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initiatives taken by the States/UTs/Institutes to utilise their services and also
the individual initiatives taken by the ECCE diploma holders. The results revealed
that in almost all the ECCE programmes services of most of the ECCE diploma
holders are utilised. It was also found that participants from DIET and SSA
offices are relatively more involved in ECCE activities, particularly those related
development and training, in their States/UTs/Institutes. the respondents stated
that the diploma in ECCE made them more focused about ECCE activities. The
Heads of the institutions were also satisfied with their performance. However, a
few of have also pointed out that they faced various constraints during planning
and implementation of ECCE programmes in their own work places. It is hoped
that feedback received would be beneficial in redesigning and implementing the
forthcoming ECCE diploma course.
A Study of the Effectiveness of CRCs, BRCs and DIETs towards Enhancing
Quality of Elementary Education
The study was conducted to assess the involvement of officials of CRCs, BRCs
and DIETs in different activities concerning quality elementary education. It
also intended to study the role, functions and the networking amongst CRCs,
BRCs and DIETs functionaries for promoting quality education and to identify
bottlenecks in their effective functioning. The study was conducted in five states
namely, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi.
The data was collected through four interview schedules, one each for CRC
coordinators, BRC coordinators, DIET principals and teachers. The report of the
study is being prepared.
PROGRAMME EVALUATIONS CONDUCTED UNDER SSA-TCF
ACTIVITIES
Children’s Learning Acceleration Programme for Sustainability (CLAPS)
of Andhra Pradesh
Children’s Learning Acceleration Programme for Sustainability (CLAPS) was a
quality initiative undertaken by the state of Andhra Pradesh. The programme
was launched in December 2006 across all the districts simultaneously for
primary stage in the government schools. The programme was implemented for
about three years and in April 2009 it was subsumed into a new programme
called Learning Enhancement Programme (LEP). The prime goal of CLAPS was
to improve the learning levels of children in all curricular areas. The sample of
the study included 375 schools from three regions covering 8 districts and 40
mandals. Children studying in Class III and V were selected for the study.
Qualitative data were collected from 46 schools. The study revealed that all the
major components of CLAPS namely, teacher training, awareness generation,
innovative activities, CBTL, home-school-link and monitoring were implemented
as intended with marginal variations. The awareness level of teachers about
CLAPS was little above the state average. However, there were significant variations
across districts. There were no urban and rural variations with respect to the
awareness of teachers. An impact of CLAPS was evident in improving total
achievement of children in Class V but this impact was not evident for Class III
children. Teacher training, innovative activities and awareness about CLAPS were
found to be the key predictors for learning achievement of children while
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