Sr. NO. |
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
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2 |
School / Alternative schooling facility |
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Within one Kilometre of every habitation
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Provision for opening of new schools as per State norms or for setting up EGS like schools in unserved habitations.
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3 |
Upper Primary schools/ Sector |
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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
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4 |
Classrooms |
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A class 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
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5 |
Free textbooks |
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To all girls/SC/ST children at primary & upper primary level within an upper ceiling of Rs. 150/- per child
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State to continue to fund free textbooks being currently provided from the State Plans.
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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.
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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
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8 |
Upgradation of EGS to regular school or setting up of a 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.
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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.
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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
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11 |
Teacher grant |
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Rs 500 per teacher per year in primary and upper primary
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Transparency in utilisation
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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
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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
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14 |
Training of community leaders |
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For a maximum of 8 persons in a village for 2 days in a year - preferably women
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@ Rs. 30/- per day
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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
- Involvement of resource institutions to be encouraged
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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
- 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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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