GOINON-FCRA PROJECT
NON-FCRA PROJECTS: SCHEME OF SUPPORT TO VOLUNTARY AGENCIES FOR ADULT EDUCATION AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT
Introduction:
The Programme of Action (POA) to
operationalise National Policy on Education, 1986, inter-alia, envisaged
development of a genuine partnership between the Government and non- Government
Organizations (NGOs) and stipulated that government would take positive steps
to promote their wider involvement in eradication of illiteracy by providing
due support to them. To promote Adult Education, particularly in 15-35 age
group, through voluntary sector, the Department of School Education and
Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, has been
providing support to Voluntary Agencies (VA) through two separate schemes,
namely (i) Assistance to Voluntary Agencies in the field of Adult Education and
(ii) Jan Shikshan Sansthans. The former is conceptualised as an overarching
programme to encourage innovation and creativity in literacy and continuing
education. It includes establishment of State Resource Centers for technical
and academic support to adult education. Jan Shikshan Sansthans, on the other
hand, provide vocational education skill development training to those having
no or rudimentary level of education.
The Government have now decided to
merge both the schemes and rename the modified scheme as “Scheme of Support to
Voluntary Agencies for Adult Education and Skill Development” and continue to
support the Voluntary Agencies on project to project basis. Thus the new scheme
subsumes the erstwhile NGO based schemes of the National Literacy Mission.
Besides revised parameters, enhanced financial assistance has been provided
under some of the components of the revised scheme. The scheme will be
administered through a new set of guidelines and terms & conditions, as
specified by the Government from time to time.
SCHEME OBJECTIVES
The main objective of the scheme is
to secure extensive, as well as, intensive involvement of voluntary sector in
the endeavours of the Government to promote functional literacy, skill
development and continuing education, particularly in 15-35 age group, under
the over all umbrella of National Literacy Mission (NLM). The Scheme will,
thus, strive to achieve, through voluntary effort, the overall objectives of
NLM, which include:
- Achieving self-reliance in literacy and numeracy
- Becoming aware of the causes of their deprivation and moving towards amelioration of their condition through organization and participation in the process of development
- Acquiring skills to improve the economic status and general well being
- Imbibing the values of national integration, conservation of the environment women’s equality, observance of small family norms, etc.
Component:
The Scheme encompasses of 3
components, namely, State Resource Centers, Jan Shikshan Sansthan and
Assistance to Voluntary Agencies.
- State Resource Centers
- Jan Shikshan Sansthan
- Assistance to Voluntary Agencies