VII. Efficiency Management
Convergence and Partnerships
o Public Public Partnerships
63. NLMA and SLMAs will work towards actively promoting convergence of the
Mission‟s programs and activities with other development strategies specially in
education, rural development, health, child and women development, poverty
alleviation, agriculture, Panchayati Raj and social welfare sectors. The Mission
would take the unified energies of the Departments of School Education and
Literacy and higher education down to the village level. Teachers would be
encouraged to motivate non-literate parents of their students to enrol as learners
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and motivate educated youth in the village to volunteer as teachers for the
campaign. They could also act as teachers of the literacy classes. Physical
infrastructure created under Sarva shiksha Abhiyan may be used for the literacy
programme during non-school hours.
o Non-Government Organisations
64. Alliance between GOs and NGOs would be further strengthened. NGOs and other
groups that have demonstrated long-term commitment to issues of adult education
and which have an established and unsullied track record of performance in this
area will be drawn in as resource groups at all levels. Voluntary Sector will be
encouraged to take up activities under any programme of the Mission as well as
innovative programmes aimed at achieving its objectives for which they may be
provided grant-in-aid at the approved cost norms. Selection of the NGO will be
the responsibility of the SLMA or the sub-state implementation agency as decided
by the SLMA. However, NLMA may select any NGO to assist it in any aspect of
the Mission.
o Public Private Partnerships
65. Adult education in India has always been predominantly a government
responsibility with some degree of involvement of NGOs. In contrast to very
prominent collaboration in the case of formal school system, the contribution of
private and corporate sector in adult education has been miniscule. Private and
corporate sector can play a momentous role in promoting objectives of the
Mission. As in the case of NGOs, institutions in private sector that have the urge,
inclination and commitment to adult education programmes, may be encouraged
to undertake any activity for which they could be provided grant-in-aid at the
approved cost norms. Selection of such agencies will be the responsibility of the
SLMA or the sub-state implementation agency as decided by the SLMA.
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However, NLMA may select any agency to assist it in any aspect of the Mission.
NLMA is authorized to develop Public Private Partnerships and other models of
partnership to generate funds and also to obtain donations. Alike in selection of
NGOs as also institutions in the private sector, there would be total openness and
transparency in the process. Fiscal incentives like income tax exemptions may be
considered to encourage larger role of private sector in adult education.
o International Partnerships
66. To gain from international experiences, NLMA will strive to establish an
international network and work closely with UNESCO, UNICEF, and other
international bodies engaged in adult education and arrive at bilateral and
multilateral arrangements for mutually beneficial partnerships.
Documentation
67. Access to relevant information through an effective and strong documentation and
information network further strengthens adult education programmes as it
improves access to relevant and timely information on adult learning.
Documentation is also a means of sharing the achievements of learners back to
the field. Particularly with women, this effort will be effective in sustaining their
enthusiasm for learning. Local newsletters can also be developed amongst
women‟s groups as a means of documenting and sharing information across block
or a cluster of gram panchayats.
68. The documentation capacity of SRCs would be upgraded. The software and
procedures developed by UNESCO, that follows a uniform classification, could be
used by national documentation center as it would facilitate networking with
national and international organizations and would also be user friendly for easy
retrieval and use. Necessary resources will be allocated for scientific
documentation of important information. This will include a national database on
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adult education, indexing, abstracting, bibliographies, and translation service,
sharing of effective literacy/adult education practices, directories of
material/training tools and programmes, compilation of researches, providing
reference service, and databases.
o Research
69. Applied research is as important to Total Quality Management as any other
intervention. The Mission will accord high priority to promote research in basic
and post literacy and continuing education as also gender issues and
documentation and dissemination of research findings. Research studies on
relevant themes will be assigned to competent agencies. Further, universities and
social science research institutes of repute and standing will be addressed to
encourage the researchers to work in the field of different aspects of adult
education for the award of doctoral and post-doctoral degree. NLMA will also
consider sponsorship of research, on topics selected by it, in reputed universities.
Monitoring and Evaluation
70. Objective performance parameters will be prescribed for each agency involved in
implementation of the scheme. A web based Management Information System
(MIS) will be put in place for real time monitoring, which would be critical for
optimising the outreach and impact of the programmes. NLMA, SLMA and
District bodies will review the progress at their respective levels. Names and
progress of each learner will be placed in the public domain. Monitoring will not
be uni-directional but a two way communication process. Feedback as to what is
happening on the ground will be received through appropriate channels and
correctives will be sent back to the ground level through the same channels.
71. Enormous resources, financial as well as human, are to be deployed in the
programme. It is but obvious and imperative that high quality evaluations are
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carried out to facilitate detailed analysis, including cost benefit analysis and future
planning. Elaborate procedures for concurrent, summative and impact evaluation
will be laid down. Literacy data will also be supplemented through field research.
Reputed agencies with an impeccable track record, expertise and experience will
be commissioned to carry out evaluations. The evaluation process will be a tool of
correction through participation. Total openness and transparency will be the
watch words in the entire evaluation process.
Fund Release Management
72. NLMA will work out a mechanism for just in time release of funds to all
implementing agencies using the core banking facilities available with scheduled
banks. NLMA may continue with the existing system of release for grant till
operationalisation of the web based fund release and control mechanism
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