West Bengal Report-IPAI.pdf - Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

224(i) Schools having dilapidated buildings.Para 27.2, 27.3 and 27.4 of the Manual (MFM&P) proviefor maintenance of school buildings :As envisaged in the Manual, there was no distinctionbetween major or minor repairs. All repairs and maintenanceshould be carried out within Rs.5,000/- per year.Repairs beyond Rs.5000/- could always be taken up bysourcing of other funds. Schools having upto three classroomswould be eligible for maintenance grant upto a maximum ofRs.4000/- per school per year, while schools having more thanthree classrooms would get a maintenance grant uptoRs.7500/- per school per year, subject to the condition that theoverall eligibility for the district would be Rs.5000/- perschool per year.However, it was noticed by the team that maintenance@ Rs.5000 per school per year was being released to theschools by the DPOs Murshidabad and South 24-Parganasirrespective of the number of classrooms of the schools. Nocase of sourcing of other funds for this purpose was noticed.The table below indicates the position of some dilapidated schoolbuildings visited by the teamSl.No. Name of School Remarks1 Parbatipur Primary (KandiCLRC)2 Purandarpur High (Ups)Kandi CLRC6 rooms of the building werefound in damaged condition andwere unusable without repairingThe school building was more than42 years old and a portion was indilapidated condition.3 Krishnamati GS Primary The school had no RCC roof on