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Program for Curriculum and DPEP To be Develop terms of reference for program October 1, 1994 Revised curricula in 6 states Textbook Renewal established to: Bureau determined o document R&D experience with Prepare short list of qualified institutions October 1, 1994 New textbooks, workbooks, MLL for curriculum and teacher guides in use in all textbook development Invite proposals October 15, 1994 schools in 23 districts; o establish criteria for review of teachers prepared through in- curricula and textbooks Evaluate proposals December 1, 1994 service training o develop an MLL curriculum design with provisions for Select Institution December 15, 1994 children with special needs (ST, Each state textbook writing first generation learners, Enter into agreement January 13, 1995 process includes: disabled) o develop and test prototype Consultants start work February 6, 1995 o Teachers as textbooks textbooks, workbooks and writers teacher guides o Field trials of textbooks o build capacity for curriculum followed by and textbook renewal in states revisions Evaluation studies will show an increase of 25 percent in word knowledge, reading comprehension and mathematics achievement in the final year of primary school.
1.9 Program of Special Emphasis DPEP To be Develop terms of reference for program October 1, 1994 Increase in the number of for ST Education established Bureau determined tribal languages in which Prepare short list of qualified institutions October 1, 1994 primary instructional materials available Invite proposals October 15, 1994 Increase in the number of ST Evaluate proposals December 1, 1994 persons in training as teachers Select Institution December 15, 1994 Availability of evaluations Enter into agreement January 13, 1995 and documentation of effective intervention Consultants start work February 6, 1995 strategies for ST learners

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                             Table 2: State Components: First Yew Work Programs
        
                                                                                                                         Assamm
        
                                                                                Nodal            Implement.                                                 Target Completion
                                             Objectives                         Agency           Agency                      Work Program 1994-95                           Dates                             End of Project
                             Status
        
                                 State Implementation Society fully          state               APSAP              Appointment of Staff                                 June, 1994                     Average 90 percent of annual
                                 functional                                  Education                                                                                                                  physical targets and
                                                                             Department                             Workshop to plan for convergence of                  July, 1994                     expenditures across state
                                 Assam Prathamik Shiksha                                                           services for girls, SC/ST                                                           activities and districts
                                 Achani Parishad (APSAP)
                                                                                                                    Procurement of equipment and vehicles                 August, 1994                   Supervise each district, four
                                                                                                                                                                                                         times annually
                                                                                                                    Complete state-wide awareness campaign               September. 1994
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Submit disbursement requests
                                                                                                                    Complete supervision visits to districts             November, 1994                 quarterly from second year of
                                                                                                                                                                                                        project
                                                                                                                    Submit disbursement requests                         November, 1994
                                                                                                                                                                         March. 1994
        
                                                                                                                    Submit Annual Reports and Work Plan                  December. 1994                 100 percent on time
                                                                                                                    and Budget
        
                                                                                                                    Complete supervision missions to districts           February, May 1995
        
State School Statistics MIS APSAP State Appoint staff (5) July. 1994 [By end project year II established Department MIS facilities established and equipped August, 1994 [By end project year II of Education Software platform adopted and installed November, 1994 Cooperating National Program: (From NIEPA) o DPEP Bureau o TA in Educational Plannings Training for state MIS staff (NIEPA) November, By end of project, initial and and Management 1994 refresher: 6 administrators Training of district staff January. 1995 6 programmers and operators Training of headteachers February, 1995 3 systems analysts/training officers First round dam collection from schools April, 1995 Data entry at district level May, 1995 First trial report issued June, 1995 Quartely reports 100 percent conformity with GOI requirements

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                                      Strengthen Assam State Textbook              APSAP               ASTPPC              Appointment of staff                                 August, 1994                    ASTPPC role shifted towards
                                      Production and publication                                                                                                                                                 quality control and
                                      Corporation (ASTPPC)                                                                  Staff Development                                    November, 1994                  monitoring [project year 1]
        
                                                                                                                           Room for DTP unit constructed                        December, 1994                  Construction of DTP room
                                      Cooperating National Programs:                                                       Procurement of DTP equipment                                                         complete
                                      * Program for Instructional                                                          completed
                                      Material and Textbook Renewal
                                      * RSCE                                                                               Adaptation and translation of national               August, 1994                    10 professionals plus support
                                       MAP                                                                                MLL completed                                                                        staff appointed and trained
        
                                                                                                                           Workshop to develop prototype MILL                   September, 1994                 Textbook trialling introduced
                                                                                                                           curriculum                                                                           Training completed for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                curriculum developers,
                                                                                                                           Translation  and printing of prototype               December, 1994                  authors, editors, illustrators,
                                                                                                                           MLL curriculum in all languages of                                                   evaluators, designers and
                                                                                                                           instruction completed                                                                production and distribution
                                                                                                                                                                                                                staff
                                                                                                                           Orientation workshop   for textbooks               January, 1995
                                                                                                                           writers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                New MLL textbooks in me
                                                                                                                           Preparation of draft MLL textbook scripts           June, 1995                      in all project districts
                                                                                                                           complete
                                                                                                                                                                                                                New Student Workbooks and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Teacher Guides in use in all
                                                                                                                                                                                                                schools in project districts
        
Strengthen State Council for APSAP SCERT Appointment of staff for textbook August, 1994 10 professionals appointed to Educational Research and development and INSET (2 readers, 7 Primary Curriculum, In- Training (SCERT) to: lecturers) service Training and o Improve primary pre-service Research and Evaluation teacher training Participation in TRG Workshop on November, 1994 Wings. Staff trained by o Adapt NCERT prototype Training Material Design NCERT training resource materials for use at state, district and Adaptation/translation/field testing of March, 1995 school/community level NCERT prototype INSET materials o Train master trainers completed o Conduct Research Studies o Support ECCE Programs First master trainer program completed April, 1995 30 trained and working (25 participants) Cooperating National Program: Trainers in DIETS/TTIs trained (50 June, 1995 o RSCE persons) o MAP o Training Resource Group Development and testing of Training April, 1995 - o Program Evaluation Research Package for Teachers continuing and Studies Development and Testing of Training April, 1995 - materials for sandwich course for continuing qualifying teachers Procurement of computers and library August, 1994 books completed Appointment of staff to ECE unit (2 August, 1994 lecturers) Development and testing of ECE December, 1994 instructor training materials completed Development and testing of ECE teachers February, 1994 handbook completed Facilities expansion at Dibrugarh TTI June, 1995 Building repairs and completed renovations completed Participation in NCERT Research February, 1995 4 evaluation studies of DPEP Orientation Course activities completed