<Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Td> India </Td> </Tr> <P> Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (Hindi: सर्व शिक्षा अभियान, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyān, English: Education for All Movement), or SSA, is an Indian Government programme aimed at the universalisation of elementary education "in a time bound manner", as mandated by the 86th Amendment to the Constitution of India making free and compulsory education to children between the ages of 6 to 14 (estimated to be 205 million children in 2001) a fundamental right . The programme was pioneered by former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee . </P> <P> As an intervention programme, it started on 2010 and SSA has been operational since 2000 - 2001 . However, its roots go back to 1993 - 1994, when the District Primary Education Programme (DPEP) was launched, with an aim of achieving the objective of universal primary education . DPEP, over several phases, covered 272 districts in 18 states of the country . The expenditure on the programme was shared by the Central Government (85%) and the State Governments . The Central share was funded by a number of external agencies, including the World Bank, DFID and UNICEF . By 2001, more than US $1500 million had been committed to the programme, and 50 million children covered in its ambit . In an impact assessment of Phase I of DPEP, the authors concluded that its net impact on minority children was impressive, while there was little evidence of any impact on the enrolment of girls . Nevertheless, they concluded that the investment in DPEP was not a waste, because it introduced a new approach to primary school interventions in India . </P> <P> The Right to Education Act (RTE) came into force on 1 April 2010 . Some educationists and policy makers believe that, with the passing of this act, SSA has acquired the necessary legal force for its implementation . </P>

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