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Que.1
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What should be the district for the purpose of
preparation of DEEP? That is whether the
revenue district or the educational
district should be taken as the unit for
planning at the district level?
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Reply
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Revenue district should be taken as the unit
of planning at the district level. The
number of revenue districts is frozen as
on 31/3/2002 , and no further
bifurcation would be taken into account
for planning. Plans of districts
bifurcated subsequently would be
included in the original unbifurcated
district.
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Que.2
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What norms should be followed in creation of posts, other
than that of teachers?
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Reply
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While sanctioning new non-teacher posts
following points may be kept in
consideration
No new permanent posts should be created.
While examining the need of new posts, the
feasibility of using the human resources
available in the present administrative
structure - both the mainline education
department and DPEP - should be explored
first. If any of the activities cannot
be done with the present set up, only
then recourse should be made to new
posts.
The posts being created should be filled only
through contract or through deputation.
No permanent liability should accrue on
the society due to filling up of these
posts.
No deputation allowance will be allowed for
posts filled through deputation.
The total management cost should be less than
6% of the total cost, separately for
each district and also in total for the
entire State.
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Que.3
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Whether personnel can be posted for supervision of civil
works?
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Reply
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Personnel can be posted at various levels for
civil works supervision, subject to the
guidelines mentioned in FAQ No. 2.
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Que.4
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Whether repairs can be done for classrooms beyond Rs
5000/- per school?
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Reply
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SSA would fund only upto Rs 5000/- per school
per annum for maintenance and repair.
However, repairs beyond Rs 5000/- can
always be taken up by sourcing other
funds such as community contribution,
Panchayat Funds, State Government funds,
Centrally sponsored schemes, etc.
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Que.5
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What should be the unit cost of civil works in cases
where SSA norms are silent?
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Reply
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The unit cost, where not specifically
mentioned in the SSA norms, would depend
on the PWD norms of the State. However,
in cases where the unit costs are
abnormally high, the estimates would be
looked into by the Technical Support
Group of SSA at the National Level for
its recommendations. In case of drinking
water facilities and toilets, the PAB
has fixed an upper limit of Rs 15000/-
and Rs 20000/- respectively. Any
additional expenditure for these two
items would have to be met by the State
through other sources.
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Que.6
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Whether child friendly elements are permitted in schools
under SSA?
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Reply
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Permanent civil works based child-friendly
elements can be provided in the new
school buildings sanctioned under SSA,
provided they are built in to the unit
cost of the school building.
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Que.7
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Whether boundary walls are permitted under
SSA?
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Reply
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Boundary Walls would be permitted only in
extreme cases like hilly terrain, forest
areas or urban areas. In other cases
boundary walls from SSA funds would not
be encouraged.
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Que.8
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Whether ECCE facilities or EGS centres can be constructed
under SSA?
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Reply
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ECCE facilities or EGS centres cannot be
constructed under SSA.
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Que.9
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Whether the 5% limit on cost of construction of BRCs/CRCs
is within the 33% civil works limit or
over and above the civil works limit?
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Reply
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The 33% limit on civil works includes
expenditure on construction of BRCs and
CRCs. Within this overall limit there is
a sub-limit of 5% of total annual
projected expenditure on construction of
BRCs and CRCs.
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Que.10
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Whether ceiling of Rs 6 lakhs for BRC construction and Rs
2 lakhs for CRC construction continue
till 2010?
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Reply
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Yes, as per current approvals. However, it is
also expected that BRCs and CRCs would
be constructed in the initial years of
the programme.
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Que.11
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Whether civil works plan should have details of funds
accessed from other sources?
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Reply
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The Plans should make a realistic analysis of
funds available for school
infrastructure improvement. While exact
amount available under schemes, other
than SSA, may not be known, an
assessment should be made of items of
work which could be taken up under other
schemes and only the balance should be
proposed for funding under SSA. It may
be possible for the District to come to
a conclusion that only limited funding
or no funding is available from other
schemes but this should be clearly
brought out in the plans or in
subsequent documentation.
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Que.12
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Whether residential schools can be constructed under
civil works?
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Reply
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Hostels cannot be taken up under civil works
as part of school facility. However,
residential schools as a complete
package can be taken up under the
innovative scheme.
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Que.13
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Whether equipment for monitoring quality of construction
can be purchased and training of
supervisory teams for civil works
monitoring can be taken up?
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Reply
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The unit cost for each construction should
have a supervision component. If any
equipment is to be bought, it should be
bought from this provision. The
supervision cost built into the unit
cost can be retained at the
District/State level for expenditure on
supervision. Training of supervisory
staff can be budgeted under the
management cost.
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Que.14
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While expenditure on civil works is limited to 33% of the
perspective plan outlay, districts have
been permitted to go up to 40% of annual
outlay each year provided the total
expenditure does not exceed 33% of the
approved perspective outlay. Whether
this perspective outlay should be the
outlay till 2010 or till 2007.
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Reply
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Since the districts have been asked to
prepare the financial component of the
perspective plan only till 2007 (even
though the physical component would be
till 2010), the 33% limit would be taken
as that of the approved financial outlay
till 2007. Thus, the annual plans can go
upto 40% of the annual outlay, provided
the perspective plan has been approved
and the total expenditure does not
exceed 33% of the approved outlay till
2007.
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Que.15
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Whether SIEMAT or BRC construction needs to be done by
the community?
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Reply
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Since SIEMAT is a State level construction,
it need not be done by the community.
The State may follow the PWD regulations
or other regulations applicable to the
Education Department of the State for
construction of office buildings.
Regarding BRCs, which are block-level
structures, the concerned State
Government may decide between community
construction or construction through a
State agency such as PWD.
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Que.16
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Whether salary of the teachers recruited under SSA is
only for a ten-year period?
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Reply
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As per the SSA norms, the sharing pattern
under SSA between the Centre and the
States is 8515 in the 9th Plan, 7525
in the 10th Plan and 5050 thereafter.
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Que.17
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Would the expenditure on BRC and CRC resource person be a
part of the management cost?
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Reply
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Expenditure on the resource persons in BRC/CRC
(20 or 10 per block as the case may be)
is not part of the management cost.
Other costs on BRC/CRC, provided in the
SSA norms such as TLM, Furniture,
contingency, TA, Meeting, etc, are also
not part of the management cost.
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Que.18
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What is the provision under SSA for training of BRC/CRC
personnel?
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Reply
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Since
BRC/CRC personnel are teachers,
training to them can be provided under
the head for teachers' training for
in-service teachers (20 days).
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Que.19
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How should be the BRC/CRC personnel be recruited?
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Reply
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BRC/CRC personnel should be recruited from
the existing senior and experienced
teachers who have shown the temperament
for this kind of job. The resultant
vacancies would be filled up with fresh
teachers, and so the budgeting would be
done based on the salary of these fresh
teachers.
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Que.20
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Whether
BRC/CRC can be opened in urban areas?
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Reply
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If the district in which the urban area lies
has no CD Blocks, then BRCs cannot be
opened in that urban area. However, if
the district has some CD Blocks within
its jurisdiction, then scaled down BRCs
can be opened in the urban areas within
the district, with the proviso that the
total expenditure on BRCs/CRCs in the
district should not exceed the
expenditure which would have been
incurred if BRCs were opened at the rate
of 1 BRC per CD Block. There is no
restriction on opening of CRCs in urban
areas.
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Que.21
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Whether libraries can be set up at BRCs
/CRCs?
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Reply
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Libraries can be set up under the annual TLM
grant provided for BRCs and CRCs.
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Que.22
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Whether Rs 1200/- per child for IED assistance is only
for enrolled children?
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Reply
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This amount is for all children identified
during survey, with the objective that
these interventions would bring all such
children into the school system.
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Que.23
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What funds are available for Government aided schools?
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Government aided schools should satisfy the
following conditions to be eligible for
getting some of the grants under SSA
The admission policy in the aided schools
should be similar to that of Government
schools in the State.
The aided schools should not be collecting
any fee from the students.
Government sanction should be obtained for
appointment of teacher
Salary of teachers and their service
conditions should be similar to that of
Government school teachers.
Syllabus followed should be same as that of
Government schools
If the above conditions are satisfied,
following may be extended to the
district for Government aided schools
a.
Teachers' grant @ Rs 500/- p.m.
b.
School Grant @ Rs 2000/- p.m.
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Teacher Training for Govt Aided School teachers
d.
Free text books to children
Further, in such cases, aided schools may
also be taken into account for
calculating Research grant.
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Que.24
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Whether TLE grant @ Rs 10000/- per school can be given to
the existing primary schools not covered
under Operation Black Board?
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No. Only in case of Upper Primary schools,
the uncovered schools are eligible for
the TLE grant of Rs 50000/-.
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Que.25
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Whether Research Grant is available for EGS centres/bridge
courses/alternate schools?
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Reply
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No.
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Que.26
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Whether Cantonment Schools are eligible for SSA
assistance?
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Reply
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As far as these schools are fully run by the
Cantonment Boards and do not charge any
fee, these are eligible for assistance
under SSA.
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Que.27
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Whether Madarsas are eligible for assistance?
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Reply
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Reply Madarsas affiliated to the State
Madarsa Boards and satisfying the
conditions given in reply to FAQ 23, are
eligible for the assistance mentioned in
FAQ 23. However, such Madarsas would be
expected to follow the curriculum
prescribed by the State Madarsa Board.
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Que.28
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How many teachers can be provided for new upper primary
schools being opened?
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Reply
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A minimum number of three teachers can be
recommended, provided such teachers are
not available through redeployment, at
the rate of one teacher per class. The
maximum number would depend on the
strength of upper primary sections and
would be guided by the provision of one
teacher for 40 children.
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Que.29
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From which funds curriculum renewal/ text book
development & printing could be
taken up?
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Reply
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Curriculum renewal could be taken up from the
Research Grant. Text Book development
and printing could be amortized in the
cost of books and the books priced
accordingly. So separate funds may not
be necessary to be provided for text
book development and printing.
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Que.30
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Whether workbooks can be distributed within the funds
available for free distribution of
textbooks?
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Reply
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As far as the workbooks are integral part of
curriculum delivery and are regarded as
part and parcel of textbooks, they can
be funded for free distribution along
with textbooks within the overall
ceiling of Rs 150/- per child.
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Que.31
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Whether transport cost for distribution of books can be
provided from SSA funds?
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Reply
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No separate funds need to be provided for
this under SSA. The States may include
the distribution cost in the cost of the
book and price them accordingly.
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Que.32
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Under which head costs related to MIS development be
provided?
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Reply
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This may be provided under the Research Head.
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Que.33
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Whether newsletter can be brought out by States/
Districts?
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Reply
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Newsletters can be brought out by States/
Districts and can be budgeted under the
management head?
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Que.34
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Whether funds can be provided for media activity?
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Reply
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Funds can be provided for media activity
under the management head.
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