1st Aug 08 - 31st Jan 09

154(xviTotal number of schools district-wise in primary and upper primary to whom schoolgrants are approved for the current financial year? Have these funds released tothe districts, if so when (the school grants are to be received by the school withintwo months of opening)? Whether any guidelines have been issued to the schoolson how to utilize this grant?Information to be obtained fromSPO office and to be updatedfrom the DPO in districts visitedby MI. A copy of the guidelinesis to be enclosed with theMonitoring Report.(Data from SPO) (Status till December 2008)School Contingency (primary and middle)Physical Physical Financial Financial% Achiev.Target Achiev. Target Achiev.2105 2132 114.91 116.26 101%Building Maintenance Grant - Primary SchoolsApprovedPhysicalApprovedFinancialPhysicalAchievementExpenditurein Current% Exp. asper BudgetTarget TargetYear1596 119.70 1596 119.70 100%(xviiWhether the DPO has released funds for school grants @ Rs. 2000/- per school tothe school/VEC/SMC accounts, if so when? The number of schools to whomreleases have been made? Has DPO circulated guidelines to the school level forutilization of the school grant?(xviiiHas the DPO made centralized purchases for schools out of the school grant? If so,for what purpose and what is the amount utilized?Information to be obtained fromDPO in district visited by MI andto be verified in schools visitedby MI. A copy of the guidelinesis to be enclosed in theMonitoring Report.Information to be obtained fromDPO of districts visited by MI.(xixThe actual date of receiving school grants by school/VEC and the utilization of thegrants. Whether there was any delay in receipt of grants?To be verified on the spot fromthe passbook and expenditurestatement maintained byschool/VEC.Out of 83 schools the receipt of the school grant was in the following way- July – 48schools ; august- 18 schools; September – 11 schools and the rest between October2008- January 2009.1 school has not received grant.(xx Utilization details (percentage of utilization and items) for the last year’s schoolgrants received by the school/VEC.To be verified on the spot fromthe passbook and expenditurestatement maintained byschool/VEC.The school grant is used for almost all-purposes. Not only is it used for buyingstationeries and TLM but it is used for school repairing, ramp, repair, register, I-card,chair and table and gift item etc. this shows that it is put to a wide variety of use.154