Haryana Chief Secretary, PK Chaudhery on Monday stressed on greater involvement of community and parents in the education of their children so that learning among children could be increased.
Presiding over the 37th meeting of the Executive Committee of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) here, Chaudhery said that there is a provision of over Rs 2.68 crore on community training under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. Directing the officers of the School Education Department to ensure timely delivery of books in all schools, he said in case, there is any delay due to some unavoidable circumstances, then electronic books should be provided to children or a soft copy of the book should be provided to the teachers to avoid any delay in imparting education to the children.
In the meeting, progress of SSA was also reviewed and it was informed that upto October 31, this year, Rs 199.73 crore had been spent in current financial year on education. Out of it, a sum of over Rs 198.23 crore has been incurred by SSA and over Rs 1.50 crore by Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalyas (KGBVs).
It was informed that over Rs 38.87 crore has been spent during the current financial year for providing free text books and the total number of beneficiaries have been 13,43,528 students from primary and 7,26,758 students from upper primary classes. A total of over Rs 8.58 crore has been spent for providing school grants to 14,925 schools at the rate of Rs 5,000 per primary and Rs 7,000 per upper primary schools. Also, school uniform has been provided to all girls and boys belonging to Scheduled Castes and BPl families.