It is expected that the percentage may go up in the coming years.
So far, the Computer Literacy Programme has been introduced in 103 Vidyalayas. It is targetted to cover all the Vidyalayas i.e. 482 at the end of IX Plan. The children from Class VI to XII are provided with the computer education. The Scheme so far could provide employment generation to the extent of 13064 and it may reach 14211 by the end of VIII Plan.
In so far as the construction of Vidyalaya buildings is concerned, it may be mentioned that administrative approvals for 327 Vidyalaya buildings complexes, including boundary walls has already been given and the works in respect of 74 Vidyalayas have been completed with all requisite buildings upto 1995-96 and 55 Vidyalayas ate expected to be completed in 1996-97, However, 244 vidyalayas are functioning in their own buildings to the extent completed and another 44 vidyalayas are likely to be shifted during 1996-97 to their own buildings to the extent completed.
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An outlay of Rs. 650.00 crores was approved for the VIII Plan. The anticipated expenditure during the 8th Plan is Rs.766.30 crores. Year-wise details as follows:-
YEAR OUTLAY ACTUAL EXP.
1992-93 75.00 89.78
1993-94 131.71 129.38
1994-95 152.63 156.50
1995-96 200.00 190.09
1996-97 186.00 200.55**
ANTICIPATED
Keeping in view the need to provide adequate buildings which is crucial to run a residential school, the Samiti has been giving highest priority for construction programme under Plan provisions. About 62 to 65% of the Plan provision are utilised for building construction.
IX PLAN The main emphasis on the implementation of the scheme during IX Plan will be:-
i) To consolidate the 374 vidyalayas functioning at the end of VIII Plan and 16 vidyalayas likely to be functional in 1997-98.
ii) To cover the remaining districts existed to cover all the district (482) by sanctioning 92 new vidyalayas during IX Plan.
iii) To provide adequate building complexes and infrastructural facilities.
iv) To expand Computer Literacy Programme to 379 more Vidyalayas and improve academic excellence.
v) To establish 5 Zonal Teachers. Training Institutes for providing courses.
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The year-wise programme of sanctioning of Vidyalayas and likely to be operational in view of the decision that the Vidyalayas sanctioned in a particular- year will be functional in next financial year, are as detailed below for the IX Plan Period:-
YEAR NO.OF OPERATIONAL EXPECTED STUDENTS
SANCTIONED STRENGTH IN THE YEAR
UPTO 1996-1997 390 374 1,12,680
Target 1997-1998 30 16 1,22,106
1998-1999 30 30 1,30,382
1999-2000 32 30 1,40,077
2000-2001 - 32 1,40,906
2001-2002 - - 1,58,000
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The Executive Committee of the Samiti had increased the expenditure on students from Rs.3,500/- to Rs.5,000/- per annum per student with effect from 1993-94. However, the Samiti so far provided Rs.4,710/-. Now, it is anticipitated that Rs. 5,000,/- is required with marginal increase of 5% from year to year during 9th Plan period.
The Computer Literacy Programme is in operation in 103 vidyalayas and proposed to expand to 100 vidyalayas in a year of IX Plan period covering all Vidyalayas by the end of IX Plan. This consists recurring and non-recurring expenditure.
The recurring and non-recurring cost (Plan) other than the cost of construction of buildings etc. with marginal increase from year to year will be Rs. 1,259.89 crores for 482 Vidyalayas.
The scheme has since been completed 10 years of its existence, it is proposed to evaluate by the internal agencies as well as external agencies during IX Plan, It is also proposed to conduct a number of action research studies in various academic and management aspects for improving the functioning of the Vidyalayas. For this purpose a sum Rs.4.00 Crores which is about 0.2% of the estimates.
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It is proposed that an outlay of Rs. 1495.00 Crore may be provided for Ninth Plan and Rs. 195.00 Crore for Annual Plan 1997-98. Head-wise break-tip is given as under:
(Rs. in Crores)
1997-98 Ninth Plan
i) Salaries 14.41 215.44
ii) Exp. on student 12.47 197.81
iii) Recurring Exp. 23.74 159.74
iv) Non Recurring Exp. 14.88 84.31
v) Construction of 128.50 833.70
Buildings
vi) Evaluation & 1.00 4.00
Monitoring
Total 195.00 1495.00
12. Strengthening of boarding and hostel facilities for girl
students of secondary and higher secondary schools The primary aim of the scheme is to give a boost to the retention of girls in High and Higher Secondary schools, particularly in rural areas. This Scheme, launched in 1993-94, provides recurring assistance for food and non-recurring assistance for furniture, utensils and recreational aids in the existing girls hostels or boarding houses run by voluntary agencies. Assistance under the Scheme is being provided to hostels or boarding houses whose inmates are girls who are students of classes IX-XII of recognised schools.
The total 8th Plan outlay for the Scheme was kept at Rs.2.00 crores. An amount of Rs. 2.00 crores has been proposed for 1997-98. An estimated provision of Rs. 10.00 crores has been proposed for the 9th Plan period.
13. National Population Education Project (NPEP) The National Population Education Project (NPEP) was conceived with the main objective of institutionalising Population Education in all the education process of formal school and nonformal education systems, During the third cycle which began from 1992,
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special attention has been paid to girls and SCs/STs through various curricular activities with emphasis on community participation. The project is likely to enter the fourth cycle next year with a new nomenclature viz. Population and Development Education in Schools.
The total Plan outlay for the Eight Five Year Plan was estimated at Rs. 5.00 crores. An amount of Rs.1.30 crores has been proposed for 1997-98. An estimated provision of Rs. 10.00 crores has been proposed for the 9th Plan.
14. Kendriya Vidyalayas The scheme of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, to provide a common syllabus and medium of instructions to children of transferable central government employees was started on the recommendation of secon Central Pay Commission in the 1963-64, Subsequently, in 1965 a wholly government financed autonomous body, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan was set up under the Societies Registration Act. The Cabinet had approved in May 1992 for opening of 20 Kendriya Vidyalayas per year in the Defence and Civil Sectors during the period of 1993-94 to 1997-98 and as many proposals found suitable under- the project sector.
The entire expenditure of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan is met out of non-plan budget of the Government of India from the very inception of the scheme, The Government have imposed restrictions on expenditure out of non-plan budget. The financial requirement of the Sangathan which is an expanding organisation particularly when 20 Kendriya Vidyalayas has been approved by the Cabinet to open each year from the year 1993-94 to 1997-98, has increased both terms of physical facilities such as school building/staff quarters and other necessary infrastructure and in terms of the need to cope up with the modern trend of education.
Accordingly, Government of India has sanctioned for the first time an amount of Rs. 10,50 crores under Plan Budget for the year 1995-96 The budget provision for 1996-97 is Rs. 5.50 crores. An outlay of Rs.25 crore for the 9th Plan and Rs.5.50 crore for the Annual Plan 1997-98 has been proposed.
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New Schemes
15. Generic Vocational Courses at Higher Secondary Stage The Acharya Ramamurthy Committee, which reviewed the NPE, 1986, suggested two modifications one of which related to introduction of Generic Vocational Courses (GVCs) for students of academic stream at the +2 level in schools. The proposal was accordingly placed before the Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) in its meeting held on October 22, 1992. It was decided therein that implementation of GVCs may initially be taken up on a pilot basis within the programme activities of the Central Institute of Vocational Education (CIVE), for which necessary provisions may be made in the budgetary allocation for CIVE programmes/activities.
Concept & Rationale CIVE has accordingly prepared a proposal for introduction of GVC at the higher secondary stage. The GVCs aim at providing skills which cut across various vocations and prepare an individual for an occupational role in general, immediately or after some more training. The skills to be imparted through GVCs are basic skills/key competencies/transferable skills, the rationale being that in view of the rapid changes in technology, there is a demand from employers to have trainable person rather than a person trained in particular vocation.
Scope a) All academic stream students of class XI and XII.
b) Could be given to vocational stream students if they are lacking in some key competencies/basic transferable skills.
Main Objectives a) To develop such key transferable skills which cut across various vocations and are needed by all the members of the educated work force-regardless of the persons occupation.
b) To develop the human resource and make it more trainable to adapt to the fast changing technological society.
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c) To improve the quality of general education for the future technology oriented society.
CIVE has drawn up a syllabus, staff requirement, list of equipments/tools/raw-material, financial requirement, etc. The GVCs will be introduced in lieu of Socially Useful Productive Work (SUPW) at the +2 stage. At least 15 per cent of school time given for SUPW is required to be made available for GVCs. The course content would include exposure to areas pertaining to basic house keeping, use of electric skills working in groups, environmental consciousness, service sector skills like banking,, accounting;, etc.
It is proposed to initially introduce GVCs in selected schools spanning over four regions of the country. During the first year, a beginning is proposed to be made with 200 schools and thereafter it would be expanded based on performance. For covering 200 schools, an expenditure about Rs.3.65 crores has been estimated by CIVE in respect of schools which have computer facility. This includes expenditure on tools and equipment raw-material, curriculum/instructional material development, teachers training and honorarium to guest lecturers.
An outlay of Rs. 18.25 crore for the 9th Plan and Rs.3.65 crore for the Annual Plan 1997-98 are being proposed.
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