Rajasthan Second District Primary Education Project

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The Rajasthan Second District Primary Education Project is the seventh in the series of the National District Primary Education Program (DPEP) (DPEP) in India which was launched in 1994 to target educational improvements in low literacy districts districts, especially from socially and economically disadvantaged groups, have access to a five-year primary education cycle of appropriate quality. This project is the second phase of an ongoing program, Rajasthan DPEP, the first phase of which is being financed by Rajasthan DPEP I and covers ten underserved districts of the state. There are three project components. The first expands access, retention, and enrollments. It includes targeted interventions to reach marginalized groups, establishes early childhood education centers, provides residential facilities for migrant children, and services children with mild to moderate disabilities. This component also provides parateachers, trains school management committees in community mobilization and awareness building and finances civil works. The second component institutes a pedagogical renewal approach for continuous support for teacher development, provides teaching and learning materials, and develops and provides school libraries and distance learning, among other actions to improve educational quality and achievement. The third component builds the capacity of the state project office to manage primary education at the state, district, and local levels.