Presentation on

SARAL

An Initiative by
School Education
and Sport
Department

Government of
Maharashtra

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SARAL-Overview
School Education & Sports Department, Government of Maharashtra has been leveraging e-
Governance to improve the quality of teaching and delivery of services to target beneficiaries and
citizens.

The department is one of the largest in terms of the number of stakeholders as it has more than 205
lakh students, 7.5 lakh teachers and 1.07 lakh schools being a part of school education ecosystem in
Maharashtra.

To improve the productivity and efficiency of the Government by getting complied data at one place,
Department decided to have a dedicated database portal.

Ease of capturing data through user friendly online application ,SMS, Mobile Apps and Offline mode

This database portal is named as SARAL (Systematic Administrative Reforms for Achieving Learning
by Students).

SARAL has a direct impact on Internal Stake holders ( Policy makers, Policy Executors, School
Administrator) and External Stake holders (Parents, School, NGO)

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 Sanstha Personal Details Personal
Basic Adhar Linkage Details
SARAL-MASTER

Information Transfer Role Based

Staff Approval Selfie Acess
Generic website Attendance Aadhar Linkage
DATABASE

Migration Samayojan
Evaluation Promotion
RTE 25% online Subject
admission Thought
Mid Day Meal UDISE Details
Repots
Data
Verification by
Cluster Head

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Impact
Digitization of records for Schools, Teachers & Students leading to Accuracy of data availability for
timely decision making .

Improvement in Transparency and Efficiency e.g Online staff approval leads to accurate child teacher
ratio, Online admission system has increased process awareness amongst parents & social groups.

Monitoring & Control has become possible due to creation of dashboards resulting in for swift action.

Generation of specific verification pointers for the purpose of inspection.

Improvement in Quality and ease of aids by social sector for education purpose.

Statistical reports available in graphical view for easier interpretation thereby helping in making quick
administrative decision at all hierarchies.

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Value Indicators
Technical Features Functional Features

Rule based configuration

Use of Open Source Technologies (Linux, Aadhar integration with students and staff
Apache, PHP, PostgreSQL) data
Cloud Based Deployment SMS based communications
Liberal policies to allow creativity and prompt Dynamic query building
up gradation
Use of Google map for locating schools to
Multi tier architecture
fulfill 25% quota admission under RTE
Browser compatibility
Bilingual support
Accessibility through multiple clients
Reports available in graphical and drill down
formats
Data collection in online as well as offline
mode

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 Scope for Replication
Maharashtra State is the Pioneer to implement SARAL comprising of total processes and data
coverage for Education department.

SARAL can be replicated with minimum customization

- Adoption of product based features

- Use of standard data formats as specified by MHRD, Govt. of India

Principal Secretary, School Education and Sports department, Government of Maharashtra has set
up a committee which will be headed by Director MSBTBP and will be the first point of contact if
any State want to implement SARAL kind of application.

Helpline committee under the guidance of Director MSBTBP is been setup which will be headed by
National Informatics Centre.

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Sustainability
Key Steps
The Government of Maharashtra has taken a decision that 0.5% amount of the total state plan scheme to be
incurred for e-governance scheme by every department of the State.

Have Set up clear implementation mechanisms and accountability channels at District and Block levels .

Allotment of appropriate funds for the sustainable development goals .

Commitment to Accountability with support of NIC.

No External Facilitator

Capacity Building :

- Reaching out to lower level of hierarchies

- Support and Feedback through Social Platforms, User manuals, Video Conferencing

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Future Plan
Will ensure that 100% children are enrolled, attending regularly and learning

Census data will be used to ensure 100% enrollment of the students and identify children who are not enrolled.

UID enable biometric system will be used for monitoring of attendance of students and teachers connected
through this application.

Child tracking system will be functional and used for transfer of leaving/transfer certificate online from one
school to another school, so, drop out students can be tracked.

We can obtain the annual overall progress of the students through this application. We can also judge reasons
of students failure and suggest corrective measures and remedies.

Staff approval (Sanch manyata) will be done on the basis of actual class wise enrolment.

On the basis of school wise staff approval, rationalization and redeployment of excess teachers can be done
using the same application.

Vacant posts will be worked out thorough SARAL and recruitment can initiated by following requisite procedure.

Based on the needs of the Schools, School Development Education Plan will be formulated under SARAL

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Lesson Learnt
Technology literacy is comparatively less among the core users

Resistance in adoption of new technology

Atomization of manual process

Defining process work flow

Gathering information from field offices

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Staff Portal
Staff Portal Have Various Key Functionalities Including:
Role Based Login

Information Managed for Teaching & Non Teaching Staff separately

Database for Personal Details of Teachers

Appointment & Qualification Date of Teachers

Subjects Taught

UDISE Details

Online Verification of Staff Information by CH / URC, BEO, EO & Other Higher

Officers

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Samayojan Portal
Samayojan Portal Have Various Key Functionalities
Including:
Role Based Login For Sanstha, EO, RD, DD & SD

Separate Roster for Minority and Non Minority Sansthas

Online Estimation of Excess / Vacancy of Staff

Online Verification of Excess / Vacancy of Staff by EO

Online Samayojan process carried out by EO

Online Complaint and Discrepancies resolution

MIS reports at various levels

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Achievements
Development and Implementation of SARAL is a Milestone
Achieved by the Department.
Following
are Some Milestones Achieved During the
Implementation of SARAL
Training were Managed through Video Conference Instead of In Person

Training Which Saves Time and Cost of the Department

Training and Implementation is Completely Managed In-House by the

Department with the Help of Tech Savvy Teachers

Use of Social Media Platform like WhatsApp, Blogs, etc to Keep Users

Connected to Each Other and can Share Knowledge

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