Question : LOAN FOR SCHOOL BUILDINGS

(a) the details of funds/assistance/loan received from World Bank and any other international financial institution for the construction of school buildings and class rooms during the Eighth Five Year Plan and first three years of the Ninth Five Year Plan;

(b) the funds provided to each State particularly to Maharashtra during the said period;

(c) the achievements of each State thereafter;

(d) whether the Government have monitored the utilisation of these funds;

(e) if so, the details thereof ; and

(f) if not, the reasons therefor ?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SYED SHAHNAWAZ HUSSAIN)

(a) During the Eighth Five Year Plan and first three years of the Ninth Five Year Plan, total external assistance of about Rs. 5885.00 crores comprising Rs. 4545.00 crores as credit from IDA (World Bank) and Rs. 1340.00 crores as grant from European Community, Department For International Development (DFID) of United Kingdom, UNICEF and Government of Netherlands has been tied up for implementation of the District Primary Education Programme (DPEP) in the selected educationally backward districts of various States. Besides, financial assistance in the form of grant amounting to Rs. 77.30 crores from SIDA (Swedish International Development Agency) and Rs. 200.00 crores from DFID (UK) has been tied-up for the Lok Jumbish project in Rajasthan. The funds are being utilised for holistic development of primary education including construction of school buildings, additional classrooms, toilets, drinking water facilities and interventions for quality improvement.

(b) Under the Lok Jumbish Project funds to the extent of Rs. 146.95 crores, including the share of Government of India has been released to Rajasthan till 31.3.2000. The position regarding funds released under DPEP to the various project States including Maharashtra since inception of the programme in 1994-95 till 31.3.2000 is indicated in Annex. I.

(c) The reports of various Supervision / Review Missions and evaluation studies of DPEP have brought out that the programme has resulted in significant increase in enrolment, improvement in learning achievement, reduction in repetition rates/drop- outs, improvements in classroom processes, etc. The major achievements of each State in respect of construction of school buildings, additional classrooms and other facilities under DPEP are indicated in Annex. II. Major achievements of Lok Jumbish Project are indicated in Annex – III.


(d) to (f): The progress of utilisation of funds is regularly monitored by the Government through the mechanism of Project Management Information System (PMIS), meetings of the Executive Committees of the State Implementation Societies, field visits by the Joint Supervision Missions comprising representatives of the Government of India and external funding agencies etc. The position regarding category-wise expenditure incurred by each project State under DPEP is given in Annex. IV. Annex- III

Annex referred to in reply to part (c ) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3625 to be answered on 12.12.2000 regarding

“Loan for School Buildings”

[ Major Achievements of Lok Jumbish Project (Rajasthan) ]

Sl. Particulars Upto 1998-99
No.

1. Number of Blocks covered 75
2. Number of clusters taken up for 305
operatinalisation
3. Number of villages in which environment 8675
building done
4. Number of villages in which school 6954
mapping completed
5. Number of women’s groups formed 5712
6. Number of Sahaj Shiksha Centres opened 5010
7. 
(i) Number of Building Construction 1499
Committees formed

(ii) Number of building works take up 1475
8. New Primary Schools opened 529
9. Upgradation of Primary to Upper Primary 268
School
10. Additional Teachers (PS+UPS) sanctioned 1256
11. Shiksha Karmi Schools opend 549