(a) whether around 128 crore rupees have been allocated during the last three years for the setting up of 111 sanctioned Adarsh Schools in Odisha due to which several schools in the most backward districts of Odisha have not yet started functioning;
(b) if so, the reaction of the Government in this regard; and
(c) the steps taken by the Government for setting up of all the 111 Adarsh Schools in the most backward districts of Odisha by allocating more funds?
MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (Dr. D. PURANDESWARI)
(a) to (c) The centrally sponsored Scheme to set up 6,000 Model Schools at block level was launched in November 2008. Out
of these, 3,500 schools are to be set up in educationally backward blocks(EBBs) in Kendriya Vidyalaya(KV) template through State/UT Governments and the remaining 2,500 schools are to be set up under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode in blocks which are not educationally backward. The scheme provides a unit cost of Rs. 3.02 crore for setting up of each model school in EBB, which is to be shared between the Central Government and the State Government. Odisha has a total of 173 EBBs which are eligible for setting up of model school through State sector. On receipt of viable proposal from the State Government, the Ministry has sanctioned 111 model schools in as many EBBs and an amount of Rs. 128.85 crore has been released during 2011-12 as first installment of Central share to the State Government. Release of subsequent installment of Central share
is dependent upon progress made by the State Government in setting up of these schools.