Planning
o Guiding Principles
73. Accountability, transparency, participative management, clear delineation of roles
and accountability will be essential features of planning process and management.
In compliance with 73rd Constitutional Amendment, NLMA perceives a pivotal
role for Panchayati Raj institutions in implementation of the programme at the
district and sub-district level. However, the discretion of actual role definition will
vest with SLMA. It will be incumbent upon SLMAs to ensure that planning
processes adopted by it conform to the fundamentals of the strategy, more
importantly, decentralization and bottom up approach. For efficient planning,
NLMA will make available superior tools of project planning on line.
74. The programme has been envisaged as a people‟s programme in the true sense, a
programme of the people, for the people and by the people. All stakeholders,
specially at the grassroots level should have a due say and role in the planning and
implementation of the programme. The role of NLMA and SLMA will be that of
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catalytic agencies, facilitators and resource providers. All management and
supervisory structures will have to be instituted accordingly. Adequate
representation of women in these structures, specially in decision-making roles,
will also have to be ensured. Adequate resource support will be provided to
planning and implementing agencies through special purpose vehicles like State
Resource Centers and other bodies with requisite capacities.
75. NLMA will have the final say on the strategy, mainframe and guidelines of the
programme and will be authorized to carry out requisite modifications/
improvements as may be required during the course of implementation of the
programme as long as they are within the broad framework approved by the
Government of India. NLMA may engage consultants and outsource services as
per requirement of the Mission. The expenditure on these will be borne from
funds earmarked for management/National Resource Group.
o Planning Process
76. Activities and responsibilities have been delineated up to the Panchyat Gram
level. Panchayats or the agency designated by the SLMA will be responsible for
Micro-planning in respect of preparation of action plan at GP level. Micro
Planning will include survey, data collection, mass mobilization, training
schedules of different levels of functionaries, procurement and distribution of
teaching learning materials, evaluation of learning outcome of the learners,
budgetary requirements, etc. A GP level plan will have to be formulated taking
into account all programmes and activities of the Mission. Blocks will aggregate
all the gram panchayts in the block and add their own activity budget to it. The
District Implementing Agency will ensemble all the block plans and add their own
activity budget and submit it to SLMA. SLMA will aggregate all district plans add
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their own state activity and budget to it NLMA. The state plan will thus be an
ensemble of all district plans plus SLMA‟s own activity budget.
77. The National Literacy Mission Authority will appraise each State Plan and issue
administrative and financial sanction based on which funds (Central Government
share) will be released to SLMA.
Management Structure
78. The programme will be implemented in Mission mode. Institutional framework,
right from the national up to the state, district, block and gram Panchyat, will be
set up involving the state government, district administration and Panchyati Raj
institutions. Adequate representation of women in these structures, especially in
decision-making roles will have to be ensured.
79. The National Literacy Mission Authority (NLMA), an autonomous wing of the
Ministry of Human Resource Development, will be the Nodal Agency at the
national level. It would be responsible for the overall planning and management of
the scheme, including release of funds to States/Voluntary Agencies, mobilization
of resources, procurement, mass campaigns, maintenance of national database on
illiteracy and adult education, publicity, facilitate techno-pedagogical support,
research, monitoring and evaluation, etc.
80. To assist NLMA in the discharge of its mandate, a National Resource Group
(NRG) will be set to render technical and managerial support to the Mission
through NLMA. No permanent employee will be posted to NLMA or NRG.
However, NLMA may engage short term/medium term consultants and support
services in the field of general management, pedagogy, mass mobilization,
evaluation, ITC or any other activity as may be decided by the Executive
Committee of NLMA for a period not exceeding three years.
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81. At the State level, the State Literacy Mission Authority (SLMA), would be
responsible for preparation, implementation and monitoring of the programmes. It
would be incumbent upon the respective State Governments to provide a full time
Secretariat to the SLMA besides contractual employees as may be agreed to by the
NLMA.
82. The State Plan will be an ensemble of district Plans. Based on the Mission
Strategy and Guidelines, SLMA would facilitate preparation of the District AE
Plans through intensive discussion and guidance, to reflect the variety in
programme types and innovation in implementation methods in relation to local
specific situations, within the overall framework of national guidelines.
83. The NLMA and SLMA would encourage and provide services of experienced and
committed persons from all sections of society, including persons who are
employees of Central/State government, district administration, university/college
or a public sector undertaking. These persons may be released by their
establishments to work for the literacy and continuing education programme on
secondment basis. The period of their work should be treated as duty in their
parent departments and they would continue to draw their salary and allowances
for this period from their parent establishments.
84. The SLMA will also be responsible for disbursal of funds, along with the State
government share, to the district implementing agency, monitoring and review of
the progress of the scheme in the State, collection of Utilisation Certificates (UCs)
from the districts and submission of a consolidated UC to NLMA. It would also be
responsible for capacity building, field appraisals and pedagogic support and act
as State Resource Group for the programme in the state
85. At the district level district administration or Zilla Parishads (ZP) may be made
responsible for the implementation of the programme. A special committee and
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District Resource Group will have to be constituted to function under the aegis of
ZP. Gram Panchyats, along with communities, will be the implementing Agency
at the operational level, that is, all villages within a GP. A suggestive management
structure for implementation of the programme at different levels indicating
composition of the Committees, secretarial assistance and tasks to be undertaken
is given in Annexure 1.
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