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(vii) strategy for quality improvement; and (viii) total cost. The costing is done according to RMSA financial norms to generate the Budget. The AWP&B‘s also provide information on progress of various RMSA activities during the previous year. The AWP&Bs will continue to be appraised at the National level. Following receipt of the AWP&Bs. MHRD commissions an appraisal mission to each of the States. The appraisal process reviews progress against targets and commitments, identifies problem areas; examines the quality of data used for planning; interventions suggested for various components; and convergence in implementation with other programs. After the appraisal team has completed its work, MHRD convenes a Project Approval Board (PAB) meeting to review the AWP&Bs on the basis of the appraisal report. The PAB, which is chaired by the Secretary (MHRD), includes senior officials responsible for various aspects of RMSA from the center and states. The PAB makes decisions regarding the approval and funding of the AWP&B in the light of performance against agreed outcome and output targets and resource availability. Evaluation criteria include: (i) progress made by state in implementing strategies for out of school children; (ii) progress made in terms of meeting input targets; (iii) progress made in reaching agreed upon commitments on quality and learning outcomes. The PAB then discusses the proposed strategies to improve outcomes and sets targets for the state to meet for the forthcoming year, as well as undertakings related to system reforms. Financing is approved based on the state‘s performance in utilizing funds and meeting outcome targets. The minutes of the PAB for all States reflecting agreements on project targets, outcomes, undertakings, commitments and funding are placed on the MHRD website for wider dissemination and transparency. Those proposals which are rejected by the PAB are also discussed and the details are provided in the minutes of the meeting. The AWP&Bs are monitored quarterly, half-yearly and annually at appraisal by MHRD. There is also independent monitoring carried out by Independent Monitoring Institutions the findings of which form the basis of discussion with the States. Quarterly reviews essentially focus on activities and fund utilization while half-yearly reviews that take place at senior level concentrate on systemic issues. These reviews also serve as an opportunity for infusion of knowledge and good practice inputs within program implementation structures. In addition, the six-monthly JRM, involving the Development Partners, conducts an overall assessment of project activities and reviews the PAB minutes. This periodic monitoring supports the implementing agencies in removing bottlenecks and facilitates capacity building at different levels. As the implementation of RMSA continues, the AWP&B process will also be strengthened through other processes initiated by the Project. The Planning and Appraisal Manual will be revised further, to sharpen guidance to Districts and States related to quality-enhancing processes at the school and classroom level. The key requirements of the EMF will be inter-linked/referred within the Planning and Appraisal Manual to enable provision of one comprehensive guidance document for the states. 12. Monitoring and Evaluation RMSA has put in place a rigorous M&E system, which will be used to monitor the Environment and Social Management Framework. Each AWP&B will be reviewed or appraised by a team of experts, which would look into every aspect of the plan and budget including the schools proposed for upgradation, availability of appropriate land, and how this
expansion takes care of equity issues. After the appraisal, the Project Approval Board, the apex approval body chaired by MHRD Secretary will examine the comments, suggestions and recommendations of the appraisal committee before approving the AWP&B. As with all parts of the RMSA Programme, appropriate monitoring mechanisms are in place. As part of the agreed QA/QC audit, a representative sample of school construction sites will be selected to review every year. A portion of the sites reviewed would be visited before construction is started and make local enquiries to ensure that the above guidelines have been followed. They will also inspect the quality of the documentation maintained. The QA/QC is the responsibility of the State Implementation Society and the SIS will forward a copy of all reports to the RMSA department, MHRD. The monitoring arrangements proposed for RMSA are embedded in existing mechanisms, using data-based and field–based monitoring mechanisms, reviewed periodically at National, State, District and sub-District levels. As such, incremental costs associated with the project reporting are negligible. Under RMSA, there is an allocation for monitoring, evaluation, research and management. On a day-to-day basis, MHRD, as the lead implementing agency for RMSA, will provide India‘s 35 States and UTs the implementation support they need to reach RMSA‘s development objectives, through the Bureau for Secondary Education and its Technical Support Group, guided by the Operational Manuals for RMSA and through the national institutions NCERT, especially on quality improvements, and NUEPA, especially on planning and appraisal. At the State level, the RMSA SIS will provide implementation support to the District Program Office, which in turn will provide implementation support to the Schools. MHRD‘s own M&E system will be the core source of data to monitor physical implementation, particularly the Secondary Education MIS (SEMIS). The Secondary Education Management Information System (SEMIS) has key information on all public and private secondary schools in the country for the years 2006-2010 and is the basis for preparation and monitoring of the State AWPBs. Data collection is still underway for 2010-2011. NUEPA is responsible for aggregating this State-level data into national ―flash‖ statistics. SEMIS will be used to generate monitoring information on an annual basis during the project implementation period. The SEMIS data also includes some key information pertaining to class rooms, laboratories etc. and availability of basic facilities such as water supply and sanitation. MHRD will require all States to contract independent Monitoring Institutes (MIs) across the country to follow project implementation. MIs may be social science research institutes, Indian Institutes of Management, Foundations, Trusts and NGOs active in the education sector, and have standardized terms of reference for monitoring a sample of RMSA schools in every State. These MIs will conduct a comprehensive review of RMSA program implementation of a sample of the districts allotted to them every six months, such that all districts in the country are covered every three years.
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Page 3 and 4: Abbreviations ARCS AWP&B BoQ BRC CS
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