Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) Budget Briefs 2015-16

The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is the Government of India's (GOI) flagship elementary education programme. Launched in 2001, it aims to provide universal primary education to children between the ages of 6 and 14 years. SSA is now the primary vehicle for implementing the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE).Using government reported data, this brief analyses the performance of SSA along the following parameters: a) Overall trends in allocation and expenditures b) Expenditure performance across key SSA activities, and c) Coverage and outputs