Question : WORLD BANK ASSISTANCE FOR SSA

(a) the details of rural/tribal areas where primary schools have been set up or proposed to be set up with the assistance of World Bank in the country, State-wise as on date;

(b) the total amount of aid received from the foreign countries/World Bank/international agencies for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) during the last three years, year-wise and country/agency-wise;

(c) the manner in which the said amount was utilised;

(d) the details of the targets fixed under the programme and achieved so far, State-wise;

(e) whether State Governments have requested for financial assistance from the Union Government for promotion of primary education in their States ; and

(f) if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT(DR. SHASHI THAROOR)

(a): The World Bank along with two other external funding agencies (DFID of the United Kingdom and the European Union) have partially funded the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) programme. Funds are received from these external agencies on a reimbursement basis for expenditure incurred and have never exceeded 3% of the Government of India’s budget for SSA.

Under the SSA, since its inception 3,04,454 schools have been sanctioned out of which 40,413 are in tribal areas.

(b)&(c): The total amount of funds provided by the World Bank and other external funding agencies for the last three years for the SSA as reimbursement is as under:-

(Rs. in crore)
Year	World Bank	European Union	DFID	Total
2009-10	1702.99	178.25	372.44	2253.68
2010-11	1141.19	119.84	330.55	1591.58
2011-12	2420.65 -	584.95	3005.60
Total	5264.83	298.09	1287.94	6850.86