What is Indias Education for All program – also known as SSA – about?
The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) – or Education for All – is India’s flagship elementary education program. It aims to enroll all 6-14 year-olds in school by 2010, and have all of them complete grade 8 with appropriate learning levels. With over 194 million children in some 1.1 million habitations to be brought into the fold of education, the SSA is one of the largest programs of its kind in the world. The Government of India is putting major financial and technical resources into the program.
