(a) whether the Grants-in-aid Committee has recommended to
close down the open school centres being run in Andhra
Pradesh;
(b) if so, the details thereof?
(c) if not, the reasons therefor;
(d) whether any request from the State Government has been
received by his Ministry for continuation of Grants-in-aid
to these open school Centres;
(e) if so, the response of the Government thereto; and
(f) the stand of the Government in continuation of these
Centres?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT(PROF. RITA VERMA)
(a), (b) & (c) Grants-in-aid Committee of this Ministry in
its meeting held on 1st July, 1997 had considered the
continuation proposal submitted by the Andhra Pradesh Open
School Society, Hyderabad and also the proposal of Education
Secretary, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh for investing unspent
balances in Short Term Deposits in a Scheduled Bank. The
Committee did not find the progress of the project
satisfactory and decided to close down the project and asked
the Society to refund the unspent balance and also to submit
the accounts for the years 1994-95 and 1995-96 to the
Ministry immediately.
(d), (e) & (f) Yes sir. The proposal will be placed before
the Grants-in-aid Committee in due course of time for review
of the matter after the Society submits audited accounts and
progress report for 1994-95 and 1995-96 as requested by the
Ministry.