School infrastructure Maintenance Funds - allocation and operational Guidelines --Revised guidelines

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School infrastructure Maintenance Funds - allocation and operational Guidelines--Revised guidelines

School infrastructure Maintenance Funds - allocation and operational Guidelines -- Revised guidelines issued - Government Memo Communicated Government have taken up School infrastructure improvement through Mana Badi Nadu Nedu program in a phased manner.

In Phase-l of the program, 15,713 schools were taken up for improving the infrastructure. All the assets and equipment created under Nadu Nedu, should be maintained well by promptly attending to periodic maintenance and essential repairs to be undertaken to maintain the quality and extend the life of the assets created. Therefore, Government have decided to give top most priority to the School Infrastructure, School Maintenance and Toilet maintenance.

Accordingly, Government have issued School Infrastructure Maintenance Funds-allocation and operational guidelines vide reference 15' cited.

2. In the reference 2" cited, the Commissioner, School Infrastructure

has informed that guidelines issued in the reference 15 cited are only for

Phase-I schools and requested to revise the draft guidelines, so as to

incorporate Phase-I, Phase-III schools and Junior colleges also.

3. In the circumstances reported by the Commissioner, School Infrastructure and in supersession of the Government Memo issued in the reference 15 cited, Government hereby revise the School Infrastructure Maintenance Funds - allocation and operational guidelines, as follows:

(I) The funds will be utilised by the School Head Masters / Principals of Junior Colleges and Residential schools and other Educational Institutions, for the following purpose:

(n)Implementation Process_:

a) The Parents committee shall nominate 2 members from the Parents Committee (PC) for cheque signing. These 2 (Two members shall be from the elected members of PC and shall be nominated by the parents committee by passing resolution.. These Two members and the Head Master shall be authorized as Joint account signatories for cheques. In case of ongoing Nadu Nedu Schools, The existing parent Committees will monitor the Maintenance Fund as per the procedure under Nadu-Nedu.

b) These three members shall form the school development committee and shall be accountable to the Parents committee

and inform all the transactions in their monthly meetings.

(III) Identification of repairs on dally basis;

a) The Head Master and Parent Committee Members will go around the School on a daily basis and identify the needs and maintenance items which need to be taken up immediately.

b) Estimates will be prepared for each need and the Parents Committee shall pass a resolution on the repairs to be taken up. The resolution shall be signed by Head Master , Engineering Assistant /Ward Amenities Secretary and majority members of the Parent Committee and the same should be uploaded in STMS App by the Head Master.This resolution shall be treated as Administrative Sanction.

c) Once the committee identifies the list of repairs and the approximate estimated amount, the same shall be entered in STMS by the HM in the mobile App along with component wise photos of repairable items