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Revised Guidelines for implementation
of The ‘National Programme
for Education of Girls at Elementary Level (NPEGEL)’ as a component
of the scheme of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)
1. Background
1.1
The
Government has approved a new programme called ‘National Programme
for Education of Girls at Elementary Level (NPEGEL)’ as an amendment
to the scheme of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) for providing
additional components for education of girls at elementary level.
The NPEGEL will form part of SSA and will be implemented under the
umbrella of SSA but with a distinct identity.
1.2
The scheme of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) was started in the year
2001-02 with the objective of universalisation of elementary
education. It is an attempt to provide an opportunity for improving
human capabilities to all children including the girl child, through
provision of community-owned quality education in a mission mode.
However, as SSA has limited financial provisions for girls’
education in the form of “innovations” at district level and free
textbooks, and thus there is a need for an additional component.
1.3
Accordingly, NPEGEL has been formulated for education of under
privileged/ disadvantaged girls from class I to VIII as a separate
and distinct gender component plan of SSA. The gender component is
necessary to achieve UEE for girls in educationally backward areas.
2.
Scope:
2.1
The
scheme would be applicable in the following areas:-
(a)
Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs) : EBB means a block where the
level of rural female literacy is less than the national average and
the gender gap is above the national average.
(b)
Blocks
of districts which have atleast 5% SC/ ST population and SC/ ST
female literacy rate below 10% shall also be taken up under this
programme
(c)
Selected urban slums.
3. Strategy:
A.
Mobilisation for girls’ education, including community, teachers,
NGOs, etc. This is to be a process oriented programme, where
community ownership and the basket of components must evolve with
local participation.
B.
The block
will be the designated as the unit of planning implementation and
monitoring.
C.
A basket of
components has been provided in the scheme. However, all blocks may
not need to take up all permissible activities. The projects should
be based on the conditions of that block and all strategies and
interventions must target both “in” and “out” of school girls (age
6-14 years) within the block namely:
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Out of school girls
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Drop outs girls
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Overage girls , who have not completed
elementary education
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Working girls
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Girls from marginalized social groups.
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Girls with low attendance
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Girls with low levels of achievement
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Girls
rescued from work, trafficked children, daughters of sex workers,
displaced girls including girls in disturbed areas and urban
settings.
D.
Development of material including
teaching learning material, CDs, films and other material, helping
in the review/ development of textbooks, development of guidelines
for incorporation of gender concerns, development/ compilation of
supplementary reading materials for girls, including life skills,
which would provide the support needed for girls’ education.
E. The
focus of interventions should be on retention of girls and
improvement in quality of learning. Quality of Education to girls
implies their improved:
achievement
rates seen in examination results for which reduced repetition and
dropout rates will be necessary preconditions
completion
rates to render the system efficient
transition
rates to next level of education
empowerment of girls through exposure to ‘other than
textbooks’ activities to enhance their information base, their self
esteem and self-confidence, skills and capacities to equip them for
coping with different situations in life, enable them to make
informed choices, participate in decision making processes, access
resources that will assure them quality of life. Detailed
action plans for the target group of girls and the specific
strategies to be adopted in the block need to be spelt out, with
defined and measurable outcomes. The SSA annual plan of districts
should reflect NPEGEL blocks specific projects accordingly.
F. The NPEGEL
components should not duplicate any component already provided in
the SSA framework. In case of a special project being developed for
the block, the unit cost of each component would be finalized by the
Executive Committee of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan programme of the
State.
4.
Objectives:
4.1
There
exists a significant gender gap in enrolment at the elementary
level, which is more acute for schedule caste and scheduled tribe
girls, for whom the gender gap is almost 30% at the primary level
and 26% at upper primary stage. The reduction of this gender gap
has now plateaued and further reduction would require a concerted
focus on the hard to reach groups. Therefore, it is necessary to
include certain interventions addressing the specific needs of girl
children. The objectives of NPEGEL are:
(a) To
provide for blocks focused projects for girls at risk/difficult
circumstances with clearly defined outcomes.
(b) to
develop and promote facilities to provide access and to facilitate
retention of girls and to ensure greater participation of women and
girls in the field of education
(c) to
improve the quality of education through various interventions and
to stress upon the relevance and quality of girls’ education for
their empowerment
5. Focus:
5.1.
The
focus of NPEGEL will be as follows:
(a)
To
strengthen the capacity of National, State and district institutions
and organisations for planning, management and evaluation of girls’
education at the elementary level, and create a dynamic management
structure that will be able to respond to the challenges of girls’
education;
(b)
To
develop innovative gender sensitisation / training programmes, with
the assistance of concerned organisations and women’s groups, for
teachers and administrators and create an environment whereby all
the sections of the education sector will become alive and sensitive
to the role of education in eliminating gender disparities;
(c)
To
initiate networking between different institutions for research,
extension and information dissemination to increase output of gender
sensitive, quality teaching-learning material especially in regional
languages, and decentralised area-specific models of intervention;
(d)
To
gear the entire education system to play a positive interventionist
role to enhance self-esteem and self-confidence of women and girls;
build a positive image of women by recognizing their contribution to
the society, polity and the economy.
(e)
To
break gender stereotypes, ensuring that the content and process of
education is sensitive to gender concerns.
(f)
To
provide co-ordinated efforts, to ensure necessary support services
to enhance girls’ participation and performance in elementary
education.
(g)
To
build community support for girls’ education and provide a conducive
environment for girls’ education in the school, community and home;
and
(h)
To
ensure that girls get good quality education at the elementary
level.
6. Implementation Authority:
6.1 State Level Structure:
6.1.1 The SSA State Implementation Society
will be the implementing agency of the NPEGEL at State level.
Therefore, funds for this programme will be routed through the SSA
society of the State. At the State level a ‘Gender Coordinator’
will be appointed who will look after the NPEGEL. In States where
Mahila Samakhya (MS) programme is operational, the SSA society will
have NPEGEL implemented through the MS Society. In such States,
the SSA society shall transfer the funds to MS Society for
implementation of the programme. The monitoring and evaluation of
the component will be done by the State SSA Society. In states
where MS is not being implemented, the implementation of this
component will be through a sub-unit called the ‘Gender Unit’ of SSA
society and the existing mechanism used for implementation of SSA
will be followed.
6.1.2 State Mahila Samakhya Societies
(MSS), wherever set up under the directions of the Government of
India, will provide direction and support to the programme. The MS
society will ensure the representation of SC/ST women’s organisation
in the SRG of MSS. In States that do not have an MSS, a sub
committee of the SSA society with nominees from relevant departments
of the State Government, Government of India, experts in girls’
education and representatives of SC/ ST women’s organisations will
be set up for the purpose.
6.1.3 Suitable assistance can be taken from
institutions like Women’s studies centres at Universities/colleges,
etc. The resource centres under the Mahila Samakhya programme, at
the State level, will be the nodal institution to coordinate with
individuals, Government and other organisations for the development
of material etc.
6.2 District Structure:
6.2.1
Activities would include preparatory activities, including formation
of core teams for girls education, training of core teams, baseline
assessments and block and village mapping, and social assessments,
village and block plans preparation and facilitation.
Simultaneously, advocacy and communication activities, including the
formation/ mobilisation of MTAs, PTAs and other core groups in the
village would be included, in addition to implementation of the
block plans.
6.2.2
District Gender Unit, which is a branch of the State MS Society or
the State SSA Society (in States where MS is not there), will
administer the NPEGEL at district level. A ‘District Gender Co-ordinator’
shall be appointed for each district. The District Gender Unit will
consist of District Gender coordinator, Resource persons and
supporting staff. This unit will co-ordinate and supervise all
aspect of the component at district level, and provide resource and
training support. It will also network with the local
administration, other institutions and NGOs in the district.
6.2.3 At
the district level, there will be a ‘District Gender Co-ordination
Committee’ which will ensure the implementation and monitoring of
the gender component of SSA and which will meet at least twice a
year. The committee will have nominees of Mother Teacher
Associations (MTAs), Women Motivator Groups (WMGs), Mahila Samakhya
Sanghas or Mahila Sanghas, female member of SC/ST organisations,
etc. in the districts. The State level head of the Gender unit or
his/her nominee will also be a member of this committee.
6.3 Sub-District Unit:
6.3.1 At
the block level, the coordinator, will, with the help of the
national, State and district level, coordinate the training of
teachers and educational administrators, mobilisation of the
community, regular monitoring of girls’ enrolment, retention, and
achievement, and work with communities to devise strategies.
6.3.2.
Selection of core groups would be done at two levels:
(i) Coordinator : 1 (to be
selected from among the teachers)
(ii) Resource person : 1 (to be
selected from among the teachers)
(iii) Other members of resource
support group at field level. These community level activists for
community mobilisation, local level monitoring, and on site resource support would be selected from among youth groups and women students.
6.3.3 The
core group at the block level will be responsible for coordinating
with and converging with the DGU and existing programmes. They will,
with the help of students, teachers and volunteers, do surveys, and
help prepare the village plans. They will also monitor and oversee
the implementation of these plans. The core groups will form the
major vehicle for community mobilisation, monitoring in the village
the progress for enrolment, drop out, achievement of girls,
facilitating with the VEC/ MTA/ village community in devising
interventions for these activities in the village, and creating an
environment for girls’ education. They will be selected on the basis
of their aptitude. They can also assist in the upgraded schools in
special activities like sports, painting, computer aided education,
music or as escorts.
6.3.4 At the cluster level there will be Co-ordinators
(One for every 5 - 25 villages), who will work as honorary women
workers and will have the assistance of a Core Group. In older MS
areas, the federations or the Sanghas could takeover this role. In
all project areas, efforts will be made to eventually hand over this
function to such groups of activists. The coordinator would work
along side the Model cluster school. At the cluster level, the
coordinator, will, with the help of the national, State and district
level, coordinate the mobilisation of the community, regular
monitoring of girls’ enrolment, retention, and achievement, and work
with the core group and communities to devise strategies to achieve
project goals.
6.3.5 The village level efforts
will be co-ordinated by Mahila Samakhya Sanghas, core groups, VECs,
Mothers Committees or Parent Teacher Associations, as the case may
be. The district unit, cluster coordinators and village Sanghas will
respectively, decide the prioritisation for activities and
incentives to be taken up in the cluster/ village. This autonomy is
vital for genuine local needs/solutions to get reflected in the
programme activities/strategies.
6.3.6 A Cluster Level Committee would be formed for
monitoring the cluster level activities and would consist of the
Presidents of VEC/SMC of the villages in the cluster. The President
of the Cluster level Committee would be selected from its members by
rotation every quarter. The Head Master of the ‘Model Cluster
School for Girls’ would be the member-secretary. If number of women
member is less than four, an additional member may be co-opted from
the VEC/SMC to ensure that at least 4 women members are there.
6.4 National Support Group:
6.4.1 The National Resource
Group (NRG) already created under the Mahila Samakhya programme at
the National level shall provide inputs on conceptual issues and
concerns arising in the programme, and advise GOI on policy matters
concerning the education of girls. This group, along with smaller
sub committees for specific inputs formed through co- option of
additional persons from relevant institutions or experts , will
provide the interface with research and training institutions,
women’s movement, educationists and non-Governmental institutions
and also bring in other experiences of educating girls. Eminent
individuals will also be encouraged to go to the districts as role
models and be part of the environment building effort.
7. Components of the Girl Education Programme:
(i) Block
Focus Projects for girls at risk/difficult circumstances: Detailed
action plan for the Target group of girls and specific strategies to
be adopted in the block need to be spelt out, with defined and
measurable outcomes. SSA Annual Work Plan of districts should
reflect NPEGEL block specific project, accordingly. Funds
permissible per block would be within the ceiling of the sum total
of the activities admissible per cluster under the scheme. All
clusters in an EBB are eligible for coverage under NPEGEL. For
effective implementation phasing of coverage is suggested.
(ii) Model
Cluster school (MCS): A Model Cluster School for Girls’, as
a model girl-child friendly school at cluster level will be opened
in all selected districts/blocks where the scheme is operational. A
cluster will be for about 5-10 villages with each block having about
8-10 clusters. This girl-child friendly infrastructure will be used
by all the schools in that cluster, by rotation. It shall have
facilities in terms of teaching learning equipment, books,
equipment, games, etc. Facilities available, like books will also be
circulated to the schools in the clusters. Facilities will be used
for learning through computers, film shows, reading material, self
defence, life skills, riding bicycles, reading, games etc.
Instructors will be hired for the day or on contract for imparting
vocational and other training. These would be aimed at improving the
achievement of girls, fostering an interest in education among them,
and raising the importance of girls’ education in the community. The
facilities will also be used for teacher training in the cluster.
Clusters will be taken up in a phased manner, and those schools will
be selected which have shown the best performance for enrolment of
girls over the baseline, and which are accessible to around 10
villages / schools, whose girls can use this infrastructure and
which has land for additional civil works and play fields. While
selecting the location of the model cluster schools, the density of
SC/ ST population would also be taken into consideration.
An existing school will be identified for opening of
‘Model Cluster School for Girls’ having the density of SC/ST/OBC/Minority
girls. A ‘model cluster school for girls’ will have the provision
of an additional classroom, supply of drinking water,
electrification, and toilet for which one time grant upto a maximum
of Rs.2.00 lakhs will be provided. To the extent of construction of
such additional room/toilets, this amount would be over and above
the 33% limit for Civil Works under SSA. The construction of
additional classrooms, etc. will be carried out by the VEC/SMC of
the cluster headquarter. The type of design for the classroom will
be approved by the Executive Committee of the State SSA Society.
Infrastructure development will be used for additions to schools,
residential facilities, girls toilets, water supply, electrification
and barrier free features etc. in the upgraded cluster schools. A
one time grant amounting to Rs.30,000/- will also be provided for
teaching learning equipment, library, sports, vocational training,
etc.
(iii)
For each cluster, one or more of the
following interventions may be undertaken within an overall annual
ceiling of Rs.60,000/- per cluster.
(a)
Recurring Grant to Model Cluster
Schools: A maximum amount of Rs. 20,000/-
per annum will be provided to each cluster to meet the requirements
of expenditure on various activities for promotion of girls’
education in that cluster including maintenance of the school and
engagement of part time instructors for additional specified
subjects provided that no instructor would be hired for more than 3
months in an academic year and he/she would not receive remuneration
of more than Rs. 1,000/- per month.
(b)
Awards to Schools/Teachers:
One award per year @ Rs. 5,000/- (in kind) will be provided to a
school/teacher at cluster level for for achievements in enrolment,
retention and learning outcomes of girl students.
(c)
Student Evaluation, Remedial
Teaching, Bridge Courses, Alternative Schools:
Special models of alternative schooling catering to hard to reach
groups of girls including bridge courses, flexible timings, back to
school camps, remedial teaching, etc. for out of school, irregular
girls will be started in such villages where this poses a serious
problem. In addition to the provisions already available under the
EGS &AIE component of SSA, a maximum amount of Rs.20,000/- per annum
will be provided to each cluster for student evaluation, remedial
teaching, bridge course and alternative schools. There may be two
such centres under one cluster.
(d)
Learning through Open Schools:
Children at the upper primary level, even in the open schooling
system, in certain special cases, require some short-term
residential training at regular intervals. The scheme will provide
waiver of fees of girls for courses under National Open School and
State Open Schools, setting up of specially designed open learning
centers. The implementing agency will devise suitable system with
NOS, State Open Schools or other such organisation for this
purpose. The cluster school will form the venue of the residential
upper primary school / NGO Centre. This will facilitate bringing
to the eductional system those girls who have dropped out from
regular schools for some reason. A maximum amount of Rs. 50,000/-
per annum will be provided to each cluster towards the payment of
fees and provision of supplementary teaching to be taken up with the
help of National Open School or State Open School. Short term
residential courses can also be organised. To the extent possible,
the payment on this account would be made by the State Societies
directly to National Open School or State Open School as the case
may be.
(e) Teacher
Training: Under this scheme Teachers and teacher educators will be
trained for gender sensitisation. A maximum amount of Rs. 4,000/-
per annum will be provided to each cluster for annual training of at
least 20 teachers specially on gender aspects. This amount will be
in addition to the provisions under SSA for normal teacher training
on subjective issues.
(f) Child
Care Centres: The scheme provides opening of additional Early
Childhood Care centres to meet gaps in the Integrated Child
Development Scheme and relieve girls from the burden of sibling
care. Two Child Care Centres per cluster run by community may be
opened in the areas where there is no Child Care Centre under any
scheme of the Department of Women & Child Development and/or the
State Government concerned. Each centre opened under the ‘Girl
Education Component’ of the SSA will receive a recurring grant of
Rs.5000/- and non-recurring grant of Rs.1000/- per annum.
These
funds can also be used for strengthening existing local ICDS centers
especially for augmenting training for pre-school component, play
way kits, joint trainings with primary school teachers and pro-rata
payment of honorarium of Anganwadi workers due to extension of
Anganwadi timings to match school timings.
(iv) A one time non
recurring grant of
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Rs. 30,000/- for teaching learning
equipment, library, sports, vocational training etc.; and
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Rs. 2.00 lakh for skill building
activities (in lieu of additional classroom) and for meeting
recurring costs of skill building activities for girls to be
utilized upto a period of three years.
This amount will only be
admissible for model cluster schools which have not availed of Rs.
2.00 lakhs for an additional classroom and Rs. 30,000/- for TLE etc.
since inception of the scheme.

(g)
Some other
indicative activities which could be undertaken within f
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Learning through computers especially at upper
primary level;
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Life skill trainings to enable skills and capacities
for copping with difficult situation in life; enabling them to make
informed choices; participate in decision making processes and
access resources that will assure them quality of life.
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Educational Tours/Exposure Visits to enhance their
information base, self esteem and self confidence.
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Interaction with important people of the area.
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Designing of
accelerated learning for older girls and development of relevant
curricula for residential and non-residential bridge courses for
older girls, who were drop outs or had never enrolled.
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Follow-up
strategies for providing ongoing support to girls mainstreamed to
schools from bridge courses and other alternative schooling
facilities.
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Engagement
of older women as escorts for school going girls where schools are
at a distance or passage is hazardous.
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Monitoring
and tracking of girl’s attendance and supportive strategies to
facilitate regular attendance of girls and their retention in
schools to enhance learning achievement, completion and transition
to next level of education.
(iv)
Additional incentives:
SSA provides for free textbooks to all girl-children upto a limit of
Rs.150/- per child at primary level and Rs. 250/- per child at upper
primary level. In addition to the existing norms, a package of
incentives shall be available to the girl-child under this programme.
For each school a Mother’s/ Women’s Committee would, depending upon
the real needs, decide on additional incentives within the already
prescribed financial ceiling of Rs. 150 per girl-child per year,
under SSA. However, if there are any savings after providing for
free text books to the girls, the balance money out of this amount
may be used for providing additional items such as stationery,
slates, work books, uniform, providing escorts in difficult areas,
etc. Thus, if a State is spending Rs. x per child on textbooks from
SSA funds, then it would spend only an additional Rs. (Rs.150 – x)
for these activities.
(v)
Nutrition and School Health:
Health too, remains a critical issue for girls’ education. Greater
malnutrition among girls and lower family priority towards their
health affects their learning capacity. School health would involve
general health check up with a more intensive follow up of such
girls who require special attention. On sanctioning of a ‘Model
Cluster School for Girl Child’, a list of such schools mentioning
the nearest Government Hospital or Referral Hospital or PHC Centre
to the school will be provided to the concerned State Health
Department under intimation to the Department of Elementary
Education & Literacy who will request the Ministry of Health &
Family Welfare for providing necessary services to the Model Cluster
Schools. A synergy for this would be built with the Department of
Health. Similar synergy will be developed for convergence of
‘Mid-day Meal Scheme’ run by the Department of Elementary Education
& Literacy.
(vi)
Community Mobilization (Mobilization
for enrolment, retention and learning):At
the District and cluster (a group of about ten villages) level,
mobilization activities including the training of teachers and
educational administrators, mobilisation of the community,
including formation and training of resource groups (Mother Teacher
Associations (MTA), Women Motivator Groups(WMG), Mahila Samakhya
(MS) Sanghas etc.), activities by resource group like enrolment,
retention, talking to parents etc., training & review of resource
group, community follow up of enrolment, attendance, achievement etc
shall be carried out.
The key to girls’ education
is community mobilisation. The SSA programme already mentions
mobilisation at habitation/ village / urban slum level. For this
purpose, a Cluster Co-ordinator along with a core group at cluster
level comprising of women workers, volunteers and mothers/ parents
etc. will assist in bringing girls from the villages, as well as
monitoring their achievement, attendance, retention etc. Training
of the community / resource groups involving Mother-Teacher
Association, Women Management Groups, Sanghas, etc. will also be
taken up under this component.
At the cluster level there will be a Co-ordinator
(One for every 5 - 25 villages), who will work as an honorary women
worker. She will be paid TA/DA, etc.
This Core Group will play one of the most critical
roles in the programme, in terms of planning, mobilisation and
implementing the programmes package of activities. Therefore, its
constitution, selection of members, their training and orientation
will be a key input in the programme. Their role will help the
programme to truly evolve and gain local context and community
ownership.
In addition to the provisions already available under
SSA, an amount of Rs. 35,000/- for the first year; Rs. 20,000/- for
the second and third year; and Rs. 10,000/- for the fourth and fifth
year will be provided for for the purpose of community mobilisation
through training, follow up of girls’ enrolment, attendance,
achievement etc. in each cluster: The above provision also includes
the cost towards Management Information System and Documentation,
honorarium & TA/DA to the coordinators and meetings of resource
groups at cluster level. This amount will form part of 6% for
management cost and it can be enhanced on account of expenses
incurred for community mobilisation activities in the EBBs and other
educationally deprived areas selected for special focus on girls’
education. The 6% ceiling of a district shall not be exceeded by an
amount more than 10% of the total “Girls Education Component” of its
annual district plan.
(vii) Implementation,
Monitoring and Supervision :
Programme activities at State and National level :
Activities at the National and State
level also include (a) Planning, (b) Training, (c) meeting,
workshops evaluation and MIS, (d) Development of material including
teaching learning material, CDs, films and other training material,
fees & honorarium, (e) helping in the review/ development of
textbooks, development of guidelines for incorporation of gender
concerns, (f) development/ compilation of supplementary reading
material for girls, including life skills, which would provide the
support needed for girls’ education etc. and (g) inter State
sharing, documentation, publication, networking, Library, journal
etc.
The SSA provisions will continue for carrying out
development of training modules, curriculum and pedagogy
activities, however, gender focused materials will be at the core of
such activities at State level by the implementing unit of NPEGEL.
These may include:
(a)
Development
of material including teaching learning material, CDs, films and
other training material,
(b)
Assisting
the review/ development of textbooks, development of guidelines for
incorporation of gender concerns,
(c)
Development/
compilation of supplementary reading material for girls, including
life skills, which would provide the support needed for girls’
education etc.
(d)
Development/
compilation of
suitable
curriculum and pedagogy including evaluation from the gender
perspective etc. Material, pedagogy and modules already developed
under programmes like MS, Lok Jumbish Project and District Primary
Education Project, like gender review of text books, development of
supplementary gender sensitive teaching learning material will also
be collected and incorporated.
Funds for implementation, monitoring and supervision
of NPEGEL at sub-district, district, State and central levels will
provided as given below :-
(a)
Management expenses of 6 % of project cost including consultants for
appraisal and monitoring and evaluation of the scheme, coordination
with existing schemes, advocacy, workshops and seminars
establishment and administrative expenses etc. as follows:
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Funds to the extent of 1% at national
level will be provided at national level to cover planning,
monitoring and concurrent evaluation.
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Funds to the extent of 5% of proposed
expenditure at State and district level for planning and
monitoring. Funds for this programme will be routed through the SSA
society of the State as per mechanism mentioned in para 5 above.
(b) The
ceiling of 6% for management cost fixed under SSA can be enhanced on
account of expenses incurred for community mobilisation activities
in areas where this programme will be implemented upto 10% of the
total amount earmarked for the district under this programme.
8.
Methodology:
8.1
The separate sub- plan for ‘Girls Education Component’ will be
prepared by the district implementation unit of the NPEGEL. As in
the case of DEEP, these plans shall be scrutinized at the State
level by the resource group, before being forwarded to the cell at
the National level, who shall appraise the plans, with the help of
external agencies/ consultants where necessary. A team constituted
for the purpose will appraise the plans received. The Project
Approval Board (PAB) of SSA will approve these sub-plans. The PAB
will also invite two eminent persons /NGOs with experience and
expertise in girls’/women’s education while approving these plans.
8.2 From 2008-09, the
State will prepare detailed action plans for the target group of
girls and spelling out the specific strategies to be adopted in the
block with defined and measurable outcomes. The SSA annual work
plans of districts should reflect NPEGEL block specific project
accordingly.
9. Financial norms under the NPEGEL:
9.1 The
assistance under this component will be as per the parameters of SSA
i.e. in the ratio 65:25 for the first two years of the XI plan i.e.
2007-08 and 2008-09; 60:40 for the third year i..e 2009-10; 55:45
for the fourth year i..e 2010-11 and 50:50 thereafter i.e. from
2011-12 onwards. For the North Eastern States the fund sharing
pattern between Centre and States shall be 90:10 under the programme
with the Centre’s share resource from the 10% earmarked funds for
the NE Region in the SSA Central Budget.
9.2 The provisions for
NPEGEL will be in addition to the provisions already made under SSA.
The SSA society will ensure that there is no duplication of
activities proposed under the programme.
9.3 The Government of India
would directly release funds to the SSA State Implementation
Society. The State Government will also release its share to the
State Implementation Society. Funds will be released thereafter to
the Mahila Samakhya society, wherever applicable. In States where MS
is not being implemented, the implementation of this scheme will be
through a sub-unit called ‘Gender Unit’ of SSA society and existing
mechanism used for implementation of SSA will be followed.
9.4 The State society should open a separate savings bank
account for operating of funds of NPEGEL. State Government should
also release its matching share to the State SSA society through a
separate budget head. Separate accounts will have to be maintained
at district and sub-district structures, accordingly.
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