West Bengal Report-IPAI.pdf - Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

1074.13.1 MURSHIDABAD DISTRICTNon-Government Organisation (NGO) had been given theresponsibility to implement the Integrated Education for DisabledChildren (IED) activities at grass root level to reach out the goal ofuniversalisation of enrolment retention and quality education ofthe disabled children.4.13.2 Engagement of NGO, without contract.As per para 3.26.12 of the SSA FRAMEWORK FORIMPLEMENTATION an MOU would be signed by the StateImplementing Society (SIS) and NGO which would clearly state theterms of reference regarding implementation, academic supportand monitoring, release of fund to the NGO etc. It was however,noticed that no MOU was signed by the SIS and seven NGOs, (alsocalled District Level Resource Organisation – DLRO) althoughsuch NGOs were working in ten units during the period understudy (2005-06 to 2008-09). The study Team raised an enquiry(December 2008) as to how payment of Rs.231.10 lakh was made toNGOs during the period from 2005-06 to 2008-09 (till November,2008) in the absence of any contract but no reply was received(January, 2009).