Scheme fails to allure wards of nomads
V.P. Prabhakar
THE Tau of Haryana, when he was the Chief Minister in 1987-89 had started a scheme for education of students of nomadic tribes. The governments after him failed to appreciate the objective of the visionary. As a result, the scheme has yet to be implemented properly.

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Scheme fails to allure wards of nomads
V.P. Prabhakar

THE Tau of Haryana, when he was the Chief Minister in 1987-89 had started a scheme for education of students of nomadic tribes. The governments after him failed to appreciate the objective of the visionary. As a result, the scheme has yet to be implemented properly.

Mr Devi Lal had started this scheme in order to induce children of nomadic tribes to attend school regularly. It was considered to be a novel scheme as the nomads do not remain at one place for a long time and it becomes difficult for their children to continue their studies on a regular basis.

If implemented properly, the scheme would have not only provided education to the students of nomadic tribes, but also had effected changes in their lifestyle. This scheme would have forced the nomads to stay at one place for the sake of education of their wards.

Successive Haryana Governments could not provide adequate funds for the scheme and that too well in time. Hence, the scheme has failed to lure students.

Not only this, a majority of students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Weaker Sections could not get free textbooks, free stationery and free uniforms and attendance allowance on a daily basis. Several schemes for concessions to Scheduled Caste and Weaker Section students were implemented half-hearted as adequate funds were not provided for these.

Children from nomadic tribes were eligible for cash incentive at Re 1 per school day on a daily basis for attending school. Out of the Rs 74 lakh sanctioned, Rs 20.97 lakh was allocated to the five districts of Ambala, Gurgaon, Hisar, Karnal and Rohtak.

In Karnal district, 687 eligible students (Indri block 681 and Nilokheri block six) were not paid the nomadic tribes allowance during 1998-99. Of the total 4420 nomadic students in four (Ambala, Gurgaon, Hisar and Karnal) of the five selected districts, the attendance of 220 students was below 100 days, of another 1,058 students the attendance ranged between 101 and 150 days and of the another 1617 students, it was between 151 to 200 days.

The incentive failed to ensure attendance as nomadic allowance was not paid on a daily basis but given at the end of the year as lumpsum payment when the sanction from the government was received.

The programme which provides distribution of free books to Scheduled Caste and Weaker Section students (both boys and girls) in the beginning of the academic year session was grossly under-provided for. Out of Rs 65 lakh sanctioned for the purchase of books during 1997-2000, Rs 22.16 lakh was for primary schools in five districts test-checked.

The District Primary Education Officers concerned, however, drew only Rs 17.13 lakh (out of Rs 22.16 lakh sanctioned) and the balance — sanctioned amount of Rs 5.03 lakh — was not drawn/utilised. With this amount, only 20 per cent of 4.58 lakh Scheduled Caste students and 1 per cent of 3.34 lakh Weaker Section students on roll in these districts during 1997-2000 could be provided with free books. Apparently, there was no connection between the provision of funds and requirement of funds to fulfil the goals.

The textbooks were not issued at the beginning of the academic session and their distribution was staggered up to the end of the academic session during 1997-98 to 1999-2000 in the districts of Ambala, Gurgaon, Hisar, Karnal and Rohtak.

Cash incentive of Rs 10 per annum per student for purchase of stationery and writing material was to be provided to students belonging to SC and Weaker Sections of society.

Out of Rs 1.08 crore sanctioned during 1997-2000, Rs 33 lakh was allotted and drawn by the district primary education officers concerned in five districts test-checked. However, only 62 per cent of 4.58 lakh SC and 10 per cent of 3.34 lakh Weaker Section students were given cash incentives during 1997-2000. A shortfall in coverage of SC and Weaker Section students due to non-availability of funds affected the objective of the scheme.

Another scheme envisaged free supply of cloth for uniform to girlstudents belonging to SC and Weaker Section. From 1994-95, cash incentive instead of uniform to the rate of Rs 100 per girlstudent for Classes I and II Rs 75 per girlstudent for Classes III and to V for SC and Class I to V for Weaker Section was to be given.

The State Government sanctioned Rs 4.60 crore during 1997-98/1999-2000 of which Rs 1.40 crore was allotted to district primary education officers in five districts test-checked. It was noticed that in these districts only 41 per cent of the total 3.75 lakh SC and Weaker Section girlstudents were given cash incentive during 1997-2000. Thus, 59 per cent of SC and Weaker Section girl students could not be provided cash incentive for uniform due to insufficient funds.

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