Jharkhand Education Project Council (JEPC) is an autonomous body registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 on 12th April 2001 with its own service regulations and financial rules. It functions as the State Implementation Society (SIS) to pursue the goals of universalisation of elementary education (UPE) which has received weightage under the National Policy on Education (NPE) adopted in 1986 and consequently updated in 1992. The NPE provides a frame work for the development of education and plan of action, for assigning specific responsibilities for organizing, implementing and financing education, giving it an unqualified priority.
The council has since then, been involved in implementing various programmes like The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV), National Programme of Education for Girls at Elementary Level(NPEGEL), UN-aid etc with the defined objectives.
Organizational & Management Structure:
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GENERAL COUNCIL
General Council is a apex body of JEPC. The Chief Minister of Jharkhand is the Ex-officio Chairman of JEPC, Minister of Human Resource Development, Jharkhand as the Ex-officio vice-chairman and the State Project Director as the Ex-officio Member-Secretary. Following are the Members of the General Council:
Members of General Council:
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Sl. No |
Designation |
Status in General Council |
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1. |
Chief Minister (Jharkhand) |
Ex-Officio Chairman |
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2. |
Minister Human Resource Development (Jharkhand) |
Ex-Officio Vice- Chairman |
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3. |
Secretary (Rural Development) |
Member |
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4. |
Finance Secretary |
Member |
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5. |
Three persons including one women from NGOs, engaged in educational activity is nominated by the State Govt. |
Member |
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6. |
Three Heads of State Level Technical Institution engaged in Technical Resource Development are nominated by the State Govt. |
Member |
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7. |
Representative of Teachers, nominated by the State Govt. |
Member |
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8. |
Two Headmaster of Primary Schools (Known for the Leadership & Motivation) |
Member |
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9. |
Two renowned pedagogues nominated by the State Govt. |
Member |
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10. |
Other Ex-Officio Representative of Jharkhand Govt. |
Member |
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11. |
Three Representatives of Central Govt. nominated by Govt. of India |
Member |
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12. |
A Representative of UNICEF |
Member |
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13. |
Two renowned persons known for their contribution towards the education of Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe & Handicapped, among them one is nominated by the Central Govt. & other is nominated by the State Govt. |
Member |
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14. |
Three renowned women working in the field of Primary Education, Informal Education and Adult Education among them two are nominated by the State Govt. and other is nominated by the Central Govt. |
Member |
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15. |
All other Members of Executive Committee not included in above mentioned list |
Member |
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16. |
State Project Director |
Member Secretary |
Executive Committee of JEPC is empowered to monitor, co-ordinate, facilitate implementation of the programme. The Chief Secretary, GOJ is the chairman of the State Executive committee and State Project Director, JEPC is the Member-secretary of the Executive Committee. The following are the members of the Executive Committee:
Members:
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Sl. No |
Designation |
Status in Executive Council |
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1. |
Chief Secretary, Jharkhand Government, Ranchi |
Chairman |
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2. |
Secretary, Human Resource Development, Jharkhand |
Member |
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3. |
Finance Commissioner, Jharkhand |
Member |
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4. |
Director, Primary Education, H .R .D, Jharkhand |
Member |
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5. |
Director, Mass Education, Human Resource Development |
Member |
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6. |
Director, Welfare (Including Women & Child welfare) Jharkhand, Ranchi. |
Member |
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7. |
Two district Programme officers |
Member |
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8. |
Two Heads of District Committee |
Member |
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9. |
Three Representatives of Central Govt., Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi |
Member |
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10. |
Two Directors, Academic & Technical Institution |
Member |
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11. |
Two Pedagogues |
Member |
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12. |
Representative of UNICEF |
Member |
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13. |
Two Representatives from Teachers Association |
Member |
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14. |
Two Women |
Member |
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15. |
Two Representatives from Voluntary Organization |
Member |
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16. |
State Project Director |
Member Secretary |
MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE AT VARIOUS LEVELS
STATE LEVEL: State Project Director is the Chief Executive Officer of the Jharkhand Education Project Council. State Project Director is assisted by specialist of various component, i.e. Specialist Pedagogy, Specialist Education, Specialist MRE, MIS Coordinator, Expert EMIS, Expert Women and Child Welfare, Executive Engineers, each responsible for their respective area of specialization with Senior Programme Co-ordinators along with State Programme Officer.
MISSION TASK FORCE (MTF): All Officers of State Level Office meet once in a month. It is an in-house discussion on programmes involving State Level component in-charges regarding progress and issues so as to workout future planning for every component. The Task Force reviews and regularly tracks the progress of various component against the target Annual Work Plan and Budget. Financial status is also reviewed.
REFLECTION-CUM-PLANNING MEETING (RPM): It is chaired by the State Project Director of Jharkhand Education Project Council. It is held once in a month. Participants include District Programme Co-ordinators/Officers and State level component in-charges.
During the meeting, progress of various programme are reviewed, implementation related issues are discussed; experiences and suggestions are shared for facilitating programme implementation in better way.
DISTRICT LEVEL: There is an effective and broad based District Level Executive Committee to monitor the implementation of programmes, it provides necessary direction time to time consistent with programme guidelines and procedures, also facilitate convergence with other related departments of the Government at the district level with a view to ensure support and timely implementation of the programme. Deputy Commissioner of the district is the Ex-officio Chairman of District Executive Committee. The District Executive Committee comprises of officers from the department Primary Education, Mass Education, Health, DWSD & Welfare Departments of the district. In addition teacher representative, Parents, Village Education Committee and NGOs are involved in this committee.
MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE AT DISTRICT/SUB-DISTRICT LEVEL
DISTRICT LEVEL OFFICE (DLO): District Programme Officer (DPO) is executive officer.DPO is assisted by Additional District Programme Officer(ADPO) and Specialist of various components such as Asst. Computer Programmer(ACP),Account Officer(AO),Asst. Programme Officers, each responsible for their respective area of work assigned to them.
DISTRICT TASK FORCE (DTF): DTF is constituted in all DLOs. Deputy Development Commissioner is the Chairman of District Task Force. District Programme Officer, District heads of Education and heads of other related departments and programme personnel in DLO are members of District Task Force. It works as an organized team to promote programme implementation. It is primarily concerned with monitoring of the progress of programmes as per annual work plan and help in making convergence with other concerned departments to strengthening programme activities.
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