A 3-day State Level workshop on “U-DISE Data Analysis and Dissemination” was inaugurated today at State Project Office of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA). The workshop organized by SSA in collaboration with UNICEF was inaugurated by State Project Director SSA, Saugat Biswas in presence of Director School Education Smita Sethi and Resource Person UNICEF Ganesh Nigam.The objective of the workshop is to build capacity of District Level officials by improving their understanding of indicators for planning and monitoring of educational progress and enhance their skills in Data analysis and interpretation of U-DISE (Unified District Information System for Education) data.At the inaugural session, Smita Sethi urged the participants to identify strengths and weaknesses of data and checking of U-DISE data with the aim of removing inconsistencies from the data being collected at the district level. Saugat Biswas in his address urged the resource persons from UNICEF to train the participants in usage and analysis of the data, ensuring its utilization in the most rational fashion for devising the State Education Plan every year. He informed that Union HRD Ministry has given an opportunity by adhering to a scientific mechanism of planning by the usage of UDISE data. "We must take advantage of the mechanism and ensure that the resources flow down to the needy children in the schools'', he said adding that the workshop shall equip our officials in relevant skills for ensuring efficient analysis and gap identification in the education system. UNICEF Resource Persons, Ganesh Nigam and Santosh Gaikwad shall be orienting the district officials during the workshop. State officials of SSA and RMSA Directorates were also present during the workshop.