The annual plan outlay under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan for the State has been pegged at Rs 159,217.28 lakh for 2013-14.
The outlay was finalised at the Project Approval Board (PAB) meeting between a team of senior officers of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and School and Mass Education secretary Usha Padhee, State Project Director of Odisha Primary Education Programme Authority (OPEPA) Krishna Gopal Mohapatra, including departmental officers at New Delhi.
For providing grant to the Government and aided schools, an outlay of Rs 4,135.86 lakh has been approved. Maintenance grant would be provided through School Management Committee up to Rs 5,000 per school per year in respect of schools having up to three classrooms and up to a maximum of Rs 10,000 per school per year for schools having more than 3 classrooms.
Free textbooks will be provided to all students of Government and aided schools of elementary level. Free uniform will be provided to all girls, SC and ST boys and students of BPl category of all Government schools. In this context, an outlay of Rs 20,584.88 lakh for 5146220 students has been approved by the Project Approval Board (PAB) .
The Project Approval Board (PAB) also approved fund for inclusive education, teachers' salary, teachers’ training, Block Resource Centre, Cluster Resource Centre and for storytelling programme.
An outlay of Rs 200.64 lakh for 30 districts was approved for self-defence training of girls at upper primary level. An outlay of Rs 433.10 lakh for 30 districts was approved for the activities of Children SRUJAN.