Chief Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Thursday directed the officials to fix 45 days period for the publication & supply of academic books of Class I to V.
He also directed to publish single tender on district level for the purchase of different materials, including logistics & equipment and said that it can be submitted at any of the Kasturba Ganghi Girls schools within the stipulated time.
Gauba was holding the 41st meeting of State Executive Committee of Jharkhand Education Project Council. The Chief Secretary said that admission committees have been reconstituted in Kasturba Gandhi Girls Schools. He said that girls from Mahila Samakhaya, NGOs at block level, naxal affected areas, recommended list of trafficked girls, scheduled tribes, lists obtained from members of school managing committee & un-admitted girls as informed & recommended by already studying girls will be admitted in this school. He laid stress on reconstituting purchase process and purchase committee in Kasturba Gandhi Girls Schools.
He said that the Union Government will be consulted after analysing the honorarium of Para Teachers of different States. At the same time, he informed that in the light of Employees Provident Fund Act 1952, the Govt has decided to increase the share of the employer under Employees Provident Fund from `6500 to `15,000 per month for the staff working on contract against approved posts under Sarva Siksha Abhiyan of Jharkhand Siksha Pariyojana Parishad.
Gauba said that the delegated financial power to JEPC officers has been amended from `25 thousand to `1.5 lakh for Administrative officers, `50 lakh to `1 crore for State Project Director & more than
`1 crore has been delegated to the Secretary, School Education & literacy Department respectively.
Principal Secretary Finance Amit Khare, Secretary Science & Technology Mr. Ajoy Kumar Singh, Secretary School Education & literacy department Aradhana Patnaik, Director National Health Mission Ashish Sinhmar, Director of JEPC, among others were present in the meeting.