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Operation Blackboard is a scheme undertaken by the Indian government in 1987 in response to a suggestion made by the NPE of 1986.
Objectives
The main objectives of Operation Blackboard were to improve the quality of primary education, reduce waste and stagnation, and draw more students, particularly girls, into the primary education sector to realise the dream of universal education. The project primarily aimed to provide at least two classrooms in every primary school and essential restrooms for both girls and boys and appoint at least fifty percent of all instructors to be women, among other things.
History
Rajiv Gandhi’s government established a new National Policy on Education in 1986. The new strategy called for a “special emphasis on eliminating gaps and equalising educational opportunity,” particularly for Indian women, Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Scheduled Caste (SC) populations.
The policy aimed to boost scholarships and adult education, recruit more teachers from the SCs, offer incentives for low-income families to attend their children to school regularly, develop new institutions, and provide housing and services to achieve such social integration.
The NPE advocated for a “child-centred approach” in primary education and launched “Operation Blackboard,” a statewide initiative to improve primary schools.
The strategy broadened with the establishment of the Indira Gandhi National Open University in 1985 and called for establishing a “rural university” model based on Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy to promote economic and social development in rural India. The 1986 education policy anticipated spending 6% of GDP on education.
