THE Sarba Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) programme is making rapid strides in the Cachar district. Construction of 55 L P School buildings is in progress. These will be ready by December 2003. Work on Block Resource Centre (BRC) building at Norsingpur, Salchapra, Katigora and Rajabazar will be taken up shortly. Financial grants for repairing and renovation of additional classrooms in 142 L P Schools in the district will also be released very soon. Under the community mobilisation component (CMC) of SSA, school grants for the year 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 to all the 2016 schools have already been disbursed. Under the CMC, half-yearly block level convention for presidents in 8 development blocks have also been completed. Mobilisation campaign using local folk items have already been started in 99 tea gardens areas in the district and felicitation to Gaon Panchayats (which have enrolled 100 per cent children of the age group of 5-6 years) will also be given during the current month. Under Siksha Sarathi 1 and Siksha Karmi 1, about 760 persons have been trained and another 600 persons will be trained. The Computer Aided Learning in Elementary Schools (CALIES) project is also being implemented in 25 schools and work on the installation is almost complete. Under the NGO’s intervention programme in Silchar town, remedial teaching of class I and II has been started to give support for the children of the age group of 5-7 years. Long-term bridge course centre has also been started in four places in Silchar town, where 225 children have enrolled their names. The SSA, Cachar has also a plan to start short-term bridge course and long term bridge course shortly to reach the children working as domestic servants, vendors and grocery and tea stall boys.

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