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Policy Planning and Monitoring
Planning and Monitoring Unit
Annual Plans and Five Year Plans
Formulation of Annual Plans and Five Year Plans,
review of programmes & Schemes, timely monitoring
of Plan expenditure vis-à-vis outlays in Budget
Estimates, and analysis of actual expenditure as per the
targets fixed are the important activities of the Unit. The
approved Tenth Plan (2002-07) outlay for the
Department of Secondary and Higher Education and
Department of Elementary Education and Literacy was
Rs.43,825 crore (Deptt. of S&HE is Rs.13,825 crore and
for Deptt. of EE&L is Rs.30,000 crore). The Annual
Plan outlays for the Department of Secondary and
Higher Education and Department of Elementary
Education and Literacy was Rs.2712 crore and
Rs.12531.76 crore respectively.
The Annual Publication brought out by P&M Unit viz.,
“Analysis of Budgeted Expenditure on Education for
2002-03 to 2004-05” provides an analysis of the trend
of public expenditure on education during the period
2002-05. For this, data from various States, Central
Ministries/Departments is collected, compiled, analysed
and published with break up of expenditure incurred by
Education Departments, other departments for different
sectors in education separating Plan, Non-Plan,
Revenue and Capital. This Unit also published “Annual
Financial Statistics of Education Sector 2003-04” during
the year. This publication gives statistics of Plan Outlays
and expenditure on different sub-sectors of education
from the First Five Year Plan to Sixth Plan together with
the scheme wise outlays and expenditure during
Seventh to Ninth Plan and Annual Plans of the ongoing
Tenth Five Year Plan. The Unit acts as a nodal
functionary in this Department during Quarterly
Review of Plan expenditure by Planning Commission.
It also coordinates with various Divisions of the
Ministry, Planning Commission, and Ministry of Finance
etc., on various matters relating to Plan Schemes.
Statistical Division
The Statistics Division of the Department of Secondary
and Higher Education is the nodal agency for the
collection, compilation, processing and dissemination
of educational statistics in the country. The national
annual educational statistics is brought out by the
Ministry of Human Resource Development after
collecting data from over 10 lakh institutions, covering
all levels of education from pre-primary to higher
education through mailed questionnaires in
collaboration with the State Education Departments.
On the basis of data collected from States, the Statistics
Division brings out annual publications. Efforts have
been made to improve the quality of educational
statistics and to reduce the time lag in their publication.
Regional Training courses were conducted in the State
capitals for the benefit of personnel engaged in work
relating to Educational Statistics at State/District levels.
The recommendations of the National Statistical
Commission to improve the system have also been taken
up for implementation.
India has continued to participate in the World
Education Indicators Programme through the Joint Pilot
Project organised by Organisation of Economic Cooperation
and Development (OECD)/United Nations
Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation
(UNESCO). Necessary support in the form of supply of
national statistics is being provided to the international
institutions like UNESCO/OECD every year.
Area Officers Scheme
The Area Officers Scheme was started in the
Department in 1999 as a mechanism for regular and
effective review, monitoring and coordination of various
Central sectors and Centrally Sponsored Schemes. As
per the original scheme, an officer of the rank of Deputy
Secretary and above is made in-charge of a State/UT.
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