Section 1

1. The Flash Report I is the beginning of school year report for assessing the overall functioning of the school education system with respect to the Education For All (EFA) program and performance indicators. The underlying idea behind this Report is to analyze the educational data of each district in the country in relation to the enrolment and participation of children. The categories used are total children, disadvantaged (Dalit) and ethnic (Janajati) groups to assess the performance of the school education system. This report illustrates the differences in enrolment and participation of children belonging to different social strata in the country within a caste structure system. For the first time, it highlights the admission of children in Grade I in relation to their specific age and survival rates to grades 5 and 8 of school education. Moreover, it also attempts to assess the delivery of textbooks and basic learning materials to schools within two weeks of the beginning of the school year.