1

ro[ect D|pankar ensur|ng "k|ght to Lducat|on Act2009" beyond

(1be objectlve of tbe ptoject ls to ttock ooJ mooltot ptoqtess of
eocb cbllJ ooJet tbe oqe qtoop of 614 yeots ooJ tbls ls oow mooJototy ooJet klqbt to Jocotloo Act
2009 uoJet tbls ptoject opott ftom Jocotloool ltoqtess beoltb cooJltloo of eocb cbllJ ls olso
meosoteJ lo 6 mootbly lotetvols lt ptovlJes o cotoetstooe of Jevlsloq sttoteqy fot uepottmeots oo
5cbool Jocotloo neoltb etc)
0 ackground
11 81L 2009 nCl 2003
lndla recognlzes fundamenLal rlghLs of Chlldren Lo survlval developmenL proLecLlon
parLlclpaLlon Lhrough slgnlng unlLed naLlons ConvenLlons on 8lghLs of Chlldren (unC8C)
even before enacLmenL of 81L AcL 2009 1hrough enacLmenL of 1PL 8lCP1 Cl CPlLu8Ln
1C l8LL Anu CCMuLSC8? LuulCA1lCn AC1 2009 (81L AcL 2009) Lhe commlLmenL Lo
Chlldren as made under arLlcle 21A of ConsLlLuLlon of lndla has been honored 81L AcL
arLlculaLed Lhe roles of varlous sLakeholders llke arenLs Schools and CovernmenLs Lo
uphold Lhe rlghL of every chlld Lo elemenLary educaLlon 1he baslc Lheme of Lhe AcL ls
LducaLlon for all chlldren"
nCl 2003 provldes a PollsLlc approach ln Lhe LreaLmenL of learners developmenL and
learnlng lL Lalks abouL Lhe lorms of learner engagemenL llke observlng explorlng
dlscoverlng analyslng crlLlcal reflecLlon eLc and Lhese are as lmporLanL as Lhe conLenL of
knowledge
ln vlew of Lhe above Lhere ls a need Lo have a relook aL Lhe exlsLlng LducaLlonal Lco
SysLem and brlng abouL change ln Lhe SLrucLure lLself Lo ensure Lhe 8lghL of LducaLlon for
every chlld
12 ShlfLlng of locus from Schools Lo lndlvldual Chlld
LnacLmenL of 81L AcL 2009 along wlLh developmenL of nCl 2003 prompLed
CovernmenLs Lo look aL Lhe exlsLlng educaLlon sysLem and lnlLlaLe correcLlve sLeps wherever
lL ls requlred ln Lhls conLexL uepL of School LducaLlon CovernmenL of WesL 8engal shlfLed
lLs focus from Schools Lo more mlcro level le Lo lndlvldual chlld lL ls qulLe evldenL LhaL Lo
properly lmplemenL 81L AcL 2009 CovernmenL needs Lo provlde personallsed care Lo
every chlld
13 uevelopmenL of a Chlld Lhrough PealLh LducaLlon
2

roper developmenL of a Chlld can be ensured lf he or she ls physlcally flL and undergoes
sLudy ln a congenlal envlronmenL nuLrlLlon ls a key componenL of Lhe well belng of Lhe chlld
whlch may also acL as a caLalysL for beLLer educaLlon and overall developmenL
20 ro[ect D|pankar the Ch||d 1rack|ng System
21 lnLroducLlon
under Lhls background uepL of School LducaLlon WesL 8engal lnlLlaLed ro[ecL ulpankar
Lo ensure proper lmplemenLaLlon of 81L and even move beyond Lo ensure proper and
overall growLh and developmenL of Lhe Chlldren 1he uepL enLrusLed naLlonal lnformaLlcs
CenLre CovL of lndla Lo deslgn develop and lmplemenL ro[ecL ulpankar Lhe Chlld
1racklng SysLem ln 4 dlsLrlcLs as a plloL lL was declded LhaL durlng Lhe plloL phase records
of SLudenLs of Class l wlll be capLured durlng Lhe sLarLlng of Lhe academlc sesslon and
lndlvldual progress wlll be measured aL 6 monLhs lnLerval lL was sLarLed from Lhe academlc
year 2011 A government order bear|ng memo no 60SL (% dated
th
Iebruary 20
was |ssued to ensure proper |mp|ementat|on of the system Ch|ef Secretary of West
enga| heads the state |eve| |mp|ementat|on comm|ttee of "ro[ect D|pankar"
22 Scope
under Lhe scope of Lhe pro[ecL deLalls of around 6 lacs chlldren of class l of ln plloL dlsLrlcLs
(Powrah kolkaLa norLh 24 arganas SouLh 24 arganas) have been capLured 1hen overall
progress of such chlldren would be measured aL 6 monLhly lnLervals 1he process would
conLlnue Llll Lhey aLLaln Lhe age of 14 or Llll wlll remaln under Lhe purvlew of LlemenLary
LducaLlon" Lach of Lhe 164 educaLlon clrcles (falllng ln 4 plloL dlsLrlcLs) has been provlded
compuLers wlLh broadband connecLlvlLy esLabllshed 1hls pro[ecL has been concelved as Lhe
foundaLlon sLone Lo Lrack every chlld ln Lhe age group of 614 under Lhe 8lghL Lo LducaLlon
AcL 2009" Powever ro[ecL ulpankar alms aL movlng beyond Lhe scope of only
lmplemenLlng 8lghL Lo LducaLlon AcL' 2009" as physlcal progress of chlldren over Lhe areas
would be monlLored Loo reclsely Lhe pro[ecL alms aL ensurlng overall progress of every
chlld of Lhe sLaLe ln Lhe age of 614 ro[ecL ulpankar provldes a cornersLone of measurlng
lmpacLs of varlous lnLervenLlons of uepL of School LducaLlon and SSA
23 Cb[ecLlve
1hls pro[ecL helps Lhe uepL ln devlslng sLraLegy for Lhe followlng


a) 1o Lrack urop ouLs
b) 1o use Mld uay Meal lnLenslvely based on Chlldren's PealLh daLa
c) 1o assess lmpacL of oLher lnLervenLlons of Lhe uepL
d) 1o devlse PealLh programmes aL Schools eLc
24 Ceographlcal Coverage
ro[ecL ulpankar has been lmplemenLed aL 4 plloL dlsLrlcLs namely kolkaLa Powrah SouLh
24 arganas norLh 24 arganas coverlng 19000 schools 164 educaLlon clrcles Around 6
lacs sLudenLs of Classl form Lhe prlmary LargeL of Lhe pro[ecL 164 clusLer level resource
cenLres (clrcles) are Lhe lowesL level dellvery cenLres for ro[ecL ulpankar
Some clrcles are even slLuaLed aL far flung areas under Lhe Sunderbans whlch are enclrcled
by rlvers and foresLs 1he programme has been deslgned ln such a way LhaL lL can be used aL
School levels dlrecLly as and when schools would possess CompuLers and lnLerneL
connecLlvlLy
23 SLraLegy adopLed
uepL of School LducaLlon has adopLed a unlque sLraLegy Lo Lrack Lhe overall progress of
each chlld under Lhe age group of 614 years Lhrough process reenglneerlng of Lracklng
lndlvldual chlld uslng lC1 based Lools under Lhe ro[ecL ulpankar daLa ls belng capLured aL
prlmary source level and enLered lnLo a cenLral server for Lhe use of offlclals of Lhe uepL as
well as ubllc 1he ground level work has been carrled ouL by uepL offlclals lC1
lnfrasLrucLure has been made avallable Lo Lhe LducaLlon Clrcle (below CommunlLy 8locks)
offlces of Lhe uepL A drlve for capaclLy bulldlng has been underLaken by Lhe uepL ensurlng
[ob enrlchmenL and empowermenL of grass rooL level workers lL also ensures LhaL Lhe
knowledge ls generaLed and remalns avallable wlLhln Lhe sysLem 1he soluLlon lncludes
developmenL of porLal based appllcaLlon sofLware whlch Lakes care of Lhe enLlre
LducaLlonal Lco SysLem" of Lhe uepL as every sLakeholder now owns a vlrLual space for
work wlLhln Lhe porLal 1here ls a well deflned access conLrol mechanlsm wlLh approprlaLe
securlLy Lhrough whlch Lhe sLakeholders may Lake parL ln Lhe workflow based sysLem




4

26 MeLhodology for Measurlng overall developmenL of Lhe Chlld

Iorm "L" 1o capLure baslc lnformaLlon abouL each chlld a form called lorm L has been
deslgned 1he forms have been fllled up by ara Leachers / Shlkshabandhus and duly
cerLlfled by Lhe guardlans and PeadmasLers as|c |nformat|on |nc|udes Gender ke||g|on
Caste arenta| Informat|on Soc|a| Status D|stance 1rave||ed to reach Schoo| ne|ght
We|ght Whether d|fferent|y ab|ed or not arent's Lducat|on and occupat|on Address etc
lllled up forms have been senL Lo Clrcle offlces for onllne daLa enLry ln Lhe porLal uaLa
valldaLlons have been done by concerned Sub lnspecLor of Schools who ls Lhe lncharge of
Clrcle level offlce lor every Chlld enrolled ln Lhe sysLem Lhere ls a unlque lu generaLed
Lhrough onllne process 1he Chlld wlll be Lracked Lhrough hls career uslng Lhls lu

Iorm "" 1hen Lhe educaLlonal progress as well as physlcal developmenL of each chlld ls
belng measured ln Slx monLhs lnLerval Lhrough anoLher form whlch ls known as lorm C"
Iorm "" compr|ses hea|th re|ated |nformat|on Cr|t|ca| ] kecurr|ng I||ness Lye S|ghts
We|ght ne|ght Attendance Academ|c competency |eve|s Co curr|cu|ar act|v|t|es Ab|||ty
to part|c|pate |n C|ass Act|v|t|es Soc|a| Sk|||s etc uaLa enLry and uploadlng follows Lhe same
paLh as for lorm L"

An lndlcaLlve llsL of lnpuLs capLured for each sLudenL and Lhe ouLcomes may be found from
Lhe followlng flgure



























Project DIPANKAR - ChiId's "Right to Education" and beyond
Ia|ue ropos|t|ons 1he resulL LhaL emanaLed ouL of Lhe pro[ecL ls belng used as an ald Lo effecLlvely
plan varlous lnLervenLlons of Lhe uepL lL measures aLLendance of Lhe Chlld AblllLy ln Lhe fleld of
educaLlon and cocurrlcular acLlvlLles PealLh sLaLus eLc AL Lhe same Llme lL provldes Lhe plaLform
for measurlng lmpacLs of chlld speclflc lnLervenLlons lndlvldually
D|st|nct|ve features 1hls pro[ecL provldes a rare lnpuL regardlng Chlld PealLh" and challenges
varlous survey daLa lncludlng LhaL of lCuS" and nlPS" lL has become Lhe cornersLone for devlslng
noL only educaLlonal sLraLegy buL also devlslng PealLh and nuLrlLlonal SLraLegles" for Lhe Chlldren


RM - E
1. Basic nformation
2. Height, Weight
3. Disability Status
4. Parent's Education,
Occupation, Social Status
5. Contact nformation



6. Attendance
7. Health and Special Needs
including height, weight, eye
sight, Critical/Recurring illness
8. Disability Status
9. Benefit of nterventions
received
10. Academic Result
11. Participation in classroom
activities
12. Competency levels in
languages, maths, and social
skills
13. Co-curricular activities


RM - Q


INPUTS
UTCMES
1. BM
2. General Health
3. Eye Sight
4. Attendance
5. Health and Special Needs
6. Disability Status
7. Academics Performance
(Competencies Achieved)
8. Co-curricular Activities
9. Benefits of ntervention
6

0 Innovat|ve use of IC1
ro[ecL ulpankar uses Lhe prowess of lC1 Lools Lo capLure deLalls of Lhe enrolled chlldren ln a cenLral
daLa reposlLory under dlrecL supervlslon of senlor offlclals of Lhe uepL aL Clrcle / ulsLrlcL / SLaLe level
wlLh a baslc phllosophy of daLa capLurlng aL rlmary source and monlLorlng aL subsequenL hlgher
ups AfLer capLurlng daLa aL School level lL ls enLered lnLo Lhe CenLral daLabase uslng lnLerneL
Lechnology from educaLlon Clrcles whlch fall below block level offlces 1he sofLware uses easy Lo use
web based lnLerface and provldes user area for every layer of Lhe uepL as per Lhe CrganlsaLlon
Plerarchy whlch ensures comprehenslve daLa flow wlLhln LducaLlonal Lco SysLem" of Lhe SLaLe
ro[ecL ulpankar underllnes a paradlgm shlfL ln pollcy plannlng of uepL of School LducaLlon where
focus has been shlfLed from Schools" Lo Chlldren" by uslng lC1 Lools ln an lnnovaLlve way
Moreover Lhe mode of execuLlon of Lhe pro[ecL 6uLlllzes an lnnovaLlve approach Lo use lLs Puman
8esources" Shlkshabandhu" ara Leachers and even Cr C" Cr u" offlclals have been Lralned
exLenslvely Lo use compuLers who are helplng Lhe PeadmasLers Lo flll up daLa enLry forms checklng
of daLa and Lhey Lhemselves make uaLa LnLry ln Lhe CompuLers More Lhan 700 such offlclals have
been Lralned Lo use Lhe sysLem LmpowermenL and [ob enrlchmenL of Lhese offlclals proved one of
Lhe cornersLones of success of Lhe pro[ecL

0 kep||cat|on
1he pro[ecL wlll be exLended Lo Lhe resL of Lhe dlsLrlcLs from Lhe academlc sesslon 2012 1he
sofLware ls belng operaLed Lhrough lnLraSLu" porLal whlch ls Lhe C2C backbone of every
appllcaLlon sofLware whlch ls ln use ln Lhe uepL lL ensures LhaL every sLakeholder ln Lhe SLaLe
LducaLlonal Lco SysLem has found a place here Lo parLlclpaLe onllne ln an lnLegraLed manner lL ls
already avallable Lo Lhe sLakeholders and Lhe daLa capLurlng process wlll be sLarLed wlLh new
enrolmenLs durlng Academlc sesslon ln 2012


0 k|ght to Lducat|on and "Nutr|t|on"

Whlle analyzlng Lhe baslc daLa as collecLed Lhrough ro[ecL ulpankar" lL has been seen LhaL
malnuLrlLlon amongsL Lhese young chlldren are alarmlngly hlgh Around 87 Chlldren of Class l of
Lhe 4 plloL dlsLrlcLs whlch are near Lo kolkaLa Lhe SLaLe CaplLal are under nourlshed ueLalls may be


seen ln Lhe secLlon 1ables Craphs" Some lmporLanL polnLs whlch have been emanaLed from Lhe
daLa may be found below
a) Severe malnourlshmenL" seen ln 24 sLudenLs of Class l Around 88 sLudenLs are
malnourlshed
b) Clrl SLudenLs are more severely malnourlshed Lhan Male SLudenLs
c) Severe MalnourlshmenL" ls hlgher amongsL SC / S1 sLudenLs SLudenLs of 8L caLegorles and
also amongsL Musllms
d) Severe MalnourlshmenL" ls hlgher amongsL sLudenLs whose faLhers are ln AgrlculLure or
ArLlsans
1hese daLa shows conLradlcLlons wlLh exlsLlng survey daLa llke nlPS'2003 as well as wlLh resulL of lCuS
surveys
1he naLlonal lamlly PealLh Survey daLa (200306) however puLs Lhe raLe of malnourlshmenL ln Lhe 06
age group aL 387 per cenL ln WesL 8engal lL has Lo be Laken lnLo accounL LhaL under ro[ecL ulpankar a
much blgger sample has been consldered ln Lhls conLexL lL musL be menLloned LhaL Lhe Clobal Punger
lndex reporL" 2010 noLed LhaL lndla ls home Lo 42 per cenL of Lhe world's underwelghL chlldren and
ranks 67 among 84 counLrles farlng worse Lhan counLrles llke aklsLan and Sudan

now lL ls evldenL from Lhe avallable daLa LhaL Lhere ls a gap ln ensurlng proper nuLrlLlon Lo Lhe regnanL
LacLaLlng moLher as well as chlldren of age group 06 years Lhrough lCuS lL ls a well known facL LhaL
Lhe helghL and oLher physlcal developmenLs of a chlld depends heavlly on hls/her nuLrlLlon aL Lhls very
young age lL would be very lnLeresLlng Lo sLudy Lhe raLe of growLh of Lhese chlldren under ro[ecL
ulpankar as Lhey reach hlgher classes and aLLaln hlgher ages 1he efflcacy of Mld uay Meal rogramme
wlll also be measured ln real Lerms as Lhe basellne has been creaLed for Chlldren of Class l ln Lhe 4 plloL
dlsLrlcLs Lhls year CovernmenL wlll use Lhls daLa Lo formulaLe lLs sLraLegy regardlng varlous
lnLervenLlons lncludlng Lhe ones Lo ensure beLLer nuLrlLlon for Lhe chlldren

60 Cther Ma[or Cutcomes
a) Screenlng of ulfferenLly Abled" SLudenLs and monlLorlng of lnLervenLlons made for Lhelr
malnsLreamlng
b) ldenLlflcaLlon of urop CuLs and Lhelr Lracklng


c) CorelaLlon beLween arenL's LducaLlon CccupaLlon and Soclal SLaLus wlLh healLh as well as
educaLlonal performance of Lhe chlldren
d) ldenLlflcaLlon of areas where SLudenLs have Lo Lravel more Lhan 2 kms Lo reach School and
Lo plan new schools ln Lhose areas
e) Sharlng of daLa wlLh oLher SLakeholders for mulLl secLoral lnLervenLlons

0 Iuture koadmap |eve| p|ay|ng f|e|d for mu|t| sectora| |ntervent|ons











StakehoIders of "Project DIPANKAR" - The ChiId Tracking System
ro[ecL ulpankar" provldes Lhe cruclal daLa on Chlld's PealLh and Speclal needs Soclal 8ackground
arenLal LducaLlon and CccupaLlon eLc lL wlll be coupled wlLh Lhe real llfe progress ln physlcal flLness
educaLlonal aspecLs and cocurrlcular acLlvlLles eLc Lo ensure proper and overall developmenL of Lhe
Chlld varlous CovernmenL deparLmenLs provlde crlLlcal supporL sysLem for proLecLlon as well as
developmenL of Chlldren as shown ln Lhe above dlagram 1lme has come Lo perhaps Lo rlse beyond Lhe
sllos of ueparLmenLs" and plan hollsLlcally Lo ensure proper healLh and educaLlon for every chlld
ro[ecL ulpankar wlll be Lhe cornersLone for developlng such sLraLegles ln recenL fuLure where
lmporLanL wlngs of Lhe CovernmenL wlll acL LogeLher wlLh ClLlzens and Clvll SocleLy Lo uphold rlghLs of
every lndlvldual chlld
Dept. of Panchayats and
Rural Development

Project DIPANKAR
"ChiId Tracking
System"
Dept. of Health and
Family Welfare
Dept. of Health and
Family Welfare
Dept. of WCD
Citizens
Civil Society
Dept. of School
Education
SSA
9

0 Abbrev|at|ons
uls ulsLrlcL lnspecLor of Schools
uWCu uepL of Women and Chlld uevelopmenL
lCuS lnLegraLed Chlld uevelopmenL Scheme
nlPS naLlonal lamlly PealLh Survey
nlC naLlonal lnformaLlcs CenLre
8u anchayaLs 8ural uevelopmenL
8SSM aschlm 8anga Sarva Shlksha Mlsslon
SLu uepL of School LducaLlon
Sl Sub lnspecLor of Schools
SSA Sarva Shlksha Avlyan

90 keferences
a) wwwwbsedgovln
b) CC 60SL (8) daLed 18
Lh
lebruary 2011 uepL of School LducaLlon
c) 8lghL Lo LducaLlon AcL' 2009
d) naLlonal Currlculum lramework 2003
e) lorm L" lorm C" of ro[ecL ulpankar
f) usLl" A publlcaLlon by raLlchl 1rusL
g) Clobal Punger lndex reporL" 2010 publlshed by lnLernaLlonal lood ollcy 8esearch
lnsLlLuLe (ll8l)

00 Acknow|edgements
llrsLly Lhe auLhors would llke Lo acknowledge Lhe unsLlnLed efforLs of Shlkshabandhus Cr C/u
Cfflclals of Clrcle Cfflces ara 1eachers 1eachers and Pead 1eachers arenLs and Cuardlans
who have parLlclpaLed overwhelmlngly ln Lhe pro[ecL and made lL a success
1he auLhors fondly acknowledge Lhe dedlcaLed work of 1eam ulpankar" Shrl AmlL Chosh
Senlor SofLware Lnglneer needs speclal menLlon for hls unLlrlng efforLs Lo make Lhe mlsslon
successful Lhrough conLlnuous lnLeracLlon wlLh fleld workers and Lhe developmenL Leam 1wo
young SofLware Lnglneers Shrl ueba[yoLl ChakraborLy and Shrl Souvlk uas CupLa have always
10

been happy Lo provlde mosL crlLlcal sLaLlsLlcal reporLs ln shorLesL posslble Llme even wlLh
Craphs" Lhrough programmlng! Shrl Surya SaraLhl nandl Senlor SofLware Lnglneer made no
mlsLake Lo admlnlsLer Lhe uaLabase wlLh 100 upLlme
0 About the Authors
1 ur SubraLa 8oy CupLa SclenLlsL 8" naLlonal lnformaLlcs CenLre CovL of lndla
2 Shrl n k uas uuC SlC naLlonal lnformaLlcs CenLre CovL of lndla
3 SmL C u Lama lAS SLaLe ro[ecL ulrecLor 8SSM uepL of School LducaLlon CovL of WesL
8engal
4 Shrl vlkram Sen lAS SecreLary uepL of School LducaLlon CovL of WesL 8engal

20 1ab|es Graphs
A 1able l LnrolmenL ln Class l ln 4 lloL ulsLrlcLs ln 2011

D|str|cts No of C|rc|es No of Schoo|s C|ass I's Lnro||ment
South 2 GS 31 3792 206877
North 2 GS 37 3347 131913
nowrah 33 2734 86696
ko|kata 23 2123 31077
6 626 66

1ab|e II ody Mass Index w|se D|str|but|on of Lnro||ed Students of C|ass I














11

C Graph I MI |eve| of Students of C|ass I




u 1able lll Screenlng of SLudenLs havlng varlous levels of MalnuLrlLlon"

BMI LEVEL OF STUDENTS OF CLASS I
DISTRICTS SEVERELY
MALNOURISHED
[BMI<12.5]
MODESTLY
MALNOURISHED
[12.5<=BMI<15]
MALNOURISHED
[15<=BMI<18.5]
NORMAL
WEIGHT
[18.5<=BMI<25
]
OVER
WEIGHT
[25<=BMI<30
]
OBESE
[BMI>=30]
TOTAL
STUDE
NTS
NO % NO % NO % NO % NO % NO %
nACkA 20070 2327 39740 4607 18319 2124 3949 690 1238 144 933 108 86231
kCLkA1A 10066 2003 18633 3716 12863 2363 6280 1231 1276 234 1036 210 30198
NCk1n 2
GS
29472 2244 34621 4138 31421 2392 11864 903 2272 173 1709 130 131339
SCU1n 2
GS
34429 2639 80107 3914 43232 2211 17773 868 3682 180 3440 168 204683
OVERALL 114038 24.14 193123 40.87 107858 22.83 41866 8.86 8468 1.79 7141 1.51 472494