Role of Village Education Development Committees in Implementing SSA

One of the major components of SSA is promoting the retention of children in the school, the emphasis has been on giving pre-eminence to people’s involvement, including association of non-governmental agencies and voluntary efforts, inducting more women in the planning and management of education. Village Education Committee (VEC) plays a major role in bringing the positive attitudinal change in people towards education and in mobilizing the community and motivating parents/ guardians to send their children to schools, especially girls and children from disadvantaged groups. They are also responsible for school construction and maintenance, purchase of materials, school mapping and micro- planning exercise, preparation of Village Education Plan and school management as well as teacher performance.The village education committee performs activities regarding management and maintains of the school and is particularly useful in monitoring and supervision of primary school.