Jharkhand PSC Prelim Exam 2008 Solved Paper

(1) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (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 86 th 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.