USD 600 M from World Bank to SSA

Washington: The Bank has approved USD 600 million to India’s Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA). "The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan programme has served as a powerful vehicle to mobilise stakeholders at all community, district, state, and national levels around the objective of ensuring that every child from 6 to 14 years is included in the education system," said Isabel Guerrero, World Bank Country Director for India.

"The challenge now is to include those hardest to reach and to ensure that children get the quality education which is a critical foundation for both higher levels of education and creating the skills needed to have a significant impact on economic development," he further added.

The project is the second phase (SSA - II) of support by the development partners to the government's ongoing and evolving SSA program. The estimated cost of SSA II is USD 10.7 billion. The Government of India will provide about 53.7% of this, 36.9% will come from different states and rest 9.4 % from development partners.



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