Hyderabad: The Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi on Monday said financial assistance is provided to States and Union Territories (UTs) for various interventions including Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs), under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme Samagra Shiksha.
The Annual Work Plan and Budget (AWP&B) is prepared by the States and UTs, including Telangana, based on their requirements and priorities. The AWP&B is then appraised or approved by the Project Approval Board (PAB), in consultation with the States and UTs, as per the programmatic and financial norms of the scheme and availability of budgetary resources.
As many as 736 KGBVs have been approved for Telangana including 26 KGBVs in Medak district. The ‘Education’ is in List-III (Concurrent List) of the Seventh Schedule of the
Constitution of India and majority of the schools are under the administrative control of the respective State governments and UT governments.
The Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN) Scheme is implemented in partnership with the State and UT governments and administrations. The overall responsibility of providing hot and nutritious meal to all children studying in Balvatika and Classes I to VIII in the government and government aided schools lies with the State governments, UT governments and administrations.
Under PM POSHAN scheme, one hot cooked meal is provided to all eligible children on all school working days. The Telangana government is implementing various measures to improve the quality and nutritional standards, supply of fine rice to all eligible students, provision of eggs three times a week, introduction of Ragi Java three times in a week and regular quality monitoring and inspections by State, District and Mandal level officers.
The government is also carrying out periodic food safety, hygiene and sanitation inspections in schools apart from training and capacity building of cook – cum – helpers, timely supply of food grains and cooking cost under PM POSHAN and continuous monitoring through PM POSHAN MIS and field – level supervision.
Joshi said this while respond to question raised by BJP M Raghunandan Rao in Lok Sabha on utilisation of funds under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and Samagra Shiksha in Telangana in Lok Sabha on Monday.
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