Financial Norms
Financial Norms
The
assistance under the programme of Samagra Shiksha 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.
The
State governments will have to maintain their level of investment in elementary
education as in 1999-2000. The contribution as State share for SS 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 SS 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 SS programme
The major financial norms under SS are:
NORMS FOR INTERVENTIONS UNDER SS
INTERVENTION NORM
Teacher
One
teacher for every 40 children in Primary and upper primary
At
least two teachers in a Primary school
One
teacher for every class in the upper primary
School / Alternative schooling facility
Within
one Kilometre of every habitation
Provision
for opening of new schools as per State norms or for setting up EGS like
schools in unserved habitations.
Upper Primary schools/ Sector
As
per requirement based on the number of children completing primary education,
up to a ceiling of one upper primary school/section for every two primary
schools
Classrooms
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.
A
room for Head-Master in upper Primary school/section
Free textbooks
To
all girls/SC/ST children at primary & upper primary level within an upper
ceiling of Rs. 150/- per child
State
to continue to fund free textbooks being currently provided from the State
Plans
Civil works
Ceiling
of 33% of SS programme funds
For
improvement of school facilities, BRC/CRC construction.
CRCs
could also be used as an additional room.
No
expenditure to be incurred on construction of office buildings.
Districts
to prepare infrastructure Plans
Maintenance and repair of school buildings
Only
through school management committees/VECs
Upto
Rs. 5000 per year as per specific proposal by the school committee.
Must
involve elements of community contribution
Upgradation of EGS to regular school / setting up of new Primary
school as per State norm
Provision
for TLE @ Rs 10,000/- per school
TLE
as per local context and need
Involvement
of teachers and parents neceSSry in TLE selection and procurement
VEC/
school-village level appropriate body to decide on best mode of procurement
Requirement
of successful running of EGS centre for two years before it is considered for
upgradation
Provision
for teacher & classrooms.
TLE for upper-primary
@
Rs 50,000 per school for uncovered schools
As
per local specific requirement to be determined by the teachers/ school
committee
School
committee to decide on best mode of procurement, in consultation with teachers
School
Committee may recommend district level procurement if there are advantages of
scale
Schools grant
Rs.
2000/- per year per primary/upper primary school for replacement of non
functional school equipment
Transparency
in utilisation
To
be spent only by VEC/SMC
Teacher grant
Rs
500 per teacher per year in primary and upper primary
Transparency
in utilisation
Teacher training
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
Unit
cost is indicative; would be lower in non residential training programmes
Includes
all training cost
Assessment
of capacities for effective training during appraisal will determine extent of
coverage
Support
for SCERT/DIET under existing Teacher Education Scheme
State Institute of Educational Management and Training (SIEMAT)
One
time assistance up to Rs. 3 crore
States
have to agree to sustain
Selection
criteria for faculty to be rigorous
Training of community leaders
For
a maximum of 8 persons in a village for 2 days in a year - preferably women
@
Rs. 30/- per day/div>
Provision for disabled children
Upto
Rs. 1200/- per child for integration of disabled children, as per specific
proposal, per year
District
Plan for children with special needs will be formulated within the Rs. 1200 per
child nor
Involvement
of resource institutions to be encouraged
Research, Evaluation, supervision and monitoring
Upto
Rs. 1500 per school per year
Partnership
with research and resource institutions, pool of resource teams with State
specific focus
Priority
to development of capacities for appraisal and supervision through
resource/research institutions and on an effective EMIS
Provision
for regular school mapping/micro planning for updating of household data
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
Funds
to be spent at national, state, district, sub district, school level out of the
overall per school allocation.
Rs.
100 per school per year to be spent at national level
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.
Involvement
of resource institutions willing to undertake state specific responsibilities
Management Cost
Not
to exceed 6% of the budget of a district plan
To
include expenditure on office expenses, hiring of experts at various levels
after assessment of existing manpower, POL, etc.;
Priority
to experts in MIS, community planning processes, civil works, gender, etc.
depending on capacity available in a particular district
Management
costs should be used to develop effective teams at State/
District/Block/Cluster levels
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.
Innovative activity for girls' education, early childhood care
& education, interventions for children belonging to SC/ST community,
computer education specially for upper primary level
Upto
to Rs. 15 lakh for each innovative project and Rs. 50 lakh for a district per
year will apply for SS
ECCE
and girls education interventions to have unit costs already approved under
other existing schemes.
Block Resource Centres/ Cluster Resource Centres
BRC/CRC
to be located in school campus as far as possible
Rs.
6 lakh ceiling for BRC building construction wherever required
Rs.
2 lakh for CRC construction wherever required - should be used as an additional
classroom in schools.
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.
Deployment
of up to 20 teacher in a block with more than 100 schools; 10 teachers in
smaller Blocks in BRCs/CRCs.
Provision
of furniture, etc. @ Rs. 1 lakh for a BRC and Rs. 10,000 for a CRC
Contingency
grant of Rs. 12,500 for a BRC and Rs. 2500 for a CRC, per year
Identification
of BRC/CRC personnel after intensive selection process in the preparatory phase
itself.
Interventions for out of school children
As
per norms already approved under Education Guarantee Scheme & Alternative
and Innovative Education, providing for the following kind of interventions
Setting
up Education Guarantee Centres in unserved habitations
Setting
up other alternative schooling models
Bridge
Courses, remedial courses, Back-to-School Camps with a focus on mainstreaming
out of school children into regular schools.
Preparatory activities for microplanning, household surveys,
studies, community mobilization, school-based activities, office equipment,
training and orientation at all levels, etc.
As
per specific proposal of a district, duly recommended by the State. Urban
areas, within a district or metropolitan cities may be treated as a separate
unit for planning as required
Provision
of furniture, etc. @ Rs. 1 lakh for a BRC and Rs. 10,000 for a CRC