DPEP

District Primary Education Programme (DPEP):  

         DPEP districts indicate that decentralized planning and implementation facilitates community involvement in the process of school management. DPEP has met with varied of degree of success in different States.  Some have availed of DPEP benefits and have improved their elementary education sector.   A large number of teacher vacancies have been filled up in many DPEP states. Setting up of Block and Cluster Resource Centres has facilitated academic interaction among teachers. Development of new textbooks with the participation of teachers and experts has been encouraging in most DPEP states. All DPEP districts would also be part of the SSA framework. Efforts to prepare comprehensive District Elementary Education Plans will be made in DPEP districts. The focus will be on vertical expansion into Upper Primary Education and on consolidation of the primary schooling efforts.