ALLOTMENT POLICY FOR RESIDENTIAL
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
The Ministry of Tribal
Affairs has a well defined scheme of Grants in aid to Voluntary
Organisations working for the welfare of Scheduled Tribes, under
which grants in aid are released to NGOs for setting up and running
among other projects, Residential Primary Schools for STs and
it has got a uniform allotment policy for residential primary
schools. The selection of NGOs and the release of grants are made
as per the recommendations of the State Government and the Project
Screening Committee at the Ministry.
The Project Screening
Committee scrutinised and examined the proposals recommended by
various State Governments and identified the organisations for
allotment of Residential and Non-Residential Schools based on
their financial capability and experience in the field of education,
besides keeping in mind the avialability of funds under the scheme
with the Ministry.
The Project Screening
Committee recommended the sanction of Non-Residential Schools
to some organisations against their proposal of Residential Schools,
where it was felt by the Project Screening Committee that, at
the proposed location, a Non-Residential School can serve the
purpose and the organisation was given the option to accept or
refuse the same depending upon their willingness to run the Non-Residential
School.
This information
was given by the Union Minister for Tribal Affairs, Shri Jual
Oram in a written reply to a question from Shri Haribhau Shankar
Mahale in the Lok Sabha today.
