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6.
Education Volunteers
6.1
Selection process
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The EV would be selected by the local community
where the school/centre is proposed to be established.
The state may define the role of the local VEC, Panchayat and
the committee of parents where children are to be enrolled in the EGS
& AIE centre.
It is mandatory that an important role is assigned to the group
of parents whose children are to be enrolled in the school/centre
since they are the most important stakeholder in the proper
functioning of the school.
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The VEC/Gram Panchayat should ensure that the local
community is informed about the need for a EV for the EGS & AIE
school/camp.
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The VEC/Gram Panchayat would receive applications,
scrutinize them and shortlist suitable candidates.
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The State could make available the support of DIET/BRC
personnel to the village level body to assess the academic capacity of
the candidates.
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The selection process may include a written test
and an interview of candidates to make a final selection.
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The teacher would be appointed by the parents
committee/VEC/gram panchayat as per the decision taken by the state.
6.2
Criteria
for selection
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The candidate should be atleast 18 years of age and
be a matriculate (passed class X) for primary level school/centre.
Women with lower than class X qualification should be engaged only in
very exceptional circumstances where qualified women are not available
at all. For some very
specific cases, EGS & AIE would support professional preparation
of women through long duration residential training programmes for
their induction as EVs in
schools/centres funded by the scheme. For upper primary centre the person should be atleast 21
years of age and a graduate. Women
with class XII qualification could be selected if no suitable graduate
candidate is available.
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The
Panchayat/VEC/Parents committee should give
preference to women when selecting EVs. As an incentive for
appointment of female EVs, preference would be given to EGS centres
with female EVs while upgrading them to schools under SSA.
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The EV should, preferably, belong to the same
habitations or village/panchayat.
He/she should preferably belong to the same community as the
children who would be enrolled in the school.
The
State Government may consider inclusion of a provision in the instructions
that may be issued for selection of education volunteers for EGS school or
AIE camp/centre for giving some preference to an erstwhile NFE instructor
in the selection of the education volunteer under the new scheme, if the
NFE instructor has performed his/her duties satisfactorily and satisfies
the other conditions mentioned above.
In addition, the states may consider relaxation of age limit for
any instructors and supervisors for being eligible for selection under
various para-teacher schemes including for EGS & AIE (where such age
limit is decided by any state). The decision regarding selection of EV would vest with the
VEC/gram panchayat.
In Madhya Pradesh, the Gram Panchayat prepares a panel of 3
candidates stating its preference. The
EGS committee (consisting of parents of children who would be enrolled)
makes the final decision based on norms.
The appointment is made by the panchayat.
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