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assistance under the programme of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan will be on a
85:15 sharing arrangement during the
IX Plan,
75:25 sharing arrangement during the X Plan, and 50:50 sharing
thereafter between the Central government and State governments.
Commitments regarding sharing of costs would be taken from State
governments in writing.
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§ The
State governments will have to maintain their level of investment in
elementary education as in 1999-2000. The contribution as State share for
SSA will be over and above this investment.
§ The
Government of India would release funds to the State Governments/Union
Territories only and installments (except first) would only be released
after the previous installments of Central government and State share has
been transferred to the State Implementation Society.
§ The
support for teacher salary appointed under the SSA programme could be
shared between the Central Government and the State government in a ratio
of 85:15 during the IX Plan, 75:25 during the X Plan and 50:50 thereafter.
§ All
legal agreements regarding externally assisted projects will continue to
apply unless specific modifications have been agreed to, in consultation
with foreign funding agencies.
§ Existing
schemes of elementary education of the Department (except National Bal
Bhawan and NCTE) will converge after the IX Plan. The National Programme
for Nutritional Support to Primary Education (Mid-Day-Meal) would remain a
distinct intervention with food grains and specified transportation costs
being met by the Centre and the cost of cooked meals being met by the
State government.
§ District
Education Plans would inter–alia, clearly show the funds/resource
available for various components under schemes like PMGY, JGSY, PMRY,
Sunishchit Rozgar Yojana, Area fund of MPs/MLAs, State Plan, foreign
funding (if any) and resources generated in the NGO sector.
§
All funds to be used for upgradation, maintenance, repair of schools and
Teaching Learning Equipment and local management to be transferred to VECs/
School Management Committees/ Gram Panchayat/ or any other village/ school
level arrangement for decentralisation adopted by that particular
State/UT. The village/ school-based body may make a resolution regarding
the best way of procurement.
§ Other
incentive schemes like distribution of scholarships and uniforms will
continue to be funded under the State Plan. They will not be funded under
the SSA programme.
The major financial norms
under SSA are:
NORMS
FOR INTERVENTIONS UNDER SSA
INTERVENTION NORM
1.Teacher
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One teacher for every
40 children in Primary and upper primary
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At least two teachers
in a Primary school
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One
teacher for every class in the upper primary
2.School / Alternative schooling facility
3.Upper Primary schools/ Sector
4.Classrooms
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A
room for every teacher in Primary & upper Primary, with the provision
that there would be two class rooms with verandah to every Primary
school with at least two teachers.
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A room for Head-Master
in upper Primary school/section
5.Free
textbooks
6.Civil
works
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Ceiling of 33% of SSA
programme funds.
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For improvement of
school facilities, BRC/CRC construction.
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CRCs could also be
used as an additional room.
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No expenditure to be
incurred on construction of office buildings
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Districts to prepare
infrastructure Plans.
7.Maintenance
and repair of school buildings
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Only through school
management committees/VECs
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Upto Rs. 5000 per year
as per specific proposal by the school committee.
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Must involve elements
of community contribution
8. Upgradation
of EGS to regular school / setting up of new Primary school as per State
norm
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Provision for TLE @ Rs
10,000/- per school
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TLE as per local
context and need
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Involvement of
teachers and parents necessary in TLE selection and procurement
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VEC/ school-village
level appropriate body to decide on best mode of procurement
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Requirement of
successful running of EGS centre for two years before it is considered
for upgradation.
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Provision for teacher
& classrooms.
9.TLE
for upper-primary
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@ Rs 50,000 per school
for uncovered schools.
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As per local specific
requirement to be determined by the teachers/ school committee
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School committee to
decide on best mode of procurement, in consultation with teachers
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School Committee may
recommend district level procurement if there are advantages of scale.
10.Schools
grant
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Rs. 2000/- per year
per primary/upper primary school for replacement of non functional
school equipment
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Transparency in
utilisation
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To be spent only by
VEC/SMC
11.Teacher
grant
12.Teacher training
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Provision of 20 days
In-service course for all teachers each year, 60 days refresher course
for untrained teachers already employed as teachers, and 30 days
orientation for freshly trained recruits @ Rs. 70/- per day
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Unit cost is
indicative; would be lower in non residential training programmes
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Includes
all training cost
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Assessment of
capacities for effective training during appraisal will determine extent
of coverage.
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Support for SCERT/DIET
under existing Teacher Education Scheme
13.State
Institute of Educational Management and Training (SIEMAT)
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One
time assistance up to Rs. 3 crore
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States have to agree
to sustain
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Selection
criteria for faculty to be rigorous
14.Training of community leaders
15.Provision
for disabled children
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Upto Rs. 1200/- per
child for integration of disabled children, as per specific proposal,
per year
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District Plan for
children with special needs will be formulated within the Rs. 1200 per
child norm
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Involvement of
resource institutions to be encouraged
16.Research,
Evaluation, supervision and monitoring
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Upto Rs. 1500 per
school per year
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Partnership with
research and resource institutions, pool of resource teams with State
specific focus
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Priority to
development of capacities for appraisal and supervision through
resource/research institutions and on an effective EMIS
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Provision for regular
school mapping/micro planning for up dating of household data
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By creating pool of
resource persons, providing travel grant and honorarium for monitoring,
generation of community-based data, research studies, cost of assessment
and appraisal terms & their field activities, classroom observation by
resource persons
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Funds to be spent at
national, state, district, sub district, school level out of the overall
per school allocation.
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Rs. 100 per school per
year to be spent at national level
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Expenditure at
State/district/BRC/CRC/ School level to be decided by State/UT, This
would include expenditure on appraisal, supervision, MIS, classroom
observation, etc. Support to SCERT over and above the provision under
the Teacher Education scheme may also be provided.
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Involvement of
resource institutions willing to undertake state specific
responsibilities
17.Management
Cost
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Not to exceed 6% of
the budget of a district plan
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To include expenditure
on office expenses, hiring of experts at various levels after assessment
of existing manpower, POL, etc.;
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Priority to experts in
MIS, community planning processes, civil works, gender, etc. depending
on capacity available in a particular district
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Management costs
should be used to develop effective teams at State/
District/Block/Cluster levels
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Identification of
personnel for BRC/CRC should be a priority in the pre-project phase
itself so that a team is available for the intensive process based
planning.
18.
Innovative activity for girls' education, early childhood care &
education, interventions for children belonging to SC/ST community,
computer education specially for upper primary level
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Upto to Rs. 15 lakh
for each innovative project and Rs. 50 lakh for a district per year will
apply for SSA
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ECCE and girls
education interventions to have unit costs already approved under other
existing schemes.
19.
Block Resource Centres/ Cluster Resource Centres
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BRC/CRC to be located
in school campus as far as possible.
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Rs. 6 lakh ceiling for
BRC building construction wherever required
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Rs. 2 lakh for CRC
construction wherever required - should be used as an additional
classroom in schools.
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Total cost of
non-school (BRC and CRC) construction in any district should not exceed
5% of the overall projected expenditure under the programme in any year.
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Deployment of up to 20
teacher in a block with more than 100 schools; 10 teachers in smaller
Blocks in BRCs/CRCs.
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Provision of
furniture, etc. @ Rs. 1 lakh for a BRC and Rs. 10,000 for a CRC
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Contingency grant of
Rs. 12,500 for a BRC and Rs. 2500 for a CRC, per year
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Identification of BRC/CRC
personnel after intensive selection process in the preparatory phase
itself.
20.Interventions for out
of school children
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As per norms already
approved under Education Guarantee Scheme & Alternative and Innovative
Education, providing for the following kind of interventions
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Setting up Education
Guarantee Centres in unserved habitations
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Setting up other
alternative schooling models
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Bridge Courses,
remedial courses, Back-to-School Camps with a focus on mainstreaming out
of school children into regular schools.
21.Preparatory activities for microplanning, household surveys, studies,
community mobilization, school-based activities, office equipment,
training and orientation at all levels, etc.
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