 20 19 Markampatti 25 20 Chinakanpatti 25 21 Athapampatti 20 22 Puliyamarathukottai 22 23 Kodangipatti 21 24 Palayapatti 20 25 Thipampatti 20 TOTAL 555 KODAIKANAL BLOCK EGS CENTERS

S. No Name of the Habitation No. of children enrolled

1 Poomparai 17 2 Kookal 13 3 Mannavanoor 17 4 Kavunji 18 5 Poondi 20 6 Bharathi-AnnaNagar 16 7 Aladipatti 21 8 Uralpatti 16 9 Thandikudi 16 10 Pathlangadu 14 11 Mangalamkombur 17 12 K.C.Patty 14 13 Nadupatty 15 14 Periyur 13 15 Santhanapalapatty 12 16 Pachalur 13 17 Vilpatty 21 18 Kuppamalpatty 14 19 Vadakavunchi 16 20 Pulathur 17 TOTAL 320 733 21 Mamarathupatti 35 22 Kavarayampatti 33 23 Poriyupatti 36 24 Nallapichampati 37 25 Palanipatti 34 26 Paralipudur 33 27 Chitiraigoundampatti 38 TOTAL 979 THOPHAMPATTIBLOCK EGS CENTERS ' ^ '

S. No Name of the Habitation No. of children enrolled

1 xMelkaraipatti 25 2 Kumarapalayam 20 3 Thalayoothu 20 4 Maanour 25 5 Kaluthagiripalayam 25 6 Ayyampatti 26 7 Poothampoondi 20 8 Porulur 21 9 Anthimarathuvalasu 24 10 Puspathur 20 11 Keeranor 25 12 Midapadi 20 13 Vayalur 23 14 Samanithapuram 24 15 Manj unayakanpatti 24 16 Athur 25 TOTAL 367 OTTANCHATRAM BLOCK-^ (g) EGS CENTERS

S. No Name of the Habitation No. of children enrolled 1 Gandhinagar 25 2 Chatrapatti 21 3 K.Keeranoor 22 4 K.Keeranoor 21 5 Periyakottai 21 6 Seerangagoundanputhur 22 7 Petholpuram 20 8 Periyakulipatti 20 9 Puliyumatham 22 10 Kannanoor 20 11 Kollampatti 25 12 Salaiputhur 29 13 Thangasiammapatti 30 14 Kavariammapatti 20 15 Samiyararputhur 20 16 Kosavapatti 22 17 Arasapillaipatti 22 18 Odaipatti 20 19 Markampatti 25 20 Chinakanpatti 25 21 Athapampatti 20 22 Puliyamarathukottai 22 23 Kodangipatti 21 24 Palayapatti 20 25 Thipampatti 20 TOTAL 555 KODAIKANAL BLOCK EGS CENTERS

S. No Name of the Habitation No. of children enrolled

1 Poomparai 17 2 Kookal 13 3 Mannavanoor 17 4 Kavunji 18 5 Poondi 20 6 Bharathi-AnnaNagar 16 7 Aladipatti 21 8 Uralpatti 16 9 Thandikudi 16 10 Pathlangadu 14 11 Mangalamkombur 17 12 K.C.Patly 14 13 Nadupatty 15 14 Periyur 13 15 Santhanapalapatty 12 16 Pachalur 13 17 Vilpatty 21 18 Kuppamalpatty 14 19 Vadakavunchi 16 20 Pulathur 17 TOTAL 320 VAD AM A THURAI B L O C K -^ S ) EGS CENTERS S. No Name of the Habitation No. of children enrolled

1 Kurunthampatti 25 2 P.Malaipatti 35 3 Mammaniyur 25 4 A.V.Patti 30 5 Pothapatti 25 6 Vaganatham 25 7 Posanampatti 25 8 Palakurichi 25 9 Chengulathupatti 20 10 Vadugapatti 25 11 Puthur 20 12 Kollapatti 25 13 KarivadanSettipatti 25 14 Komperipatti 25 15 Semanampatti 25 16 Uralipatti 25 17 Valavisettipatti 21 1 18 Padiyur 30 19 Malapadiyur 25 20 Karuvarpatti 20 21 Chukampatti 25 22 S.Pudupapatti 21 23 V.Singarakottai 25 24 Velvarkottai 20 25 K.Pudupatti 25 26 Kalarampatti 20 27 P.Kosavapatti 25 662 i 662 28 Kanapadi 20 29 Andipatti 25 30 Thangamapatti 25 31 Morpatti 30 32 Arasansettipatti 20 33 Pilathu 40 34 Thumulakundu 20 35 Ayyalur 55 36 Vellabomanpatti 25 37 Sithuvarpatti 56 38 Thenampatti 50 39 Kundampatti 20 40 S.Kurumbapatti 25 41 Vadamadurai 60 42 V.Metupatti 20 TOTAL 2477 VEDASANTHUR BLO C K --< T^ EGS CENTERS ^ ^

S. No Name of the Habitation No. of children enrolled

1 Rajagopalapuram 27 2 Rajagopalapuram 25 3 Nagampatti 21 4 Serankottai 23 5 Ottanagampatti 21 6 Thoppupatti 25 7 Devinayakenpatti 25 8 KaRukkampatti 21 9 Sukkampatti 20 10 Kodarpati 22 11 Minukampatti 28 12 Nagakonanoor 32 13 Velayampatti 21 14 Vedasanthur 26 15 Kasipalayam 24 16 Virudalaipatti 25 17 Kalvarpatti 20 18 Chokalingapuram 22 19 Koovakapatti 20 20 Kulathupatti 1 • 20 468 468 21 Palapatti 30 22 Marapanpatti 21 23 Vallipatti 20 24 Nalamanarkottai 25 25 Thotanampatti 25 26 PUP-Eriyodu 25 27 GHSS-Eriyodu 20 28 Kovilur 25 29 Sellakuttiyur 25 30 GHS-Thevanayakanpatti 20 31 Thangachiammapatti 20 32 Dokuveeranpatti 20 33 Nagaiakottai 25 34 Nongupethanpatti 20 35 Ranganathapiiram 20 36 Viralipatti 20 37 Malvarpatti 20 38 Kethiyapatti 21 39 Thatarapatti 20 40 Samimuthanpatti 20 TOTAL 910 GUZILIAMPARAI BLOCK ^ EGS CENTERS

S. No Name of the Habitation No. of children enrolled 1 Gujiliamparai 24 2 Silumbakoundanoor 23 3 Sevakoundanputhur 21 4 Palayam 20 5 Palayam 22 6 Ramagiri 21 7 Thirukoomam 23 8 Narasingapuram 20 9 R.vellode 23 10 Vadagampatti 21 11 Kalapatti 21 12 Pappanayakanpalti 22 13 A.Kollapatti 22 14 C.C.C.Kuari 24 15 Kottanatham 24 16 Kottanatham 20 17 Servaikaranpatti 20 18 Servaikaranpatti 25 19 S.Pudukottai 21 20 Poosaripatti 20 437 437 21 Jagalamanpatti 20 22 D.Goodalore 24 23 D.Goodalore 21 24 Ceerangampatti 22 25 Lanthakottai 23 26 T.Settiyur 22 27 Chinathampipatti 20 28 K.Anaipatti 23 29 K.Anaipatti 22 30 C.Ammapatti 21 31 C.Ammapatti 22 32 Ulliakottai 22 33 Ulliakottai 21 34 UlliakoUai 22 35 Pallanatham 24 36 Pallanatham 23 37 Pallanatham 24 38 Sulapuram 21 39 Thalipatti 21 40 C.Vadukampadi 22 41 Puliampatti 21 42 Puliampatti 21 43 Subramaniyapillayur 22 44 Pemayakanpatti 20 45 Pongampadi 21 982 982 46 Cinalagunayakanoor 21 47 R.Thatanoor 22 48 Anaikoundanpatli 22 49 R.Koombai 22 50 R.Koombai 25 51 Reddiyapatti 22 52 Reddiyapatti 23 53 Karurthanampatti 25 54 R.P.Senkulathupatti 21 z 55 R.P.Pallapatti 22 m 56 R.P.Pallapatti 21 5 SI R.Pudukottai 22 8 58 Pillamanayakanpatti 25 59 Pi llamanayakanpatti 24 60 Kondamanayakanpatti 23 61 Kondamanayakanpatti 22 62 Pambumpatti 21 63 Kumboor 23 64 Kumboor-R.Putur 21 65 Kulanthaikoundanpatti 24 TOTAL 1433

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