Rajasthan Education Initiative

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Rajasthan Education Initiative
Government of Rajasthan In Partnership With

• Update meeting
• Jaipur, 21-22 April 2006

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A quick re-cap

• Chief Ministers meet with the World Economic
  Forum, Davos, January 2005.
• Letter of intent signed by State Government,
  committing men, material and resources.
• India Roundtable on ICT Empowered Education,
  Dublin, 13-15 May, 2005.
• 5th JEI Update meet at Amman, 17-18 June 2005

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A quick re-cap (contd)

• Rajasthan Education Initiative First and Second
  Planning meetings August 1-2, 2005 and October,
  16-17, 2005.
• World Summit on Information Society at Tunis
  16-18, November 05
• National launch of REI at World Economic
  Forum-CII meet on 29th November 2005 partnership
  document signed
• Chief Ministers review presentation at Davos,
  January 2006

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Definition of REI

• Forging public-private partnerships to transform
  education.
• To identify pilot projects in both ICT and
  non-ICT areas.
• On success being demonstrated, projects will be
  scaled up.
• To ensure that these efforts impact on the major
  concerns in EFA campaign.

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The two streams of REI

• ICT
• Project Grace
• District Computer Education Centres
• School Computer education programme
• CALP
• Computerisation of department
• EDUSAT
• Teacher training Technology Academies

• Non-ICT
• Learning Skills development
• Adoption of schools
• Scholarships for indigent children
• Mid-Day meals programme
• Children with
• special needs

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Structure of MOUs
Partnership description document GoR with three
core partners 29 November 2005
MOU with GeSCI 18 Jan 2006
MoU to be signed With CII- 22nd April
World Economic Forum to decide
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MoUs in ICT Initiatives

• 1. With Azim Premji Foundation
• (14th June 2005)

• Computer Aided Learning Programme (CALP) for
  children in UPS.

Programme started in 187 schools to be expanded
to 1000 schools. Capacity building of teachers
315 trained Maintenance of systems Power
situation in villages solar power alternative e
Content
Notes
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MoUs in ICT Initiatives (contd)

• 2.Microsoft
• (17thAugust 2005)

• Partners in Learning programme and teacher
  training infrastructure Academy started in
  Shiksha Sankul 680 teachers trained in 17
  batches

Notes Follow up of teachers after
training Deployment of trained teachers in
CALP and Computer Education Schools Competency
assessment of teachers and impact on students.
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MoUs in ICT Initiatives (contd)

• 3. Hole In the Wall Education Ltd (NIIT) (21st
  Sept 2005)

• Innovative learning in outdoor environment
  Jhalawar, Tonk and Dholpur selected. UNICEF to
  fund

Notes Slow beginning UNICEF funding for
hardware Training of teachers Assessment of
impact on learning skills Base-line and
follow-up study requirement
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MoUs in ICT Initiatives (contd)

• 4. Intel
• (21st October 2005)

• for training of teachers in about 3600 schools,
  for support in formulation of Education IT
  policy. 19 batches completed 480 teachers trained

Notes Impact assessment on teachers Use of
skills received in class room atmosphere Peer
group training Assessment on learning
competencies of children
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MoUs in ICT Initiatives (contd)

• 5.Cisco
• (21st October 2005)

• for Learning Academies and networking, technical
  support, training of master teachers etc. First
  Batch of 20 MTs trained

Notes Understanding of the concept of the
MoU Learning capacity of master
trainers Operationalisation of District Computer
Education Centres Networking facilitation in
districts
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MoUs in ICT Initiatives (contd)

• 6. With American India Foundation (21st October
  2005

• Digital Equaliser programme in 200 schools of
  seven districts for capacity building of staff.
  Districts and schools identified.

Notes Identification of schools and required
infrastructure Programme to take off in July
06 Identification of dedicated teachers in
schools Use of hardware and soft ware for the
project
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MoUs in non-ICT Initiatives

• 1. Azim Premji Foundation
• (6th September 2005)

• The Learning Guarantee Programme in schools.
  Tonk and Sirohi districts selected Training
  programmes initiated.

Notes Identification of willing schools By
30th April Development of tools for baseline
studies completed
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MoUs in non-ICT Initiatives (contd)

• 2. Educate Girls Globally (EGG) (24th September
  2005)

• for enrolment and retention of girls with
  community participation. Two blocks in Jalore and
  Pali selected

Notes Feedback with the EGG staff Need for
baseline studies Identification of methodology
for implementation Process for involvement with
community to be specified Training
of teachers
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MoUs in non-ICT Initiatives (contd)

• 3. With Bodh Shikshan Sansthan (20st October 2005)

• for slum children of Jaipur schools selected
  intervention to start shortly

Notes Programme ready to be
launched Baseline study initiated survey done
in 52 pockets Integration with Government
schools in the project area order to be
issued Requirement for teachers in
schools Expansion to other big cities
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Other activities

• Project Grace for 130 girls sr. secondary
  schools tenders issued (Rs. 70 million)
• Departmental computerisation tenders issued (Rs.
  90 million)
• Pilot project for solar power for CALP in rural
  areas
• EDUSAT to be launched on 22 April 2006. IGNOU to
  assist with SITs in EDUSAT programme
• Mid Day Meal Programme Akshya Patra Nandi
  Foundation
• Scholarships through foundations Foundation for
  Excellence- 40 cases
• Akshaya patra 200 scholarships distributed

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Other activities ( contd)

• Government scholarships for challenged girls in
  Classes IX XII 232 scholarships issued
• Aap ki beti scheme 7300 scholarships issued for
  orphaned girls of BPL families
• Sanitation/ Water facilities for schools under
  Total Sanitation Campaign funding arranged
  48,000 schools to be covered in 2 years
• School adoption programme announced
• E-curriculum work of secondary assigned to Board
  of Sec.Ed. RCPE to float tenders soon

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Other activities (contd)

• Innovation fund under Economic Policy
• and Research Council for solar power,
• mobile ICT vans etc
• MOU with Piramal Foundation on 22 April 06 for
  accomplished graduates to teach in government
  schools.
• MoU with Naandi Foundation on 22 April 06 for
  health coverage of 40,000 students in Udaipur
  city
• 3 MoUs with CII on 22 April 06 for monitoring and
  adoption of rural schools
• MoU with IBM under KidSmart project under
  consideration
• MoU with ICICI for quality intervention in Baran
  district under consideration

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Road Ahead

• Up scaling and New Pilots

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Fact sheet

• Area 342,239 Sq. km. 132,139 sq. miles
• Population - 56.5 million
• Population Density - 165 per sq.km
• Population 6-14 yrs. 111.88 Lac
• Enrolled 118.67 lacs
• Out of School children 1.34 Lacs
• Children in Govt. Schools
• P.S. 66.47 lacs
• U.P.S. 19.40 lacs
• CWSN 1,82,230
• Gender Gap 10.70
• of SC- 12.67
• of ST 8.28
• Number of P.S. 35187
• Number of U.P.S. 16628
• P.T.R. P.S. 48.0 and U.P.S. 32.05

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The magnitude of Rajasthans school education
system
Budgetary allocation Rs. 5,500 crores
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Recurring Issues to be addressed in SSA

• Quality of Education
• Class Room Processes and learning skills
• Capacity Building of Teachers
• Retention
• Teacher Absenteeism
• Environment
• Infrastructure
• Accountability
• Gender Gap
• Out of school children
• Community Involvement

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Up scaling

• Up scaling is possible when
• Assessment of success of REI
• projects and impact on
• EFA goals
• Replicability is established
• Financial Resources requirement
• Sustainability of projects
• Time Line is reasonable

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Partnerships Required
Partnerships Existing
Partnerships Required
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Partnerships Required
Partnerships Existing
Partnerships Required
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Expected outcomes of this meet

• Alignment of REI with broad
• educational objectives of EFA
• Identification of concerns in the implementation
  of the projects.
• Addressing key issues of quality such as teacher
  empowerment,content, infrastructure and classroom
  practices.
• Setting in place a sound REI implementation
  structure.

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THANK YOU .

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