1. Axom Sarba Siksha Abhijan Mission ASSAM Welcomes all participants of 21 st quarterly review meeting of Finance Controllers Date : 27 th & 28 th April, 2009 Every School Beautiful Every Child In School Every Child Learning

2. 2 An overview of SSA, KGBV & NPEGEL Programme in Axom Sarba Siksha Abhijan Mission [ASSAM]

3. 3 Assam

4. 4 Geographical Data Density 340 per sq. km. (India 324 per sq. km.) Area 78,438 km² (of this 20% is hilly terrain) State Boundaries East Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Manipur WestWest Bengal and Meghalaya NorthArunachal Pradesh SouthNagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Tripura International BoundaryNorthBhutan WestBangladesh Forest Cover35.48 % KEY SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS

5. 5 Statistical Data Total population (2001) 26655528 (Male : 13777037 ) (Female : 12878491) Literacy Rate (2001)64.28% (Male : 71.3 % ) (Female : 54.6% ) Sex Ratio1000 : 965 Decadal growth rate53.26% population (1991-2001) No of Educational District23 No of Educational Block145 No of Gaon Panchayat2569 No of Cluster2473 No of village/Ward23342 No of Habitations77817 KEY SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS

6. 6 Category 2002- 032007- 082008-09 (Age-6-14 yrs) Children Population54,94,26254,37,75655,95,095 In-School Children41,54,07750,98,65653,95,908 Out of School Children13,40,1853,39,1001,99,187 % of Children Enrolled75.62%93.8%96.4% % of Out of School Children24.38%6.24%3.6% Status of Child Population, In-school and Out of School Children

7. 7 Area wise Out of School Children AreaChild PopulationNumber of Out of School Children % of OOSC Minority18,56,44286,3264.7% Tea Tribe5,37,49241,3567.7% Others32,01,16171,5052.2% All Area55,95,0951,99,1873.6%  Never enrolled children reduced from 3.89% of total child population in 2007-08 to 1.91% in 2008-09  Number of Drop-out children is reduced from 2.34% in 2007-08 to 1.65% in 2008-09

8. 8 Intervention for Out-Of-School Children Target and Coverage of ‘Out-Of-School’ Children 2008-09 : ActivitiesTargetAchievement %of achievement Direct enrolment in school 404722954473% EGS 41386140951499% AIE : ’Sanjogi Siksha Kendra’ and ‘Community Coaching Programme’ 322405324750101% Others : ‘Deprived Urban Children’ 407633915896% NRBC (UP) 2740027460100% Support to Religious Madrassa 1006813370133% Residential Bridge Course 4580 100% Seasonal Hostel for Migratory Children 40 100% Total85958984841699%

9. Infrastructure : [Rs. in Lakh] Activities PAB 2008-09 Approved [Fresh + Spill over] Achieved [upto 31/3/2009] %age of Completion Phy.Fin.Phy.(Com pleted + in Progress) Fin.Phy.Fin. Additional Class Room 1105325229.17 1103725192.3299.85% Girls Toilet 27991144.60 27991144.60100% Major Repair [LP] 256332.80 256332.80100% Major Repair [UP] 230299.00 230299.00100% Note : Civil Works grants are released from the SMO directly by way of Bank transfer to the SMC's A/C to avoid delay in transit and utilisation of fund in proper time as required.

10. 10 Convergence Programme: ProgrammeImplementing AgencyTargetAchievementIn Progress ARWSPPHE Deptt.7000592400 Drinking Water facility - 2008-09 : Toilet facility : ProgrammeImplementing AgencyTargetAchievementIn Progress TSCPHE Deptt.19,0003,2805,000

11. Community Mobilisation : Village Education Committee [VEC]  19,017 Tea Garden Education Committee [TGEC]  950 Ward Education Committee [WEC]  707 Gaon Panchayat Education Committee [GPEC]  2,304 Core Education Committee [CEC]  212 School Managing Committee [SMC]  40,994 Mothers’ Group [MG]  38,250  To envisage participatory approach, Peoples’ Committees are re-constituted as follows :  Members of Peoples’ Committees are trained through the programme ‘Sankalpa Jatra’ : covered 179556 members.  To boost the children in co-curricular activates, ‘Education for All’ programme and summer camps are organised across the state.  Regular Updation VER/WER  Regular Meeting with PRI members

12. 12 KGBV and NPEGEL  26 nos. of KGBVs running with 1,450 Children in 13 districts (Model–I=3 and Model–II=23)  Construction works started for all KGBV building KGBV :  The NPEGEL scheme is implemented in the 15 Educationally Backward C.D. Blocks covering 8 districts.  Assam Mahila Samata Society is entrusted for implementing NPEGEL scheme in 6 EB blocks of 3 districts i.e. Tinsukia, Darrang and Dhemaji. In other 5 districts, the scheme is to be implemented by SSA, Assam.  Construction of Girls Toilet in 98 “Model Cluster School” is completed. NPEGEL :

13. 13 Annual School Grant : Infrastructure grant LevelFinancial Target as per PAB Achievement% of Achievement LP 1,517.35 1517.0099.98% UP 830.81 785.0194.49% Total2348.162302.0198.03% Maintenance grant levelFinancial Target as per PAB Achievement% of Achievement LP & UP2463.182391.5497.09% [Rs. in Lakh] Teachers grant LevelFinancial Target as per PAB Achievement% of Achievement LP419.71387.9292.42% UP398.16316.9479.60% Total817.87704.8686.18%  Community members are oriented and sensitized through leaflets and print media effective utilization of school grants. Third party is engaged to evaluate the status of utilization of grants in five districts.  The Annual school infrastructure grant, school maintenance grant and teachers grants are released from the SMO directly by way of Bank transfer to the SMC's A/C to avoid delay in transit and utilisation of fund in proper time as required. Achievement & utilization of various grants :

14. 14 Project Management & MIS Official Web-site of SSA, Assam www.ssaassam.gov.in is designed and hoisted in the NIC server and regular up-dation are being done through VPN connected with NIC.www.ssaassam.gov.in E-Tendering System is introduced resulted in increase of participation in all category of procurement and more competitive rates. On-Line Employee Information System is developed which contains employee information up to Cluster level with their personal details along with working status. Stock Management System to help in smooth operation in receipt of materials procured at SMO level and dispatched to districts & sub-districts. MIS

15. 15 Project Management & MIS  Computerized Accounting System by using “Tally-9” at State & District level.  Technical Training of all State, District, Block level Engineers. Conducted by Assam Engineering Institute & Girls Polytechnic.  Capacity building of DMO & SMO officials on Skill Development i.e Communication skill, interpersonal behavior etc.  Accounts Training of District/Block Accountants, President and Member Secretary of SMCs  Conducted mandatory Statutory, Internal & SMC Audit Project Management

16. Financial Status during 2008-09: Sl. No.ApprovedExpenditure% of Financial Achievement Total Budget 60664.0954898.59 90.50% Civil Works 27040.9426989.1699.81% Non-Civil Works 33623.1527909.4383.01% [as on 31 st March, 2009] Rs. in lakhs Govt. Share :- GOI55758.81 State6195.42 Govt. share received :- GOI42740.92 State5000.00 Total47740.92 SSA

17. 17 Financial Status during 2008-09: Sl. No.ApprovedExpenditure% of Financial Achievement Total Budget 1228.74481.92 39.22% Non Recurring 756.08169.5222.42% Recurring 472.66312.4066.09% [as on 31 st March, 2009] Rs. in lakhs Govt. Share :- GOI Govt. share received :- GOI Total KGBV

18. 18 Financial Status during 2008-09: Sl. No.ApprovedExpenditure% of Financial Achievement Total Budget 61.2945.8874.86% [as on 31 st March, 2009] Rs. in lakhs Govt. Share :- GOI Govt. share received :- GOI Total NPEGEL

19. 19 Strategy for the year 2009-10 Audit and Accounts Strategy for the year 2009-10 Audit and Accounts :  Concurrent Audit is proposed to be conduct on quarterly basis for the first time in SSA, Assam as per 13 th Executive Committee’s approval.  The Concurrent Audit will be conducted by different set of Chartered Accountant Firms empanelled under C & AG. Concurrent Audit-  2-day Accounts Training to President & Member Secy. of SMCs. Proposed to cover all districts.  5-day Training of Accounts Personnel up to Block Level Accounts Training- SMC Audit-  Conduct of SMC Audit by Chartered Accountant  Exhaustive Audit of all SMCs and VECs with allocation of Rs. 1.00 lakh or more in a period of 3 years cycle of audit Statutory Audit- As required Statutory audit will be conducted for the financial year 2008-09

20. 20 Thanks Axom Sarba Siksha Abhijan Mission ASSAM