West Bengal Report-IPAI.pdf - Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

136CHAPTER-66.1 MAINTENANCE GRANTPara 27 of MFM&P provided that grant for maintenance andrepair of school building would be provided only to Governmentprimary and upper primary schools having own building onreceipt of specific proposal from the school committee and afterensuring community contribution. Schools having upto threeclassrooms would be eligible for maintenance grant upto amaximum of Rs.4,000/- per school per year. While schools havingmore than three classrooms would get a maximum of Rs.7,500/- perschool per year subject to the condition that the overall eligibilityfor the district would be Rs.5,000/- per school per year.Headmasters room and office room would not count as classroomsfor the purpose. While considering the AWP&B for the year 2008-09, PAB decided (16 April 2008) that maintenance grant would beprovided through school management committee/VEC uptoRs.5,000/- per school per year in respect of schools having uptothree classrooms and schools having more than three classroomswould get upto a maximum of Rs.10,000/- per school per year,subject to the condition that the overall eligibility for the districtwould be Rs.7,500/- per school.