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Major Activities
The department has been fully responsible for conducting the All India School
Education Survey (AISES), thematic studies, data processing of various projects
and training in quantitative research methods using MS Excel and SPSS. The
department has conducted seven educational surveys on school education till
date and the Eighth All India School Education Survey is in progress. Besides,
the department has conducted sample surveys, thematic studies, and training
on sample survey methods for officials of the SCERTs/State Education
Departments from time to time.
RESEARCH
8th All India School Education Survey
The MHRD accorded approval to the proposal of 8th AISES submitted by
department and the survey has been launched with reference date as 30 September
2009. At the national level three organisations, namely, MHRD, NCERT and NIC
are involved in the survey. The survey intends to create a database on status of
school education system with respect to access to schooling facility, class-wise
enrolment, and availability of basis infrastructural and other facilities in schools.
Under this project the department completed the following activities in the year
2010-2011.
(i) Preparation of School Directories
In order to ensure complete coverage, geographical frame of various
administrative layers viz, states, districts, blocks, towns and villages are chalked
out well in advance before the commencement of data collection. At the same
time School Directories at blocks, towns and wards in Class 1 towns were updated
in concurrence to the reference date of the survey i.e. September 30, 2009. Like
previous surveys, for administrative units, Coding Structure used by RGI was
adopted for the 8th AISES.
For updating of administrative units and school directories a CD containing
administrative units and school directories of 7th AISES was provided to all the
states and UTs by NCERT. The administrative units and school directories were
updated by the states/ UTs considering reference date of the survey and later
these updated directories were sent back to NCERT for assigning codes. NCERT
has assigned codes and sent the CDs back to the states with a request to get the
assigned codes placed on the title page of all the schedules.
The NCERT had sent these updated School Directories to all the states and
UTs. Even after that if there are any errors or shortcomings in updating the
School Directories the NCERT has kept a provision of further updation of School
Directories by the states themselves and has developed guidelines for updating
the same. The task of preparation of school directories is completed in all the
States and UTs. As suggested by the Steering Committee in the first meeting, all
the school directories have been placed on the web portal www.aises.nic.in for
public view.
(ii) Dispatch of Survey Material
NCERT has developed seven tools Viz, VIF, UIF, SIF1, SIF2, CIF, PESIF and
SPPSE to be used for the 8th AISES. These schedules have been printed in eight
languages viz., English, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Punjabi, Oriya and
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