Social Science Second SEM Training module Std-6
Gujarat Council of Elementary Education
Gujarat Council of Elementary Education (GCEE), formerly known as Gujarat
Council of Primary Education (GCPE), registered on 8th Nov, 1995, under the
Societies Registration Act, 1860, and Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950. The
Gujarat Council of Elementary Education was established as a state level
society for implementing District Primary Education Programme, Phase II in the
districts of Banaskantha , Panchmahal and Dangs. To ensure effective
functioning at state level, the State Project Office was set up at Gandhinagar
on 1st Nov, 1996.
Gujarat Council of Primary Education (GCPE) has grown from an agency
implementing a project in just three districts to an organization implementing
several different projects in primary education sector in the state, viz. DPEP
II & IV, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan , NPEGEL & KGBV.
It has successfully completed implementation of District Primary Education
Programme (DPEP- II) in Banaskantha, Panchmahal and Dang in June 2003 and
DPEP-IV in Sabarkantha, Surendranagar, Kutch, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar and Junagadh
in June 2005.
Under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan(SSA), all the 33 districts and 4 Municipal
Corporations in Gujarat are being covered. Under the umbrella of SSA, It is
implementing Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) Yojana, under which, 89
residential elementary schools with boarding facilities are being set up for
girls belonging to the disadvantaged groups of SC/ST/ OBC/ Minority and BPL in
difficult areas.Also implemented Govt. of Gujarat funded 43 KGBVs with
residential facilities only for girls of 6to8 standards and 59 KGBVs with
residential facilities only for girls of secondary schools.
Suitable changes have been made in the Memorandum of Association of the society
to enable it to carry out implementation of projects in the education sector in
Gujarat.
Social Science Second SEM
Training module Std-6
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