(a) whether the Government has formulated any scheme for providing uniform,
shoes, stationery etc. free of cost to children of SC community from Class
I to Class VIII;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the amount spent/likely to be spent thereon each year; and
(d) if not, the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE
DEVELOPMENT (SHRI M.A.A. FATMI)
(a) to (d) Free textbooks are provided to all children in classes I-VIII
in Government and Government aided elementary schools under the Sarva
Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) programme provided the State Government is not itself
providing this facility from its own resources.
In educationally backward blocks, there is a provision for providing
additional incentives to girls under the National Programme for Education
of Girls at Elementary Level (NPEGEL), a component of the SSA, such as
uniforms, stationary, workbooks etc based on local requirements.