The Tenth Plan laid emphasis on Universalization
of Elementary Education (UEE) guided by five parameters:
(i) Universal Access, (ii) Universal Enrolment,
(iii) Universal Retention, (iv) Universal Achievement,
and (v) Equity. The major schemes of elementary education
sector during the Tenth Plan included SSA, District
Primary Education Programme (DPEP), National
Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education,
commonly known as Mid-Day Meal Scheme
(MDMS), Teacher Education Scheme, and Kasturba
Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Scheme (KGBVS). The
schemes of Lok Jumbish and Shiksha Karmi were completed
but DPEP will extend up to November 2008.
KGBV has now been subsumed within SSA