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The union minister for Panchayati Raj, Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar, has said that the government made a mistake by not involving Panchayati Raj institutions in the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.
He said Panchayati Raj institutions had the resources as well as manpower to provide quality elementary education and they should be entrusted with the task. He said the nations future depended on the quality of education imparted.
The entire responsibility of elementary education should rest upon the Panchayats as Indias future depends on the quality of education, he said addressing the National Conference of Reach India, a consortium of 75 NGOs working for childrens education.
Mr Aiyar said: The authorities running Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan rarely have any integral relationship with Panchayats. They often look down on efficiency of the local governments, which should be corrected. Bureaucracy is not helping the cause (of elementary education) and I do not know how to change it, he said.
The minister said the biggest demand of rural India was to provide elementary education and suggested establishing community grievance cells at local levels to ensure efficiency and quality
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