J&K to surrender 600 works of school education Deptt

‘800 civil works completed in 2022-23'
Nasir Azam
Srinagar, May 31: The Jammu Kashmir government is surrendering more than 600 works approved under different schemes in the school education sector.

The meeting of the PAB for considering the annual work plan & budget (AWP&B) under Samagra Shiksha for Jammu & Kashmir was held on May 03, 2023 under the chairpersonship of secretary (School Education & Literacy), Union Ministry of Education.
In 2021, the Centre had asked the J & K government to submit a proposal for surrendering civil works which were approved under the SSA and RMSA schemes, but couldn't be taken up for execution till 2019-20.
In the PAB meeting held this year, the J&K government submitted that about 800 civil works including Girls' Hostels, KGBVs, school buildings have been completed in 2022-23 and construction of about 3300 works are at different stages and shall be completed in the next six months.
“2538 works have been completed out of sanctioned works. The expenditure under the civil work component for the current year remained Rs160 crore (including spill-over works), which is quite high as compared to previous years, “a record note of the PAB meeting reveals.
The Samagra Shiksha scheme was unveiled by the Centre after subsuming Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE) schemes.