Intensify Operation Blackboard in primary schools
“Operation Blackboard will be intensified.”
VAADA POORAKept
The verdict
Operation Blackboard continued through the term; the 1995-96 Economic Survey reports 1.25 lakh teachers recruited under it, half of them women. A before-and-after comparison of scale was not found.
Rule applied: Kept: achieved as promised, on time or within 6 months of the deadline → 10
Implied deadline (end of term): 16 May 1996Confidence: mediumAI draft · review pending
10/10
Evidence timeline
- StatisticsUndated· Ministry of FinancesupportsEconomic Survey 1995-96, ch. 10 Social Sectors ↗
“Under the scheme of Operation Blackboard, 50 per cent of 1,25 thousand teachers recruited so far are”
- Manifesto25 Aug 2004· All India Congress Committee (Wayback copy)contextSalient Points of Previous Manifestos (1991 and 1996 extracts) ↗
“Operation Blackboard will be intensified.”
More education promises from this manifesto
Implement the New Education Policy vigorously to wipe out illiteracy
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept5/10
Glass aadha bhara hai. Ya aadha khaali. Depends kaun puch raha hai.
Launch a national mid-day meal programme covering every child in primary schools
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept4/10
“Every child was promised lunch; about a third got it before the bell rang on the term.”
Promise ID inc-ls-1991-016 · drafted 5 Oct 2026 by research-agent · JSON