Objectives and Mission Mode of SSA

The main objectives of SSA are as follows:

• Enrolment of all children in school, EGS, alternate schools, back to school camp by 2005.
• Retention of all children till the upper primary stage by 2010
• Bridging of gender and social category gaps in enrolment, retention and learning.
• Ensuring that there is significant enhancement in the learning achievement levels of children at the primary and upper primary stage.
  The Mission Promotes:
  (a) Empowering of children to be active participants in knowledge society
  (b) A result oriented approach with accountability towards performance and output at all levels
  (c) A people centred mode of implementation of educational interventions with involvement of all  stakeholders, especially teachers, parents, community and Panchayati Raj Institutions and voluntary organizations.
  (d) An equity based approach that focuses on the needs of educationally backward area s and disadvantaged social groups including children with special needs.
  (e) A holistic effort to ensure convergence of investments and initiatives for
  improving the efficiency of the elementary education system.
  (f) Institution l reforms and capacity building to ensure sustained effort for UEE.