Operation Blackboard

iAbout This Scheme

Launched in 1987-88, Operation Blackboard was a scheme to provide minimum essential facilities to all primary schools including at least two teachers (one female), two rooms, and basic teaching-learning materials. It was a response to the Kothari Commission's finding that many primary schools in India were single-teacher operations without even basic infrastructure. The programme continued through the Eighth and Ninth Plans and was eventually subsumed into Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) in 2001.

🎁Key Benefits

• Provision of minimum two classrooms per primary school
• Appointment of minimum two teachers including one woman
• Supply of teaching-learning materials (maps, globes, kits)
• Blackboard and basic furniture for all primary schools

✅Eligibility Criteria

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  Programme completed — subsumed into SSA 2001

📝How to Apply

❓Frequently Asked Questions