PARAMETERS, STRENGTH & ISSUES FOR LOW PERFORMING STATE BIHAR AS ON

Requirement of school infrastructure As per RTE act 2009 norms for school building are as under which are to be completed by All – weather building consisting of- At least one class-room for every teacher; An office-cum-store-cum-HM room; Barrier-free-access; Separate toilets for boys and girls; Safe and adequate drinking water facility to all children; A kitchen where mid-day meal is cooked in the school; Playground; Arrangements for securing the school building by boundary wall or green fencing; There shall be a library in each school providing newspapers, magazines and books on all subjects, including story-books.

Parameters

Comparison of completion rate (%age) Components Overall completion rate PSUPSACRDWSToilets National level74%77 %87 %70 %94 %71 % Bihar State ComponentsState leveldistrict level block level Bihar State Supervision Structure (%age available) Note: - At State level only 3 technical personals are available who are, not sufficient for providing resource support and monitoring 37 districts and more than 550 blocks. No organized technical personals are posted at block level. The vacancies of technical personals as per approved strength is 171.

ComponentsThird party School layout/ school campus plan Environmental assessment BiharIn PositionIn progress ComponentsSCR %age of schools with SCR>35 PS UPS Bihar8372 % 78 % Status of Student Classrooms Ratio Status of Third Party, Campus Plan, Environmental assessment.

Components ACR Boys toilets Girls toilets DW faciliti es Ramps Bound ary Wall Bihar State Total components Gaps as per DISE Note: - The Gap for boys toilets, drinking water facilities include schools without these facilities in rural areas as well. Total components gaps: These components do not include PS, UPS, HM Rooms, electrification CFE, Bala elements etc.

Components Overall spillover components Gaps of all components Total Bihar Spillover Components Spillover components IP & Not Started as on ComponentsPSUPSACRDWSToiletsOthersTotal Bihar Total components yet to be completed. Note: - Bihar State completed components ending

States Allocation AWP&B as on Expenditure against allocation upto %age expenditure (as on (NLCE= 21% ) Bihar Financial Progress of AWP&B States Allocation as on Expenditure against allocation upto %age expenditure (as on (NLCE= 74% ) Bihar Cumulative financial Progress of as on Note: - The expenditure of Kerala (96%), Assam (48%),Gujarat (47%), MP (62%), Orissa, Punjab, Tripura, UP above 40%.

States Excess rooms available Target reconciled or not Allocation reconciled or not Bihar There is difference in ACR, DWS and toilets (DWS component was reconciled upto ) The State has not added the allocation of Hence showing huge difference. Allocation as per PAB= crores State allocation = 6606 crores Excess rooms available and reconciliation of targets

Strength & issues

Third party evaluation in place. Vertical expansion particularly for existing classrooms under taken. Provision for earth quake resistant measures taken duly approved by competent authority (Dr. A. S. Arya). Architect available at State level. Community manual in local language available. Strength

Comparison of Achievement of Bihar for and during Current year ( to ) ComponentsAchievements during (completed) Achievements during to (completed) Primary School Upper Primary schools84 Additional classrooms Drinking water facilities Toilet facilities

The fundamental requirement of planning of school campus plan is missing. It has been left to Junior most functionaries with the result of haphazard growth of school campus The incremental planning should have been planned as shown. Issues

Planning for future, now Spaces are accessible to all children Planning holistically, with space for future expansion

The completion rate is only 55% which is far below than the National average of 74%. More than spillover components (not including HM rooms, electrification, CFE and Bala element etc.) including large number of new PS, additional classrooms, are in progress or not started so far as on Huge ACR gaps of 1.33 lakhs still exists against total of 3.08 lakhs ACR gaps in the country. State has large gaps in toilets for boys and girls, ramps, boundary wall/green fencing etc. The capacity building in for completion of ACR was very low. State completed only ACR. State has to coordinate effectively with sanitation mission in the State for completion of above mentioned gaps in rural areas.

The supervision structure at State level is weak and need to be strengthen for supervision monitoring and technical support. Organized supervision structure at block level do not exists. State has 6 districts which fall under earth quake zone V and 23 districts in Zone IV. The systemic requirements of maintenance of expenditure register, cashbook, daily cement register, site order book are not being updated and transparency is being completely ignored which is injurious for the quality control and financial management. Most of the ramps are not being constructed as per codal requirement. The required slopes of 1:12 is not being maintained. The railing is also not being provided. Plinth protection is not being provided in most of the schools. No SMC constituted at school level under RTE compliance. Technical resource support and field monitoring by State level team is lacking. Inconsistency in reporting of cumulative progress reports and AWP&B reports.

Civil works of AWP&B not started till Need for reconciliation of physical and financial targets. SCR is 83 against average SCR of 31 and is highest in the country. Distribution of classrooms to be done judiciously to avoid excess classrooms in certain schools. 39,634 excess rooms available in various schools although there is huge short fall in ACR gaps. The State has completed up till only 1,45,680 components against a Gaps of 3,73,902 components which exists as on date A question to ponder: How the State is planning to complete gaps of spillover and yet to plan of 3,73,902 component.

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