Uttarakhand education department clears Rs 1,850 crore budget for Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan

The state Education department has cleared a budget proposal of Rs 1,850 crore for the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) scheme in the current financial year. The department is going to present the proposal to the central government in a meeting scheduled to be held later this month where the latter will ultimately decide on the amount of budget to be released for the scheme. Last year, the had presented a budget proposal of Rs 1,500 crore to the Centre, following which, a budget of Rs 900 crore was approved for the scheme by the central government.

According to the Union ministry of education website, SSA is an integrated scheme for school education extending from pre-school to Class XII to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education at all levels of school education. Meanwhile, several job aspirants hope that the state starts recruitment on the vacant posts of BRP (Block Resource Person) and CRP (Cluster Resource Person) after the Centre releases the budget for the scheme. It is estimated that there are around 900 vacant positions of BRP and CRP inUttarakhand. Notably, a budget of Rs 208 crore has already been approved for the mid-day meal scheme in the state.