Writeup AP 2011-12 - Punjab State Planning Board

and under phase-V, 479 schools are being covered. Computer labs have been set up and
required hardware, software and LAN and broadband connectivity has been provided.
11.1.26 An outlay of Rs. 3565.44 lac (central share Rs. 2674.08 lac and state share Rs.
891.36 lac) is provided for the 11 th Five Year Plan. An expenditure of Rs. 3949.67 lac
(central share of Rs. 3500.00 lac + state share of Rs. 449.67 lac) and Rs. 5521.67 lac (central
share of Rs. 4305.00 lac + state share of Rs. 1216.67 lac) was incurred during 2008-09 and
2009-10 respectively. An expenditure of Rs. 5181.88 lac (Rs. 3144.88 lac as central share +
Rs. 2037.00 lac as state share) was incurred in the Annual Plan 2010-11. An outlay of Rs.
12160.97 lac (centre share of Rs. 9067.62 lac + state share of Rs. 3093.35 lac) is provided
for the Annual Plan 2011-12.
EDS-3 Saakshar Bharat Mission -2012 (75:25).
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Outlay – Rs. 500.00 lac
11.1.27 The Prime Minister has launched Saakshar Bharat Mission -2012 on 1-10-
2009. The mission will cover all the adults in the age group of 15 years and beyond and its
primary focus will be on women. Basic literacy, post literacy and continuing education
programme will form a continuum rather than sequential segments. In the State, 2735 village
panchayats and 38 blocks of 7 districts namely Mansa, Sri Muktsar Sahib, Ferozepur,
Sangrur, Bathinda, Faridkot and Barnala will be covered. No expenditure was incurred in the
Annual Plan 2010-11. An amount of Rs. 500.00 lac as state share is provided for the Annual
Plan 2011-12.
EDS-13 Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) Punjab for
universalization of secondary education (75:25).
Outlay – Rs. 3000.00 lac
11.1.28 Since universalization of elementary education has become a constitutional
mandate, it is absolutely essential to push this vision forward to move towards
universalization of secondary education for classes 9 and 10, which has already been
achieved in a large number of developed countries & several developing countries. The main
objective of the scheme is to remove gender, socio- economic & disability barriers by
providing universal access to secondary level education by 2017, i.e by the end of 12 th five
year plan and universal retention by 2020. The funding pattern for the scheme is 75:25 during
11 th Plan and 50:50 for the 12 th Plan.