Lok Sabha Question No. 289 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-24
Subject: School Management Committees
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Janardan Singh Sigriwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 289 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.06.2019

## School Management Committees

## 289. SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of assistance provided to States/UTs by the Government during the last three years to augment capacity for school monitoring and planning by School Management Committees (SMCs) members;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  steps  to  address  the  low  utilisation  of  funds  under  the 'SMC training and community mobilisation' component by the States; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER Minister of Human Resource Development (Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank')

- (a) to (c): Section 21(1) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 provides for a School Management Committee (SMC) in schools other than unaided schools  and  envisages  dynamic  role  of  the  community  in  effective  monitoring  of  schools. Section 21(2) of the Act lays down the following functions of the SMCs namely: (i) Monitor the working of the school (ii) prepare and recommend school development plan (iii) monitor the utilization of the grants received from the appropriate Government or local authority or any other source (iv) perform such other functions as may be prescribed.

Under  erstwhile  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  of  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan(SSA)  and Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan(RMSA), there was provision for financial assistance to  States/UTs  for  training  of  the  members  of  School  Management  Committees  (SMCs)/ School Management Development Committees(SMDCs). SSA and RMSA have now been subsumed  under  the  newly  launched  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  'Samagra  Shiksha' from 2018-19. The integrated scheme assigns special importance to decentralised planning and implementation with active involvement of community members, teachers, parents, local bodies including Panchayati Raj Institutions, Municipal Bodies, and other stakeholders in the management of schools through SMCs.

Under Samagra Shiksha, there is specific provision of financial assistance of up to Rs.1500 per  school  under  'Media  and  Community  Mobilisation'  and  upto  Rs.  3000  per  school  for Training  of  SMC/SDMC members for Government Schools. The outlay approved for this purpose for the States/UTs during the last three years is given below:

(Rs. In lakhs)

| Year    |   Outlay Approved |
|---------|-------------------|
| 2016-17 |           19409.8 |
| 2017-18 |           18864.9 |
| 2018-19 |           29753.8 |

Funds under the schemes are released in lump-sum and not component wise. Every year during the appraisal of the Annual Work Plan & Budget (AWP&B) of the States/UTs and the  Project  Approval  Board  (PAB)  meetings,  the  States/UTs  are  advised  to  fully implement  the  interventions  approved,  including  the  SMC  training  and  Community Mobilisation  component.  Utilisation  under  this  component  is  also  reviewed  along  with other components of the scheme through periodic meetings with Education Secretaries/State Project Directors of States and UTs.

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